celulase
Portuguese, noun/se.luˈla.zi/
celulase is spelled C-E-L-U-L-A-S-E (8 letters) and appears about once in every 65 million words in written Portuguese, the 221,886th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Celulase is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “cellulase (enzyme)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “enzima que cataliza a celulólise (hidrólise da celulose)”.
What does celulase mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininecellulase (enzyme)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. enzima que cataliza a celulólise (hidrólise da celulose)
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of celulase
- celulases plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce celulase?
- Brazil /se.luˈla.zi/
- Portugal /sɨ.luˈla.zɨ/
- /se.lu.ˈla.zi/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is celulase in Portuguese?
celulase appears about once in every 65 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).