lactoferment

English

Etymology

lacto- +‎ ferment

Verb

lactoferment (third-person singular simple present lactoferments, present participle lactofermenting, simple past and past participle lactofermented)

To cause (something) to undergo lactofermentation, i.e. lactic acid fermentation.
- 2010, Jennifer Megyesi, The Joy of Keeping a Root Cellar: Canning, Freezing, Drying, Smoking and Preserving the Harvest, Skyhorse Publishing Inc., →ISBN, page 171:
  Still others suggest that no salt at all is needed to properly lactoferment.
- 2014, R. J. Ruppenthal, The Healthy Probiotic Diet: More Than 50 Recipes for Improved Digestion, Immunity, and Skin Health, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN:
  You can lactoferment mashed avocadoes, but the oil in them can spoil in a hurry and turn brown as it oxidizes.
- 2015, Carol Deppe, The Tao of Vegetable Gardening: Cultivating Tomatoes, Greens, Peas, Beans, Squash, Joy, and Serenity, Chelsea Green Publishing, →ISBN, page 170:
  I think it should be possible to lactoferment any of the eat-all greens using standard recipes used with other greens.

Alternative forms

lacto-ferment

Romanian

Etymology

From French lactoferment.

Noun

lactoferment m (plural lactofermenți)

lactic acid ferment

Declension

Declension of lactoferment

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) lactoferment	lactofermentul	(niște) lactofermenți	lactofermenții
genitive/dative	(unui) lactoferment	lactofermentului	(unor) lactofermenți	lactofermenților
vocative	lactofermentule		lactofermenților