Meanings
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*dwóh₁
- Proto-Indo-European*trísinflu.
- Proto-Indo-European*dwís
- Ancient Greekδιά (diá)
- Ancient Greekδῐᾰ- (dĭă-)
- Proto-Indo-European*steh₂-
- Proto-Indo-European*stísteh₂ti
- Proto-Hellenic*hístāmi
- Ancient Greekῐ̔́στημῐ (hĭ́stēmĭ)
- Ancient Greekδῐῐ̈́στημῐ (dĭĭ̈́stēmĭ)
- Ancient Greekδῐᾰ́στᾰσῐς (dĭắstăsĭs)
- Englishdiastase
- English-ase
Derived from ending of diastase; a libfix.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian -а́за
- -а́за (-áza)forms the names of enzymes
Czech -áza
- -ázaforms the names of enzymes
Finnish -aasi
- -aasiforms the names of enzymes
Hindi -एद
- -एद (-ed)forms the names of enzymes
Hungarian -áz
- -ázforms the names of enzymes
Indonesian -ase
- -aseforms the names of enzymes
Irish -áis
- -áisforms the names of enzymes
Italian -asi
- -asiforms the names of enzymes
Polish -aza
- -azaforms the names of enzymes
Portuguese -ase
- -aseforms the names of enzymes
Spanish -asa
- -asaforms the names of enzymes
Swedish -as
- -asforms the names of enzymes
Welsh -as
- -asforms the names of enzymes
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with -ase
dayscaseplacespacefacebasewaysracephasebassreplaceraiseresgracephrasepacetraceacechasepraiselacegayshayesstays
All rhymes →Cite this entry
APA
-ase. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/-ase
MLA
“-ase.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/-ase. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “-ase,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/-ase.
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