"-ase" meaning in English

See -ase in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Suffix

IPA: /-ˌeɪs/ [Canada, General-American, Received-Pronunciation], /-ˌeɪz/ [Canada, General-American, Received-Pronunciation], /-ˌæɪs/ [General-Australian, New-Zealand], /-ˌæɪz/ [General-Australian, New-Zealand], /-ˌes/ [Scotland], /-ˌez/ [Scotland], /-ˌeːs/ [India], /-ˌeːz/ [India] Forms: -ases [plural]
enPR: ās′, āz′ Rhymes: -eɪs, -eɪz Etymology: Derived from ending of diastase; a libfix. Head templates: {{en-noun|+}} -ase (noun-forming suffix, plural -ases)
  1. Used to form the names of enzymes. Tags: morpheme Translations (forms the names of enzymes): -а́за (-áza) [feminine] (Bulgarian), -áza [feminine] (Czech), -aasi (Finnish), -एद (-ed) (Hindi), -áz (Hungarian), -ase (Indonesian), -áis [feminine] (Irish), -asi (Italian), -aza [feminine] (Polish), -ase [feminine] (Portuguese), -asa (Spanish), -as [common-gender] (Swedish), -as (Welsh)

Inflected forms

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          "code": "bg",
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      "ipa": "/-ˌeːz/",
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        "feminine"
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      "sense": "forms the names of enzymes",
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      "sense": "forms the names of enzymes",
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      "code": "ga",
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      "lang_code": "ga",
      "sense": "forms the names of enzymes",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
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      "lang_code": "it",
      "sense": "forms the names of enzymes",
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    },
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      "code": "pl",
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      "lang_code": "pl",
      "sense": "forms the names of enzymes",
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        "feminine"
      ],
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    },
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      "code": "pt",
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      "lang_code": "pt",
      "sense": "forms the names of enzymes",
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      "code": "sv",
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      "sense": "forms the names of enzymes",
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      "sense": "forms the names of enzymes",
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