cetona

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from German Keton, from Aketon (“acetone”), from French acétone (“acetone”), from Latin acētum (“vinegar”), from aceō (“to be sour”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱ- (“sharp”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /seˈtõ.nɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /seˈtõ.nɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /seˈto.na/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /sɨˈto.nɐ/

Noun

cetona f (plural cetonas)

1. ketone (organic chemicals with the >CO functional group)

Related terms

• acetona

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from German Keton, from Aketon (“acetone”), from French acétone (“acetone”), from Latin acētum (“vinegar”), from aceō (“to be sour”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱ- (“sharp”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /θeˈtona/ [θeˈt̪o.na]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /seˈtona/ [seˈt̪o.na]
• Rhymes: -ona
• Syllabification: ce‧to‧na

Noun

cetona f (plural cetonas)

1. (chemistry) ketone

Related terms

• acetona
• cetosis

 

Further reading

• “cetona”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28