levan

See also: Levan and levän

English

Noun

levan (usually uncountable, plural levans)

  1. A homopolysaccharide composed of D-fructofuranosyl.

Anagrams

Friulian

Etymology

Probably from Late Latin levāmen, for levāmentum, from Latin levō. Compare French levain, Occitan levam, Romansch levon, levànt, lavamaint, Venetian levà.

Noun

levan m (plural levans)

  1. yeast
  2. leaven, leavening

Galician

Verb

levan

  1. third-person plural present indicative of levar

Hungarian

Etymology

le- +‎ van

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈlɛvɒn]
  • Hyphenation: le‧van
  • Rhymes: -ɒn

Verb

levan

  1. (intransitive, rare, informal, of some job to be completed) to be ready, done (one has gotten over it successfully)

Usage notes

It is not to be confused with phrases like le van tiltva (“it has been blocked/​disabled”), where van is pronounced unstressed (together with le) exactly like levan. In these phrases, le is part of a split adverbial participle (here letiltva from letilt); see more about it at -va/-ve.

Conjugation

It is usually used in present tense and third-person forms only.

conjugation of levan
1st person sg 2nd person sg informal 3rd person sg,
2nd person sg formal		 1st person pl 2nd person pl informal 3rd person pl,
2nd person pl formal
Indicative Mood Present Indefinite levagyok levagy levan levagyunk levagytok levannak
Definite intransitive verb, definite forms are not used
Past Indefinite levoltam levoltál levolt levoltunk levoltatok levoltak
Definite ―
Future Indefinite leleszek leleszel lelesz leleszünk lelesztek lelesznek
Definite ―
Conditional Mood Present Indefinite lelennék or
levolnék		 lelennél or
levolnál		 lelenne or
levolna		 lelennénk or
levolnánk		 lelennétek or
levolnátok		 lelennének or
levolnának
Definite ―
Past Indefinite lelettem volna lelettél volna lelett volna lelettünk volna lelettetek volna lelettek volna
Definite ―
Subjunctive Mood Present Indefinite lelegyek lelégy or
lelegyél		 lelegyen lelegyünk lelegyetek lelegyenek
Definite ―
Infinitive lelenni lelennem lelenned lelennie lelennünk lelennetek lelenniük
Other nonfinite
verb forms		 Verbal noun Present participle Past participle Future part. Adverbial part. Potential
lelét lelevő or lelévő levolt leleendő leléve or lelévén lelehet

Further reading
  • levan in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

Italian

Verb

levan

  1. Apocopic form of levano

Serbo-Croatian

Participle

levan (Cyrillic spelling леван)

  1. masculine singular passive past participle of levati

Spanish

Verb

levan

  1. third-person plural present indicative of levar
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