leavener

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noun

Any agent that promotes leavening.

OriginEnglish leaven ← Middle English levayn ← Old French levain →
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Meanings

nounleavener (plural leaveners)

plural leaveners

  1. Any agent that promotes leavening.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₁lengʷʰ-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₁léngʰus
  3. Proto-Italic*breɣʷisinflu.
  4. Proto-Italic*leɣʷis
  5. Latinlevis
  6. Latinlevō
  7. Vulgar Latin*levāmen
  8. Old Frenchlevain
  9. Middle Englishlevayn
  10. Englishleaven
  11. Englishleavener

From leaven + -er.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

venerealvalerene
Cite this entry
APA

leavener. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/leavener

MLA

“leavener.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/leavener. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “leavener,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/leavener.

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