drożdże

Polish

drożdże sense 1

drożdże sense 2

Etymology

Inherited from Old Polish drożdża. Compare Czech droždí, Lower Sorbian droždźeje, and Russian дро́жжи (dróžži).

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, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• drożdże in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• drożdże in PWN's encyclopedia