lyse

See also: lysé, lysë, łyse, and -lyse

English

Etymology

Back-formation from lysis.

Verb

lyse (third-person singular simple present lyses, present participle lysing, simple past and past participle lysed)

  1. (biology) To burst or cut a cell or cell structure; to induce lysis.
  2. (biochemistry) To break down molecularly into smaller molecules; to induce lysis.

Anagrams

Danish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /lyːsə/, [ˈlyːsə]

Etymology 1

From Old Norse lýsa.

Verb

lyse (imperative lys, infinitive at lyse, present tense lyser, past tense lyste, perfect tense har lyst)

  1. shine
  2. give out light

Etymology 2

See lys (“light, bright”).

Adjective

lyse

  1. definite and plural of lys

French

Pronunciation

Noun

lyse f (plural lyses)

  1. (chemistry) lysis

Verb

lyse

  1. first-person singular present indicative of lyser
  2. third-person singular present indicative of lyser
  3. first-person singular present subjunctive of lyser
  4. first-person singular present subjunctive of lyser
  5. second-person singular imperative of lyser

Further reading

Latin

Noun

lyse

  1. ablative singular of lysis

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

Adjective

lyse

  1. definite singular of lys
  2. plural of lys

Etymology 2

From Old Norse lýsa

Verb

lyse (inperative lys, present tense lyser, passive lyses, simple past lyste, past participle lyst, present participle lysende)

  1. to light
Derived terms

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

lyse (present tense lyser, past tense lyste, past participle lyst, passive infinitive lysast, present participle lysande, imperative lys)

  1. Alternative form of lysa

Derived terms

Adjective

lyse

  1. singular definite of lys
  2. plural of lys
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