hydrolase
French, noun\i.dʁɔ.laz\
hydrolase is spelled H-Y-D-R-O-L-A-S-E (9 letters) and appears about once in every 65 million words in written French, the 253,038th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Hydrolase is a French feminine noun meaning “hydrolase” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Enzyme intervenant pour couper une liaison chimique au sein d’une molécule, en utilisant une molécule d'eau…”.
What does hydrolase mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininehydrolase
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Enzyme intervenant pour couper une liaison chimique au sein d’une molécule, en utilisant une molécule d'eau, suivant la réaction générale : R-R' + H₂O ⇌ R-OH + R'-H
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of hydrolase
- hydrolases plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce hydrolase?
- \i.dʁɔ.laz\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is hydrolase in French?
hydrolase appears about once in every 65 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).