adj
Meaning 1
Without any yeast or other raising agent.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: especially, not-comparable
Examples
- They were eating unleavened bread.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: leavenless
Antonyms: leavened
Standard Lemma guide
unleavened
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation: /(ˌ)ʌnˈlɛvn̩d/
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General-American: /ˌʌnˈlɛvənd/
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rhymes with -ɛvənd
adjective
Meaning 2
made without leavening
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- unleavened bread is often simply flour mixed with water
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: unraised
Antonyms: leavened
History
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- Proto-Indo-European *h1lengwh- Proto-Indo-European *-us Proto-Indo-European *h1lénghusder. ▲ Proto-Italic *breɣwisinflu.? Proto-Italic *leɣwis Latin levis Proto-Indo-European *-h2 Proto-Indo-European *-éh2 Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh2yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h2tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin levō Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Italic *-mn̥ Latin -men Vulgar Latin *levāmender. Old French levainbor. Middle English levayn English leaven English leavened English unleavened From un- + leavened (adjective).
Across languages
Translations
33 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: безква́сен (bezkvásen) — without yeast
- Catalan: alís — without yeast
- Catalan: àzim — without yeast
- Chinese Mandarin: 無酵 /无酵 — without yeast
- Danish: usyret — without yeast
- Dutch: ongedesemd — without yeast
- Dutch: ongedesemde — without yeast
- Finnish: kohottamaton — without yeast
- Finnish: happamaton — without yeast
- German: ungesäuert — without yeast
- German: derb — without yeast
- Gothic: 𐌿𐌽𐌱𐌴𐌹𐍃𐍄𐌾𐍉𐌸𐍃 (unbeistjōþs) — without yeast
- Greek: άζυμος (ázymos) — without yeast
- Ancient Greek: ἄζυμος (ázumos) — without yeast
- Hungarian: kovásztalan — without yeast
- Irish: slim — without yeast
- Italian: azzimo — without yeast
- Latin: azȳmus — without yeast
- Latin: sine fermentō — without yeast
- Latin: sine levāmentō — without yeast
- Latin: subcineritius — without yeast
- Māori: rēwenakore — without yeast
- Polish: przaśny — without yeast
- Portuguese: ázimo — without yeast
- Russian: пре́сный (présnyj) — without yeast
- Spanish: ácimo — without yeast
- Spanish: ázimo — without yeast
- Spanish: sin levadura — without yeast
- Swedish: ojäst — without yeast
- Swedish: osyrad — without yeast
- Turkish: mayasız — without yeast
- Ottoman Turkish: خامورسز (hamursuz) — without yeast
- Welsh: cri — without yeast
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