enzyme

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛn.zaɪm/
• Rhymes: -aɪm

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• Hyphenation: en‧zyme

enzyme (countable and uncountable, plural enzymes)

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

   Hypernym: biocatalyst

2. (Christianity) leavened bread, as opposed to azyme

• enzyme on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

From Ancient Greek ἐν (en, “in”) +‎ ζύμη (zúmē, “sourdough”).

enzyme m or f (plural enzymes)

1. (biochemistry) enzyme

enzyme

1. inflection of enzymer:
   1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
   2. second-person singular imperative

• “enzyme”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.