enzyme

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Contents

1 English
- 1.1 Etymology
- 1.2 Noun
  - 1.2.1 Translations
  - 1.2.2 Derived terms
2 French
- 2.1 Noun

[edit] English

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Enzyme

[edit] Etymology

From German Enzym, created in 1878, by the German physiologist Wilhelm Kühne from Ancient Greek ἐν (en, “in”) and ζύμη (zýmē, “sourdough”).

[edit] Noun

enzyme (plural enzymes)

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

[edit] Translations

catalytic protein

Afrikaans: ensiem af(af)
Arabic: انزيم ar(ar)
Bosnian: enzim bs(bs)
Czech: enzym cs(cs) m.
Esperanto: enzimo eo(eo)
Finnish: entsyymi fi(fi)
French: enzyme fr(fr) m. and f.
German: Enzym de(de) n.
Greek: ένζυμο en(en) (énzymo) n.
Hebrew: אנזים he(he)

Hungarian: enzim hu(hu)
Irish: Einsím ga(ga) f.
Japanese: 酵素 ja(ja) (こうそ, kōso)
Lithuanian: fermentas lt(lt) m., enzimas lt(lt) m.
Polish: enzym pl(pl) m.
Russian: фермент ru(ru) (f'erm'ént) m., энзим ru(ru) (enzím) m.
Spanish: enzima es(es) f.
Turkish: enzim tr(tr)

[edit] Derived terms

[edit] French

[edit] Noun

enzyme m. and f. (plural enzymes)

(biochemistry) enzyme

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