pâte fermentée

noun

A pre-ferment made by preserving a portion of dough from an earlier batch.

Similar
old doughscrap dough
OriginFrench pâte fermentée →
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Meanings

noun
  1. A pre-ferment made by preserving a portion of dough from an earlier batch.

    Synonyms: old dough, scrap dough

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA pre-ferment made by preserving a portion of dough from an earlier batch.

Similar
old doughscrap dough

Origin

  1. Frenchpâte fermentée
  2. Frenchpâte fermentée
  3. Englishpâte fermentée

Unadapted borrowing from French pâte fermentée (“fermented dough”).

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APA

pâte fermentée. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/p%C3%A2te%20ferment%C3%A9e

MLA

“pâte fermentée.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/p%C3%A2te%20ferment%C3%A9e. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pâte fermentée,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/p%C3%A2te%20ferment%C3%A9e.

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