enzym

enzym (countable and uncountable, plural enzyms)

1. Archaic form of enzyme.

• IPA^(key): [ˈɛnzɪm]

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enzym m inan

1. enzyme (catalytic protein)

• “enzym”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “enzym”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “enzym”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

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

enzym n (singular definite enzymet, plural indefinite enzymer)

1. (biochemistry) enzyme

Borrowed from German Enzym.

• IPA^(key): /ɛnˈzim/
• Hyphenation: en‧zym
• Rhymes: -im

enzym n (plural enzymen, diminutive enzympje n)

1. enzyme

• enzymatisch

• → Indonesian: enzim

Coined in German as Enzym from Ancient Greek ἐν (en, “in”) and ζύμη (zúmē, “sourdough”).

enzym n (definite singular enzymet, indefinite plural enzym or enzymer, definite plural enzyma or enzymene)

1. (biochemistry) an enzyme

• “enzym” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Coined in German as Enzym, from Ancient Greek ἐν (en, “in”) and ζύμη (zúmē, “sourdough”).

enzym n (definite singular enzymet, indefinite plural enzym, definite plural enzyma)

1. (biochemistry) an enzyme

• “enzym” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛn.zɘm/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ɛnzɘm
• Syllabification: en‧zym

enzym m inan

1. enzyme (catalytic protein)

• enzym in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• enzym in Polish dictionaries at PWN

enzym n

1. (biochemistry) enzyme