Word: fermental
Part of speech: Adjective
Syllables: fer
ment
al
Definition: fermentative; a metabolic process that produces chemical changes in organic substrates through the action of enzymes
Morphemes:
Affix: ferment
Language: en
PoS: Verb
Meaning: To react, using fermentation; especially to produce alcohol by aging or by allowing yeast to act on sugars; to brew.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: fermentare
Language: la
Decoded: fermentare
Meaning: to leaven, ferment
Affix: -al
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Forms the names of aldehydes; any of a class of highly reactive chemical compounds; used in making resins and dyes and organic acids