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/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /seˈto.na/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /sɨˈto.nɐ/

Noun

cetona f (plural cetonas)

ketone (organic chemicals with the >CO functional group)

Related terms

acetona

Spanish

Noun

cetona f (plural cetonas)

(chemistry) ketone

Related terms

cetosis

Further reading

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

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