drożdże

See also: drozdze

Polish

drożdże sense 1

drożdże sense 2

Alternative forms

• drozdze (Zagórze)

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Slavic *droždža

Old Polish drożdża

Polish drożdże

Inherited from Old Polish drożdża.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdrɔʐ.d͡ʐɛ/

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• Rhymes: -ɔʐd͡ʐɛ
• Syllabification: droż‧dże

Noun

drożdże nvir pl (related adjective drożdżowy)

2. yeast (often humid, yellowish froth produced by fermenting malt worts, and used to brew beer, leaven bread, and also used in certain medicines)

   Synonym: (dialectal) młodzie

4. (cooking) baker's yeast (strains of yeast commonly used in baking bread and other bakery products, serving as a leavening agent which causes the bread to rise (expand and become lighter and softer) by converting the fermentable sugars present in the dough into carbon dioxide and ethanol)

Declension

Declension of drożdże

	plural
nominative	drożdże
genitive	drożdży
dative	drożdżom
accusative	drożdże
instrumental	drożdżami
locative	drożdżach
vocative	drożdże

Derived terms

nouns

• drożdżak
• drożdżarnia
• drożdżarz
• drożdżowiec
• drożdżownia
• drożdżówka
• drożdżyca

verbs

• drożdżować impf

Related terms

nouns

• drożdżarstwo
• drożdżownictwo

Further reading

• “drożdże”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎^[1] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• “drożdże”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[2] (in Polish)
• drożdże in PWN's encyclopedia