oxygénase
French, noun/ɔk.si.ʒe.naz/
oxygénase is spelled O-X-Y-G-É-N-A-S-E (9 letters) and appears about once in every 79 million words in written French, the 279,127th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Oxygénase is a French feminine noun meaning “oxygenase” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Enzyme ayant pour fonction d’introduire un dioxygène réduit dans une protéine”.
What does oxygénase mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineoxygenase
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Enzyme ayant pour fonction d’introduire un dioxygène réduit dans une protéine.
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 oxygénase
- oxygénases plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce oxygénase?
- /ɔk.si.ʒe.naz/
- \ɔk.si.ɡe.naz\
- [ɔk.ɬ͡si.ɡe.naɮ͡z]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is oxygénase in French?
oxygénase appears about once in every 79 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).