unleavened

C2+ Topic:Describing Qualities

US /ʌnˈlɛvənd/ UK /ʌnˈlɛvənd/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

adj
made without yeast or rising agent

They ate unleavened bread during the festival.

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Synonyms

1 adj · made without yeast or... flatunraisedazymous

Opposites

leavened raised fermented

Word family

Related forms leaven leavenedlevain

Etymology

From un- ('not') + leavened, past participle of leaven, from Old French levain ('leaven'), from Latin levamen ('relief, alleviation'), from levare ('to raise, lighten'), from levis ('light').

un- Old English levain Old French levare Latin levis Latin

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# unleavened

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** adj
**IPA (US):** /ʌnˈlɛvənd/
**IPA (UK):** /ʌnˈlɛvənd/

## Meanings
1. made without yeast or rising agent

## Examples
- They ate unleavened bread during the festival.

## Synonyms
- flat
- unraised
- azymous

## Antonyms
- leavened
- raised
- fermented

## Related Forms
- leaven
- leavened
- levain

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: un-
- Root: levain
- Root: levare
- Root: levis

## Etymology
From un- ('not') + leavened, past participle of leaven, from Old French levain ('leaven'), from Latin levamen ('relief, alleviation'), from levare ('to raise, lighten'), from levis ('light').

## AI Etymology
Unleavened is from un- ('not') + leavened, past participle of leaven, from Old French levain ('leaven'), from Latin levamen ('relief, alleviation'), from levare ('to raise, lighten'), from levis ('light'). Important recorded forms include un- (Old English), levain (Old French), levare (Latin), and levis (Latin). Morphologically, the un- element marks negation, reversal, removal, or deprivation, while the base supplies the action, quality, or state being denied or undone. The modern sense is largely compositional, with the historical elements narrowing into a stable English lexical item. In current use it covers made without yeast or rising agent. The wider family includes related words such as leaven, leavened, and levain.

## Topics
- Describing Qualities
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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