fermentative
adjective
fermentative is an adjective meaning “Of, pertaining to, causing or undergoing fermentation” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled F-E-R-M-E-N-T-A-T-I-V-E, and it appears about once in every 30 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).
What does fermentative mean?
adjective
- 1
Of, pertaining to, causing or undergoing fermentation.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of fermentative
- more fermentative comparative
- most fermentative superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is fermentative?
Fermentative appears about once in every 30 million words in written English, the 165,739th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Fermentative in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense of, pertaining to, causing, or undergoing fermentation:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | fermentatif |
| Spanish | fermentativo |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does fermentative come from?
From ferment + -ative.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).