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

Noun

cetona f (plural cetonas)

1. (chemistry) ketone

Related terms

• cetosis

 

Further reading

• “cetona”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014