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acetone

acetone

See also: acétone

English

Noun

acetone ‎(countable and uncountable, plural acetones)

(organic chemistry) A colourless, volatile, flammable liquid ketone, (CH₃)₂CO, used as a solvent.

Synonyms

propanone
propan-2-one
dimethyl ketone

Translations

the organic compound (CH₃)₂CO

Arabic: أَسِيتُون m ‎(ʾasitūn)
Asturian: acetona f
Belarusian: ацэто́н m ‎(acetón)
Bulgarian: ацето́н m ‎(acetón)
Catalan: acetona f
Chinese:

Cantonese: 丙酮 ‎(bing² tung⁴), 醋酮 ‎(cou³ tung⁴)

Mandarin: 丙酮 (zh) ‎(bǐngtóng), 醋酮 ‎(cùtóng)
Czech: aceton m
Dutch: aceton m, n
Esperanto: acetono
Finnish: asetoni (fi)
French: acétone (fr) f
Galician: acetona f
German: Aceton (de) n, Azeton (de) n, Propanon (de) n, Dimethylketon (de) n
Greek: ασετόν (el) n ‎(asetón)
Hebrew: אצטון (he) m ‎(atsetón)
Hindi: शुक्ता (hi) ‎(shuktaa)

Hungarian: aceton (hu)
Icelandic: asetón n
Irish: aicéatón m
Italian: acetone (it) m
Japanese: アセトン ‎(aseton)
Korean: 아세톤 ‎(aseton)
Polish: aceton (pl) m
Portuguese: acetona (pt) f
Romanian: acetonă (ro) f
Russian: ацето́н (ru) m ‎(acetón)
Serbo-Croatian:

Cyrillic: ацѐто̄н m

Roman: acètōn (sh) m
Slovene: acetón (sl) m
Spanish: acetona (es) f
Swedish: aceton (sv) c, n
Tagalog: asetona
Ukrainian: ацето́н (uk) m ‎(acetón)

References

acetone on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Danish

Etymology

From Latin acētum ‎(“vinegar”) +‎ -one.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /asətoːnə/, [asəˈtˢoːnə]

Noun

acetone c (singular definite acetonen, not used in plural form)

acetone (the organic compound (CH₃)₂CO)

Italian

Noun

acetone m ‎(plural acetoni)

(organic chemistry) acetone

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