enzyme

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• /ˈɛn.zaɪm/
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From German Enzym, coined 1878 by the German physiologist Wilhelm Kühne from Ancient Greek ἐν (en, “in”) + ζύμη (zúmē, “leaven”). By surface analysis, en- + zyme.

61 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: ensiem — catalytic protein
• Arabic: إِنْزِيم (ʔinzīm) — catalytic protein
• Basque: entzima — catalytic protein
• Bulgarian: ензим (enzim) — catalytic protein
• Burmese: အင်ဇိုင်း (angjuing:) — catalytic protein
• Catalan: enzim — catalytic protein
• Chinese Cantonese: 酶 (mui4) — catalytic protein
• Chinese Cantonese: 酵素 (gaau3 sou3, haau1 sou3) — catalytic protein
• Chinese: 酵素 (zh-min-nan) — catalytic protein
• Chinese Mandarin: 酶 (méi) — catalytic protein
• Chinese Mandarin: 酵素 (jiàosù) — catalytic protein
• Czech: enzym — catalytic protein
• Danish: enzym — catalytic protein
• Dutch: enzym — catalytic protein
• Esperanto: enzimo — catalytic protein
• Finnish: entsyymi — catalytic protein
• French: enzyme — catalytic protein
• Galician: enzima — catalytic protein
• German: Enzym — catalytic protein
• Greek: ένζυμο (énzymo) — catalytic protein
• Gujarati: ઉત્સેચક (utsecak) — catalytic protein
• Hebrew: אנזים — catalytic protein
• Hungarian: enzim — catalytic protein
• Icelandic: ensím — catalytic protein
• Indonesian: enzim — catalytic protein
• Irish: einsím — catalytic protein
• Italian: enzima — catalytic protein
• Japanese: 酵素 (kōso) — catalytic protein
• Kazakh: фермент (ferment) — catalytic protein
• Khmer: អង់ស៊ីម (ʼɑngsiim) — catalytic protein
• Korean: 효소 (hyoso) — catalytic protein
• Northern Kurdish: enzîm — catalytic protein
• Latvian: enzīms — catalytic protein
• Lithuanian: fermentas — catalytic protein
• Lithuanian: enzimas — catalytic protein
• Malay: enzim — catalytic protein
• Māori: pūmua whākōkī — catalytic protein
• Māori: whākōkī — catalytic protein
• Norwegian Bokmål: enzym — catalytic protein
• Norwegian Nynorsk: enzym — catalytic protein
• Persian: آنزیم (ânzim) — catalytic protein
• Persian: زیمایه (zi-mâye) — catalytic protein
• Polish: enzym — catalytic protein
• Portuguese: enzima — catalytic protein
• Russian: ферме́нт (fermént) — catalytic protein
• Russian: энзи́м (enzím) — catalytic protein
• Serbo-Croatian: ензим — catalytic protein
• Serbo-Croatian: enzim — catalytic protein
• Somali: ensiim — catalytic protein
• Spanish: enzima — catalytic protein
• Spanish: biocatalizador — catalytic protein
• Spanish: diastasa — catalytic protein
• Spanish: fermento — catalytic protein
• Swedish: enzym — catalytic protein
• Tamil: என்சைம் (eṉcaim) — catalytic protein
• Thai: เอนไซม์ (en-saai) — catalytic protein
• Turkish: enzim — catalytic protein
• Ukrainian: ферме́нт (fermént) — catalytic protein
• Ukrainian: ензим (enzym) — catalytic protein
• Vietnamese: enzim — catalytic protein
• Vietnamese: men tiêu hoá — catalytic protein