Acetone

//ˈæ.sə.toʊn//

Synonyms for "acetone" (8 found)

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Closest matches (2)

Strong matches (2)

Related words (4)

Noun(1 words)
propan-2-one

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More general

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Synonyms

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derived

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derived from

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has context

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is a

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related to

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Translations

49 translations across 43 languages.

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Arabic

1 entries
  • أَسِيتُون noun (the organic compound (CH3)2CO)

Asturian

1 entries
  • acetona noun (the organic compound (CH3)2CO)

Belarusian

1 entries
  • ацэто́н noun (the organic compound (CH3)2CO)

Bulgarian

1 entries
  • ацето́н noun (the organic compound (CH3)2CO)

Catalan

1 entries
  • acetona noun (the organic compound (CH3)2CO)

Chinese Cantonese

2 entries
  • 丙酮 noun (the organic compound (CH3)2CO)
  • 醋酮 noun (the organic compound (CH3)2CO)

Chinese Mandarin

2 entries
  • 丙酮 noun (the organic compound (CH3)2CO)
  • 醋酮 noun (the organic compound (CH3)2CO)

Czech

1 entries
  • aceton noun (the organic compound (CH3)2CO)

Danish

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  • acetone noun (the organic compound (CH3)2CO)

Dutch

1 entries
  • aceton noun (the organic compound (CH3)2CO)

Esperanto

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  • acetono noun (the organic compound (CH3)2CO)

Finnish

1 entries
  • asetoni noun (the organic compound (CH3)2CO)

French

1 entries
  • acétone noun (the organic compound (CH3)2CO)

Galician

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  • acetona noun (the organic compound (CH3)2CO)

German

4 entries
  • Aceton noun (the organic compound (CH3)2CO)
  • Azeton noun (the organic compound (CH3)2CO)
  • Dimethylketon noun (the organic compound (CH3)2CO)
  • Propanon noun (the organic compound (CH3)2CO)

Greek

1 entries
  • ακετόνη noun (the organic compound (CH3)2CO)

Hebrew

1 entries
  • אצטון noun (the organic compound (CH3)2CO)

Hindi

1 entries
  • शुक्ता noun (the organic compound (CH3)2CO)

Hungarian

1 entries
  • aceton noun (the organic compound (CH3)2CO)

Icelandic

1 entries
  • asetón noun (the organic compound (CH3)2CO)

Indonesian

1 entries
  • aseton noun (the organic compound (CH3)2CO)

Irish

1 entries
  • aicéatón noun (the organic compound (CH3)2CO)

Italian

1 entries
  • acetone noun (the organic compound (CH3)2CO)

Japanese

1 entries
  • アセトン noun (the organic compound (CH3)2CO)

Khmer

1 entries
  • អាសេតូន noun (the organic compound (CH3)2CO)

Korean

1 entries
  • 아세톤 noun (the organic compound (CH3)2CO)

Latvian

1 entries
  • acetons noun (the organic compound (CH3)2CO)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries
  • aceton noun (the organic compound (CH3)2CO)

Norwegian Nynorsk

1 entries
  • aceton noun (the organic compound (CH3)2CO)

Persian

1 entries
  • استون noun (the organic compound (CH3)2CO)

Polish

1 entries
  • aceton noun (the organic compound (CH3)2CO)

Portuguese

1 entries
  • acetona noun (the organic compound (CH3)2CO)

Romanian

1 entries
  • acetonă noun (the organic compound (CH3)2CO)

Russian

1 entries
  • ацето́н noun (the organic compound (CH3)2CO)

Serbo-Croatian

2 entries
  • acètōn noun (the organic compound (CH3)2CO)
  • ацѐто̄н noun (the organic compound (CH3)2CO)

Slovene

1 entries
  • acetón noun (the organic compound (CH3)2CO)

Spanish

1 entries
  • acetona noun (the organic compound (CH3)2CO)

Swedish

1 entries
  • aceton noun (the organic compound (CH3)2CO)

Tagalog

1 entries
  • asetona noun (the organic compound (CH3)2CO)

Thai

1 entries
  • แอซีโทน noun (the organic compound (CH3)2CO)

Turkish

1 entries
  • aseton noun (the organic compound (CH3)2CO)

Ukrainian

1 entries
  • ацето́н noun (the organic compound (CH3)2CO)

Vietnamese

1 entries
  • axeton noun (the organic compound (CH3)2CO)

Sample sentences

6 total sentences available.

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I think I forgot to rinse the condenser with acetone.

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Acetone cannot be drunk.

Source: tatoeba (2824026)

This is acetone.

Source: tatoeba (8915013)

British researchers say they have developed a portable breath analyzer that can detect even a very small amount of acetone in the patient’s breath.

Source: tatoeba (11172733)

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