lysozyme
French, noun\li.zo.zim\
lysozyme is spelled L-Y-S-O-Z-Y-M-E (8 letters) and appears about once in every 35 million words in written French, the 187,990th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Lysozyme is a French masculine noun meaning “lysozyme” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Enzyme bactéricide présente dans les sécrétions (larmes, salive, lait…) de nombreuses espèces animales et…”.
What does lysozyme mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinelysozyme
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Enzyme bactéricide présente dans les sécrétions (larmes, salive, lait…) de nombreuses espèces animales et dans le blanc d’œuf.
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 lysozyme
- lysozymes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce lysozyme?
- \li.zo.zim\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is lysozyme in French?
lysozyme appears about once in every 35 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).