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Enzyme

Enzyme

See also: enzyme and enzymé

German

Noun

Enzyme

plural of Enzym

enzyme

enzyme

See also: Enzyme and enzymé

English

Noun

enzyme ‎(plural enzymes)

(biochemistry) A globular protein that catalyses a biological chemical reaction.

Translations

catalytic protein

Afrikaans: ensiem
Arabic: انزيم
Basque: entzima
Bulgarian: ензим m ‎(enzim)
Catalan: enzim m
Chinese:

Cantonese: 酶 ‎(mui⁴), 酵素 ‎(gaau³ sou³, haau¹ sou³) (dated)

Mandarin: 酶 (zh) ‎(méi), 酵素 (zh) ‎(jiàosù) (dated)

Min Nan: 酵素 (zh-min-nan) ‎(kàⁿ-sò͘)
Czech: enzym (cs) m
Danish: enzym (da) n
Esperanto: enzimo
Finnish: entsyymi (fi)
French: enzyme (fr) m, f
Galician: enzima f
German: Enzym (de) n
Greek: ένζυμο (el) n ‎(énzymo)
Hebrew: אנזים (he)

Hungarian: enzim (hu)
Irish: Einsím f
Italian: enzima (it)
Japanese: 酵素 (ja) ‎(こうそ, kōso)
Korean: 효소 (ko) ‎(hyoso) (酵素 (ko))
Lithuanian: fermentas m, enzimas m
Maori: pūmua whākōkī
Norwegian:

Bokmål: enzym (no) n

Nynorsk: enzym n
Persian: آنزیم (fa) ‎(ânzim)
Polish: enzym (pl) m
Portuguese: enzima (pt) f
Russian: ферме́нт (ru) m ‎(fermént), энзи́м (ru) m ‎(enzím)
Serbo-Croatian: enzim
Somali: ensiim (so)
Spanish: enzima (es) f
Swedish: enzym (sv) n
Turkish: enzim (tr)
Vietnamese: enzym (vi)

Derived terms

French

Noun

enzyme m, f ‎(plural enzymes)

(biochemistry) enzyme

Verb

enzyme

first-person singular present indicative of enzymer
third-person singular present indicative of enzymer
first-person singular present subjunctive of enzymer
third-person singular present subjunctive of enzymer
second-person singular imperative of enzymer