levure

French

A diagram of a yeast cell

Etymology

From lever +‎ -ure. Compare Spanish levadura, Medieval Latin levātūra.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /lə.vyʁ/
Rhymes: -yʁ

Noun

levure f (plural levures)

yeast
leavening (agent)

Further reading

“levure” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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