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foment

/ˈfəʊment/FOH-ment
/ˈfoʊmɛnt/FOH-ment

Meaningwarm

Common meaning: encourage a harmful activity or feeling

Journey through time

  1. Latinfomentare‘warm’source
  2. Old Frenchfomenter‘to foment’source
  3. Englishmeaning shiftswarm → encourage a harmful activity or feelingfoment‘encourage a harmful activity or feeling’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Built on Latin fomentare ‘warm’.

Roots

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