lactase
Portuguese, noun/lakˈta.zi/
lactase is spelled L-A-C-T-A-S-E (7 letters) and appears about once in every 12 million words in written Portuguese, the 106,884th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Lactase is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “lactase (a β-galactosidase enzyme)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does lactase mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininelactase (a β-galactosidase enzyme)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of lactase
- lactases plural
- láctase alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce lactase?
- Brazil /lakˈta.zi/
- Portugal /lɐkˈta.zɨ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to lactase
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is lactase in Portuguese?
lactase appears about once in every 12 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).