"ketone" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈkiːtəʊn/ Audio: en-us-ketone.ogg [US] Forms: ketones [plural]
Etymology: From German Keton, from Aketon (“acetone”), from French acétone (“acetone”). See acetone. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|de|Keton}} German Keton, {{m|de|Aketon||acetone}} Aketon (“acetone”), {{der|en|fr|acétone||acetone}} French acétone (“acetone”), {{m|en|acetone}} acetone Head templates: {{en-noun}} ketone (plural ketones)
  1. (organic chemistry) A homologous series of organic molecules whose functional group is an oxygen atom joined to a carbon atom—by a double bond—in a carbon-hydrogen based molecule. Wikipedia link: ketone Categories (topical): Organic compounds Related terms: aldehyde, tautomerism Translations (organic chemicals with the >CO functional group): кетон (keton) [masculine] (Bulgarian), (tung⁴) (Chinese Cantonese), (tóng) (Chinese Mandarin), keton [common-gender] (Danish), ketono (Esperanto), ketoni (Finnish), cétone [feminine] (French), Keton [neuter] (German), κετόνη (ketóni) (Greek), keton (Hungarian), ketono (Ido), chetone [masculine] (Italian), ケトン (keton) (Japanese), សេតូន (seetoun) (Khmer), 케톤 (keton) (Korean), keton (Malay), hāparo (Maori), کتون (keton) (Persian), keton [masculine] (Polish), cetona [feminine] (Portuguese), кето́н (ketón) [masculine] (Russian), ketón (Slovak), cetona [feminine] (Spanish), quetona [feminine] (Spanish), keton [common-gender] (Swedish), xeton (Vietnamese), xê-tôn (Vietnamese)

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