yeast

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• Received-Pronunciation: yēst
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• Received-Pronunciation: /jiːst/
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• General-American: yēst
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• General-American: /jist/
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• dialectal: /iːst/
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Unexplained.

From Middle English yest, yeest, gest, gist, from Old English ġist, ġyst, from Proto-West Germanic *jestu, from Proto-Germanic *jestuz. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Jääst (“yeast”), West Frisian gêst, gist (“yeast”), Dutch gist (“yeast”), German Low German Gest (“yeast”), German Gischt (“sea foam”), Swedish jäst (“yeast”), Norwegian jest (“yeast”), Icelandic jöstur (“yeast”).

283 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: gis — fungus
• Albanian: thartinë — fungus
• Albanian: tharm — fungus
• Albanian: maja — fungus
• Arabic: خَمِيرَة (ḵamīra) — fungus
• Arabic: خميرة (ḵmīra) — fungus
• Armenian: խմորիչ (xmoričʻ) — fungus
• Azerbaijani: maya — fungus
• Azerbaijani: acıtma — fungus
• Bashkir: сүпрә (süprə) — fungus
• Belarusian: дро́жджы (dróždžy) — fungus
• Bengali: খামির (khamir) — fungus
• Bulgarian: дро́жда (dróžda) — fungus
• Burmese: တဆေး (ta.hce:) — fungus
• Catalan: llevat m rent — fungus
• Chichewa: yisiti — fungus
• Chinese Cantonese: 酵母 (haau1 mou5) — fungus
• Chinese Mandarin: 酵母 (mainland China: jiàomǔ; Taiwan: xiàomǔ) — fungus
• Cornish: burm — fungus
• Cornish: burmen — fungus
• Czech: kvasinka — fungus
• Danish: gær — fungus
• Dutch: gist — fungus
• Esperanto: gisto — fungus
• Estonian: pärm — fungus
• Estonian: pärmseened — fungus
• Faroese: ger — fungus
• Finnish: hiiva — fungus
• Finnish: hiivasieni — fungus
• French: levure — fungus
• Galician: fermento — fungus
• Georgian: სოკო (soḳo) — fungus
• German: Hefe — fungus
• German: Hefepilz — fungus
• Greek: μαγιά (magiá) — fungus
• Greek: ζύμη (zými) — fungus
• Ancient Greek: ζύμη (zúmē) — fungus
• Gujarati: યીસ્ટના (yīsṭanā) — fungus
• Haitian Creole: ledven — fungus
• Hebrew: שְׁמָרִים (sh'marím) — fungus
• Hindi: ख़मीर (xamīr) — fungus
• Hindi: खमीर (khamīr) — fungus
• Hungarian: élesztő — fungus
• Icelandic: ger — fungus
• Ido: hefo — fungus
• Indonesian: ragi — fungus
• Ingrian: hiiva — fungus
• Ingrian: töömees — fungus
• Irish: giosta — fungus
• Irish: gabháil — fungus
• Italian: lievito — fungus
• Japanese: 酵母 (kōbo) — fungus
• Kabuverdianu: furméntu — fungus
• Kannada: ಹುದುಗು (hudugu) — fungus
• Kazakh: ашытқы (aşytqy) — fungus
• Khmer: ដំបែ (dɑmbae) — fungus
• Korean: 효모 (hyomo) — fungus
• Northern Kurdish: hevîrtirş — fungus
• Kyrgyz: ачыткы (acıtkı) — fungus
• Lao: ຢັ່ນ (yan) — fungus
• Lao: ສ່າ (sā) — fungus
• Lao: ຫມັກ (mak) — fungus
• Lao: ເຊຶ້ອ (sưa) — fungus
• Latgalian: mīlis — fungus
• Latin: fermentum — fungus
• Latvian: raugs — fungus
• Latvian: ieraugs — fungus
• Lithuanian: mielės — fungus
• Macedonian: квасец (kvasec) — fungus
• Malay: yis — fungus
• Malay: ragi — fungus
• Malay: khamir — fungus
• Malayalam: യീസ്റ്റ് (yīsṟṟŭ) — fungus
• Maltese: ħmira — fungus
• Manchu: ᠮᠠᡩᠠᠰᡠ (madasu) — fungus
• Māori: īhi — fungus
• Maranao: tapay — fungus
• Mongolian: хөрөнгө (xöröngö) — fungus
• Mongolian: исгэгч (isgegč) — fungus
• Neapolitan: criscito — fungus
• Norwegian Bokmål: gjær — fungus
• Norwegian Bokmål: jest — fungus
• Church Slavic: дрождиѩ (droždiję) — fungus
• Pannonian Rusyn: квас (kvas) — fungus
• Pashto: سپېسته (spésta) — fungus
• Pashto: تومنه (twámna) — fungus
• Pashto: مايه (māyá) — fungus
• Iranian Persian: مُخَمِّر (moxammer) — fungus
• Iranian Persian: بوزَک (buzak) — fungus
• Iranian Persian: خَمیرْتُرْش (xamirtorš) — fungus
• Plautdietsch: Häw — fungus
• Polabian: kosăc — fungus
• Polish: drożdże — fungus
• Portuguese: fermento — fungus
• Portuguese: levedura — fungus
• Romanian: drojdie — fungus
• Romanian: levură — fungus
• Romanian: ferment — fungus
• Russian: дро́жжи (dróžži) — fungus
• Skolt-Sami: jäˊstt — fungus
• Serbo-Croatian: ква́сац — fungus
• Serbo-Croatian: ква̑с — fungus
• Serbo-Croatian: kvásac — fungus
• Serbo-Croatian: kvȃs — fungus
• Slovak: kvas — fungus
• Slovak: kvasinka — fungus
• Slovene: kvas — fungus
• Lower Sorbian: droždźeje — fungus
• Spanish: levadura — fungus
• Spanish: levadura fúngica — fungus
• Swahili: hamira — fungus
• Swedish: jäst — fungus
• Tagalog: lebadura — fungus
• Tajik: хамиртуруш (xamirturuš) — fungus
• Tatar: чүпрә (çüprä) — fungus
• Thai: ยีสต์ (yíis) — fungus
• Thai: ส่า (sàa) — fungus
• Thai: เชื้อหมัก — fungus
• Tibetan: ཕབས (phabs) — fungus
• Turkish: maya — fungus
• Ottoman Turkish: مایه (maya) — fungus
• Turkmen: hamyrmaýa — fungus
• Ukrainian: дрі́жджі (dríždži) — fungus
• Urdu: خَمِیر (xamīr) — fungus
• Uyghur: ئېچىتقۇ (ëchitqu) — fungus
• Uzbek: achitqi — fungus
• Uzbek: xamirturush — fungus
• Uzbek: drojji — fungus
• Vietnamese: men — fungus
• Welsh: burum — fungus
• Yiddish: הייוון (heyvn) — fungus
• Afrikaans: gis — froth used in medicine, baking and brewing
• Albanian: thartinë — froth used in medicine, baking and brewing
• Amharic: እርሾ (ʾəršo) — froth used in medicine, baking and brewing
• Arabic: خَمِيرَة (ḵamīra) — froth used in medicine, baking and brewing
• Arabic: خميرة (ḵmīra) — froth used in medicine, baking and brewing
• Armenian: թթխմոր (tʻtʻxmor) — froth used in medicine, baking and brewing
• Bulgarian: мая́ (majá) — froth used in medicine, baking and brewing
• Bulgarian: квас (kvas) — froth used in medicine, baking and brewing
• Catalan: llevat — froth used in medicine, baking and brewing
• Chinese Cantonese: 酵母 (haau1 mou5) — froth used in medicine, baking and brewing
• Chinese Mandarin: 酵母 (mainland China: jiàomǔ; Taiwan: xiàomǔ) — froth used in medicine, baking and brewing
• Czech: droždí — froth used in medicine, baking and brewing
• Czech: kvasnice — froth used in medicine, baking and brewing
• Danish: gær — froth used in medicine, baking and brewing
• Dutch: gist — froth used in medicine, baking and brewing
• Esperanto: fermentilo — froth used in medicine, baking and brewing
• Esperanto: feĉo — froth used in medicine, baking and brewing
• Estonian: pärm — froth used in medicine, baking and brewing
• Faroese: ger — froth used in medicine, baking and brewing
• Finnish: hiiva — froth used in medicine, baking and brewing
• French: levure — froth used in medicine, baking and brewing
• Friulian: levan — froth used in medicine, baking and brewing
• Georgian: საფუარი (sapuari) — froth used in medicine, baking and brewing
• German: Hefe — froth used in medicine, baking and brewing
• German: Bärme — froth used in medicine, baking and brewing
• German: Germ — froth used in medicine, baking and brewing
• German: Gest — froth used in medicine, baking and brewing
• German: Yeast — froth used in medicine, baking and brewing
• Ancient Greek: ζύμη (zúmē) — froth used in medicine, baking and brewing
• Hebrew: שמרים — froth used in medicine, baking and brewing
• Hindi: ख़मीर (xamīr) — froth used in medicine, baking and brewing
• Hindi: खमीर (khamīr) — froth used in medicine, baking and brewing
• Ido: hefo — froth used in medicine, baking and brewing
• Irish: gabháil — froth used in medicine, baking and brewing
• Irish: giosta — froth used in medicine, baking and brewing
• Italian: lievito — froth used in medicine, baking and brewing
• Italian: fermento — froth used in medicine, baking and brewing
• Japanese: 酵母 (kōbo) — froth used in medicine, baking and brewing
• Japanese: イースト (īsuto) — froth used in medicine, baking and brewing
• Korean: 효모 (hyomo) — froth used in medicine, baking and brewing
• Northern Kurdish: hevîrtirş — froth used in medicine, baking and brewing
• Latin: fermentum — froth used in medicine, baking and brewing
• Latvian: raugs — froth used in medicine, baking and brewing
• Macedonian: квасец (kvasec) — froth used in medicine, baking and brewing
• Māori: īhi — froth used in medicine, baking and brewing
• Norwegian: gjær — froth used in medicine, baking and brewing
• Occitan: levadura — froth used in medicine, baking and brewing
• Persian: مخمر (moxammer) — froth used in medicine, baking and brewing
• Persian: لوور (levur) — froth used in medicine, baking and brewing
• Polish: drożdże — froth used in medicine, baking and brewing
• Portuguese: fermento — froth used in medicine, baking and brewing
• Portuguese: levedura — froth used in medicine, baking and brewing
• Romanian: drojdie — froth used in medicine, baking and brewing
• Romanian: levură — froth used in medicine, baking and brewing
• Romansh: levon — froth used in medicine, baking and brewing
• Romansh: levànt — froth used in medicine, baking and brewing
• Romansh: lavamaint — froth used in medicine, baking and brewing
• Romansh: tschadamaint — froth used in medicine, baking and brewing
• Romansh: alvo — froth used in medicine, baking and brewing
• Romansh: alvamaint — froth used in medicine, baking and brewing
• Russian: дро́жжи (dróžži) — froth used in medicine, baking and brewing
• Somali: khamiir — froth used in medicine, baking and brewing
• Lower Sorbian: droždźeje — froth used in medicine, baking and brewing
• Spanish: levadura — froth used in medicine, baking and brewing
• Spanish: leudante — froth used in medicine, baking and brewing
• Spanish: hurmiento — froth used in medicine, baking and brewing
• Spanish: recentadura — froth used in medicine, baking and brewing
• Swedish: jäst — froth used in medicine, baking and brewing
• Tagalog: lebadura — froth used in medicine, baking and brewing
• Tagalog: pampaalsa — froth used in medicine, baking and brewing
• Taos: cą̀pienéna — froth used in medicine, baking and brewing
• Tibetan: ཆང་རྩི (chang rtsi) — froth used in medicine, baking and brewing
• Tibetan: སྐྱུར་རྩི (skyur rtsi) — froth used in medicine, baking and brewing
• Turkish: maya — froth used in medicine, baking and brewing
• Turkish: hamur — froth used in medicine, baking and brewing
• Ottoman Turkish: مایه (maya) — froth used in medicine, baking and brewing
• Ukrainian: дрі́жджі (dríždži) — froth used in medicine, baking and brewing
• Urdu: خمیر (xamīr) — froth used in medicine, baking and brewing
• Venetan: levà — froth used in medicine, baking and brewing
• Walloon: yesse — froth used in medicine, baking and brewing
• Walloon: yesses — froth used in medicine, baking and brewing
• Walloon: leyes — froth used in medicine, baking and brewing
• Walloon: leveure — froth used in medicine, baking and brewing
• Welsh: burum — froth used in medicine, baking and brewing
• Welsh: berem — froth used in medicine, baking and brewing
• Albanian: thartinë — cake or dried granules used to make bread dough rise
• Arabic: خَمِيرَة (ḵamīra) — cake or dried granules used to make bread dough rise
• Arabic: خميرة (ḵmīra) — cake or dried granules used to make bread dough rise
• Armenian: թթխմոր (tʻtʻxmor) — cake or dried granules used to make bread dough rise
• Bulgarian: мая (maja) — cake or dried granules used to make bread dough rise
• Catalan: llevat — cake or dried granules used to make bread dough rise
• Chinese Cantonese: 酵母 (haau1 mou5) — cake or dried granules used to make bread dough rise
• Chinese Cantonese: 依仕 — cake or dried granules used to make bread dough rise
• Chinese Mandarin: 酵母 (mainland China: jiàomǔ; Taiwan: xiàomǔ) — cake or dried granules used to make bread dough rise
• Czech: droždí — cake or dried granules used to make bread dough rise
• Czech: kvasnice — cake or dried granules used to make bread dough rise
• Danish: gær — cake or dried granules used to make bread dough rise
• Dutch: gist — cake or dried granules used to make bread dough rise
• Esperanto: feĉo — cake or dried granules used to make bread dough rise
• Faroese: ger — cake or dried granules used to make bread dough rise
• Finnish: hiiva — cake or dried granules used to make bread dough rise
• Finnish: kuivahiiva — cake or dried granules used to make bread dough rise
• French: levure — cake or dried granules used to make bread dough rise
• German: Hefe — cake or dried granules used to make bread dough rise
• German: Bärme — cake or dried granules used to make bread dough rise
• German: Germ — cake or dried granules used to make bread dough rise
• German: Gest — cake or dried granules used to make bread dough rise
• German: Yeast — cake or dried granules used to make bread dough rise
• Icelandic: ger — cake or dried granules used to make bread dough rise
• Ido: hefo — cake or dried granules used to make bread dough rise
• Interlingua: levatura — cake or dried granules used to make bread dough rise
• Irish: giosta — cake or dried granules used to make bread dough rise
• Irish: gabháil — cake or dried granules used to make bread dough rise
• Italian: lievito — cake or dried granules used to make bread dough rise
• Japanese: イースト菌 (īsuto-kin) — cake or dried granules used to make bread dough rise
• Macedonian: квасец (kvasec) — cake or dried granules used to make bread dough rise
• Navajo: bááh bił álʼíní — cake or dried granules used to make bread dough rise
• Navajo: dííkʼǫsh — cake or dried granules used to make bread dough rise
• Norwegian: gjær — cake or dried granules used to make bread dough rise
• Persian: خمیرمایه (xamirmâye) — cake or dried granules used to make bread dough rise
• Polish: drożdże — cake or dried granules used to make bread dough rise
• Portuguese: levedura — cake or dried granules used to make bread dough rise
• Russian: дро́жжи (dróžži) — cake or dried granules used to make bread dough rise
• Serbo-Croatian: квасац — cake or dried granules used to make bread dough rise
• Serbo-Croatian: герма — cake or dried granules used to make bread dough rise
• Serbo-Croatian: kvasac — cake or dried granules used to make bread dough rise
• Serbo-Croatian: germa — cake or dried granules used to make bread dough rise
• Slovak: kvasnice — cake or dried granules used to make bread dough rise
• Slovak: droždie — cake or dried granules used to make bread dough rise
• Slovene: kvas — cake or dried granules used to make bread dough rise
• Lower Sorbian: droždźeje — cake or dried granules used to make bread dough rise
• Spanish: levadura — cake or dried granules used to make bread dough rise
• Spanish: leudante — cake or dried granules used to make bread dough rise
• Spanish: hurmiento — cake or dried granules used to make bread dough rise
• Spanish: recentadura — cake or dried granules used to make bread dough rise
• Swedish: jäst — cake or dried granules used to make bread dough rise
• Turkish: maya — cake or dried granules used to make bread dough rise
• Ottoman Turkish: خامور (hamur) — cake or dried granules used to make bread dough rise
• Ukrainian: дрі́жджі (dríždži) — cake or dried granules used to make bread dough rise
• Arabic: رغوة (raḡwa) — frothy foam on sea waves
• Bulgarian: гребен (greben) — frothy foam on sea waves
• Dutch: schuim — frothy foam on sea waves
• Finnish: vaahto — frothy foam on sea waves
• French: écume — frothy foam on sea waves
• German: Gischt — frothy foam on sea waves
• Greek: μαγιά (magiá) — frothy foam on sea waves
• Irish: coipeadh cúir — frothy foam on sea waves
• Italian: schiuma — frothy foam on sea waves
• Italian: spuma — frothy foam on sea waves
• Maltese: ragħwa — frothy foam on sea waves
• Portuguese: espuma — frothy foam on sea waves
• Swedish: skum — frothy foam on sea waves