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Interlingua
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish levadura, Portuguese levedura and French levure.
Pronunciation
Noun
levatura (uncountable)
- yeast
- 1960, Frank Ungar, "Dehydrogenases hydroxysteroide in hepate de mammiferos", translation of "Hydroxysteroid dehydrogenases in mammalian liver", session VIII b, No. 365, First International Congress of Endocrinology Copenhagen, page 728, English taken from original.
Dehydrogenase alcoholic obtenite ab levatura esseva inactive.- Alcohol dehydrogenase obtained from yeast was inactive.
Italian
Etymology
From levare + -tura.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /le.vaˈtu.ra/
- Rhymes: -ura
- Hyphenation: le‧va‧tù‧ra
Noun
levatura f (plural levature)
- intellect
2002, Roberto Baravalle, Anni strappati, page 48:Il nostro mestiere è un'arte, riservata a persone di levatura superiore. Intendo dire levatura intellettuale, ovviamente.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Anagrams
Latin
Participle
levātūra
- inflection of levātūrus:
- nominative/vocative feminine singular
- nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural
Participle
levātūrā
- ablative feminine singular of levātūrus
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