levain
English
Noun
levain (plural levains)
- A starter dough for sourdough bread
Synonyms
- mother dough
- mother sponge
- starter dough
Anagrams
- Lavine, alevin, alvine, leavin', valine, veinal, venial, vineal
French
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levain
Etymology
From Old French levain, from Vulgar Latin *levāmen, from levō.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /lə.vɛ̃/
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Noun
levain m (plural levains)
- sourdough
- leaven (any agent used to make dough rise)
Further reading
- “levain”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
- nivela