foment

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• Received-Pronunciation: /fəʊˈmɛnt/
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• US: /foʊˈmɛnt/
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• US: /fəˈmɛnt/
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• US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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• rhymes with -ɛnt
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• homophone: ferment (in some dialects, unstressed)
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• CMU ARPABET: F OW1 M EH0 N T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle English fomenten, a borrowing from Old French fomenter, from Late Latin fōmentāre, from Latin fōmentum (“lotion”), from fovēre (“heat, cherish”).

34 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Chinese Cantonese: 煽動 /煽动 — to incite or cause
• Chinese Mandarin: 煽動 /煽动 (shāndòng) — to incite or cause
• Finnish: lietsoa — to incite or cause
• French: fomenter — to incite or cause
• German: fördern — to incite or cause
• Hebrew: עודד (odéd) — to incite or cause
• Hebrew: חרחר (khirkhér) — to incite or cause
• Hungarian: szít — to incite or cause
• Italian: fomentare — to incite or cause
• Japanese: 醸成する (jōsei suru) — to incite or cause
• Japanese: 胎動する (taidō suru) — to incite or cause
• Norwegian: fyre opp under — to incite or cause
• Portuguese: fomentar — to incite or cause
• Russian: провоци́ровать (provocírovatʹ) — to incite or cause
• Russian: побужда́ть (pobuždátʹ) — to incite or cause
• Russian: подстрека́ть (podstrekátʹ) — to incite or cause
• Russian: разжига́ть (razžigátʹ) — to incite or cause
• Spanish: fomentar — to incite or cause
• Swedish: instigera — to incite or cause
• Swedish: underblåsa — to incite or cause
• Swedish: nära — to incite or cause
• Swedish: befordra — to incite or cause
• Ukrainian: розпа́лювати (rozpáljuvaty) — to incite or cause
• Ukrainian: розпали́ти (rozpalýty) — to incite or cause
• Chinese Mandarin: 敷藥 /敷药 (fūyào) — (medicine) to apply a poultice to
• Finnish: hautoa — (medicine) to apply a poultice to
• Hungarian: borogat — (medicine) to apply a poultice to
• Icelandic: leggja bakstur við — (medicine) to apply a poultice to
• Ido: fomentar — (medicine) to apply a poultice to
• Ido: stuvagar — (medicine) to apply a poultice to
• Latin: fōmentō — (medicine) to apply a poultice to
• Russian: класть примо́чки и́ли припа́рки (klastʹ primóčki íli pripárki) — (medicine) to apply a poultice to
• Spanish: fomentar — (medicine) to apply a poultice to
• Swedish: badda — (medicine) to apply a poultice to