lyse

See also: lysé, lysë, łyse, and -lyse

English

Etymology

Back-formation from lysis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlaɪz/, /ˈlaɪs/
• Rhymes: -aɪz, -aɪs
• Homophones: lies, lice

Verb

lyse (third-person singular simple present lyses, present participle lysing, simple past and past participle lysed)

1. (biology) To burst or cut a cell or cell structure; to induce lysis.
2. (biochemistry) To break down molecularly into smaller molecules; to induce lysis.

Related terms

• lysis
• -lysis

Anagrams

• Slye, leys, lyes, sely, sley, syle

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Albanian

Alternative forms

• lise

Etymology

From lysë.

Noun

lyse f

1. stream

Related terms

• lis

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Danish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lyːsə/, [ˈlyːsə]

Etymology 1

From Old Norse lýsa, from Proto-Germanic *liuhsijaną. Derived from *leuhsaz (“light”, adjective) and/or *leuhsą (“light”, noun).

Verb

lyse (imperative lys, infinitive at lyse, present tense lyser, past tense lyste, perfect tense har lyst)

1. to shine
2. to give out light
3. to register
4. (religion) to declare (a wedding or a ban)

Inflection

Inflection of lyse

	present	past
simple	lyser	lyste
perfect	har lyst	havde lyst
passive	lyses	lystes
participle	lysende	lyst
imperative	lys	—
infinitive	lyse	—
auxiliary verb	have	—
gerund	lysen	—

Derived terms

• aflyse
• bandlyse
• belyse
• gennemlyse
• indlysende
• lysning
• oplyse
• selvlysende
• tinglyse

 

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

lyse

1. definite singular of lys
2. plural of lys

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French

Pronunciation

• Homophones: lysent, lyses

Noun

lyse f (plural lyses)

1. (chemistry) lysis

Related terms

• lytique

Verb

lyse

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

Further reading

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

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Latin

Noun

lyse

1. ablative singular of lysis

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• (Fredrikstad dialect) IPA^(key): [ˈlŷː.sɛ̝]

Adjective

lyse

1. definite singular of lys
2. plural of lys

Etymology 2

From Old Norse lýsa.

Verb

lyse (imperative lys, present tense lyser, passive lyses, simple past lyste, past participle lyst, present participle lysende)

1. to light

Derived terms

• avlyse
• belyse
• opplyse

References

• “lyse” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

Verb

lyse (present tense lyser, past tense lyste, past participle lyst, passive infinitive lysast, present participle lysande, imperative lys)

1. e-infinitive form of lysa

Derived terms

• avlyse

Etymology 2

Adjective

lyse

1. definite singular of lys
2. plural of lys