yeast
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The meaning (definition) of the word yeast
a tiny living thing that puffs bread up and makes it soft.
The word yeast used in a sentence
“Yeast helps bread puff up and get big and fluffy.”
How the word yeast is said around the world
| French | levure (luh-VEWR) |
| Spanish | levadura (lay-vah-THOO-rah) |
| Mandarin | 酵母 (jyow moo) |
| Hindi | यीस्ट (yeest) |
| Arabic | خميرة (khmeert) |
| Russian | дрожжи (DROHZH-zhi) |
| Portuguese (EU) | levedura (lay-vi-DOO-ruh) |
| Portuguese (BR) | levedura (lay-vay-DOO-ra) |
| Japanese | 酵母 (KOHU-boh) |
| German | Hefe (HAY-fuh) |
| Urdu | خمیر (khuh-MEER) |
| Punjabi | ਖਮੀਰ (kuh-MEER) |
| Korean | 효모 (HYO-mo) |
| Hebrew | שְׁמָרִים (shmah-REE-uhm) |
| Greek | μαγιά (mah-YAH) |
| Dutch | gist (ghist) |
| Tagalog | lebadura (le-bah-DOO-rah) |
| Vietnamese | men (men) |
| Turkish | maya (mah-YAH) |
| Persian | مخمر (moh-KHAHM-mayr) |
| Polish | drożdże (DRAWZH-je) |
| Ukrainian | дріжджі (DREEZH-jee) |
| Bengali | ইস্ট (EESH-taw) |
| Swedish | jäst (yest) |
| Italian | lievito (lee-E-vee-toh) |
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