noun · Food & Drink

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

Frenchlevure (luhvewr)
Spanishlevadura (layvahthoorah)
Mandarin酵母 (jiào mǔ)
Hindiयीस्ट (yeest)
Arabicخميرة (khmeert)
Russianдрожжи (drozhzhi)
Portuguese (EU)levedura (layvidooruh)
Portuguese (BR)levedura (layvaydoora)
Japanese酵母 (koubo)
GermanHefe (hayfuh)
Urduخمیر (khuhmeer)
Punjabiਖਮੀਰ (kuhmeer)
Korean누룩 (nurug)
Hebrewשְׁמָרִים (shmahreeuhm)
Greekζύμη (zume)
Dutchgist (ghist)
Tagaloglebadura (lebahdoorah)
Vietnamesemen (men)
Turkishmaya (mahyah)
Persianمخمر (mohkhahmmayr)
Polishdrożdże (drawzhje)
Ukrainianдріжджі (drizhdzhi)
Bengaliইস্ট (eeshtaw)
Swedishjäst (yest)
Italianlievito (leeeveetoh)

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