-ase

See also: ase, ASE, asé, asè, asė, åse, Åse, and Āsè

English

Etymology

Derived from ending of diastase; a libfix

Suffix

-ase

1. Used to form the names of enzymes.

Derived terms

English terms suffixed with -ase

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)

See also

• Enzyme on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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

1. -age: action; result of an action.

Alternative forms

• -aj (Standard Malay)

Etymology 2

From English -ase.

Suffix

asê

1. (chemistry) -ase

Derived terms

Indonesian terms suffixed with -ase

Portuguese

Suffix

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

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

Derived terms

Portuguese terms suffixed with -ase