English-French translations for foment

• fomenter
  Maintenant, il souhaite fomenter par procuration un conflit régional avec l'Arabie Saoudite à domination sunnite. Now it wishes to foment a proxy regional conflict with Sunni-dominated Saudi Arabia.
  Pour cette raison précise, cette question ne doit pas être utilisée pour fomenter l'opposition ou pour les luttes politiques des partis. For precisely this reason, this issue must not be used to foment opposition or for party political attacks.
• foudroyer
• révolutionner

Definition of foment

• To incite or cause troublesome acts; to encourage; to instigate
• To apply a poultice to; to bathe with a cloth or sponge
• Fomentation

Examples

• He was arrested for fomenting a riot; after all, its bad enough being in a riot but starting one is much worse.
• Foreign governments have tried to foment unrest.

Related words

• fomentation
• infomercial
• infomediary
• infomediation
• Fomenko