-ase

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ase"

English

Etymology

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Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁

Proto-Indo-European *dwísder.

Ancient Greek διά (diá)

Ancient Greek δῐᾰ- (dĭă-)

Proto-Indo-European *steh₂-

Proto-Indo-European *stísteh₂ti

Proto-Hellenic *hístāmi

Ancient Greek ῐ̔́στημῐ (hĭ́stēmĭ)

Ancient Greek δῐῐ̈́στημῐ (dĭĭ̈́stēmĭ)

Ancient Greek δῐᾰ́στᾰσῐς (dĭắstăsĭs)

English diastase

English -ase

Derived from ending of diastase; a libfix.

Pronunciation

enPR: ās′, āz′
(Received Pronunciation, General American, Canada) IPA^(key): /-ˌeɪs/, /-ˌeɪz/
(General Australian, New Zealand) IPA^(key): /-ˌæɪs/, /-ˌæɪz/
(Scotland) IPA^(key): /-ˌes/, /-ˌez/
(India) IPA^(key): /-ˌeːs/, /-ˌeːz/
Rhymes: -eɪs, -eɪz
Hyphenation: -ase

Suffix

-ase (noun-forming suffix, plural -ases)

Used to form the names of enzymes.

Derived terms

English terms suffixed with -ase

adenylpyrophosphatase

aryldialkylphosphatase

endogalactosaminidase

endoglycosidase

endoglycosylceramidase

farnesyltranstransferase

Translations

forms the names of enzymes

Bulgarian: -а́за f (-áza)
Czech: -áza f
Finnish: -aasi
Hindi: -एद (-ed)
Hungarian: -áz
Indonesian: -ase
Irish: -áis f
Italian: -asi (it)
Polish: -aza f
Portuguese: -ase f
Spanish: -asa (es)
Swedish: -as (sv) c
Welsh: -as (cy)

Anagrams

AES, EAS, EAs, ESA, Esa, SAE, SEA, Sea, a**es, aes, eas, esa, sea

Indonesian

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [asə]
Hyphenation: asê

Etymology 1

From Dutch -age, from French -age, from Middle French -age, from Old French -age, from Latin -āticum.

Suffix

asê

-age: action; result of an action

Alternative forms

-aj (Standard Malay)

Etymology 2

From English -ase.

Suffix

asê

(chemistry) -ase

Derived terms

Indonesian terms suffixed with -ase

Portuguese

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈa.zi/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈa.ze/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈa.zɨ/

Hyphenation: -a‧se

Suffix

-ase f (noun-forming suffix, plural -ases)

(chemistry) -ase (forms the names of enzymes)

Derived terms

Portuguese terms suffixed with -ase

Spanish

Suffix

-ase

first/third-person singular imperfect subjunctive of -ar