levatura

Borrowed from Spanish levadura, Portuguese levedura and French levure.

• IPA^(key): /le.vaˈtu.ra/

levatura (uncountable)

1. yeast
   • 1960, Frank Ungar, "Dehydrogenases hydroxysteroide in hepate de mammiferos", translation of "Hydroxysteroid dehydrogenases in mammalian liver", session VIII b, No. 365, First International Congress of Endocrinology Copenhagen, page 728, English taken from original.

     Dehydrogenase alcoholic obtenite ab levatura esseva inactive.

     Alcohol dehydrogenase obtained from yeast was inactive.

From levare +‎ -tura.

• IPA^(key): /le.vaˈtu.ra/
• Rhymes: -ura
• Hyphenation: le‧va‧tù‧ra

levatura f (plural levature)

1. intellect
   • 2002, Roberto Baravalle, Anni strappati, page 48:

     Il nostro mestiere è un'arte, riservata a persone di levatura superiore. Intendo dire levatura intellettuale, ovviamente.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

• lavature, urlavate, valutare, valuterà, velatura

levātūra

1. inflection of levātūrus:
   1. nominative/vocative feminine singular
   2. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural

levātūrā

1. ablative feminine singular of levātūrus

• levatura in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)