acetone R₁ = R₂ = CH₃
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Ketone
//ˈkiːtəʊn//
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9 entriesTranslations
32 translations across 30 languages.
Bulgarian
1 entries- кетон noun (organic chemicals with the >CO functional group)
Catalan
1 entries- cetona noun (organic chemicals with the >CO functional group)
Chinese Cantonese
1 entries- 酮 noun (organic chemicals with the >CO functional group)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 酮 noun (organic chemicals with the >CO functional group)
Danish
1 entries- keton noun (organic chemicals with the >CO functional group)
Dutch
1 entries- keton noun (organic chemicals with the >CO functional group)
Esperanto
1 entries- ketono noun (organic chemicals with the >CO functional group)
Finnish
1 entries- ketoni noun (organic chemicals with the >CO functional group)
French
1 entries- cétone noun (organic chemicals with the >CO functional group)
German
1 entries- Keton noun (organic chemicals with the >CO functional group)
Greek
1 entries- κετόνη noun (organic chemicals with the >CO functional group)
Hungarian
1 entries- keton noun (organic chemicals with the >CO functional group)
Ido
1 entries- ketono noun (organic chemicals with the >CO functional group)
Irish
1 entries- céatón noun (organic chemicals with the >CO functional group)
Italian
1 entries- chetone noun (organic chemicals with the >CO functional group)
Japanese
1 entries- ケトン noun (organic chemicals with the >CO functional group)
Khmer
1 entries- សេតូន noun (organic chemicals with the >CO functional group)
Korean
1 entries- 케톤 noun (organic chemicals with the >CO functional group)
Malay
1 entries- keton noun (organic chemicals with the >CO functional group)
Māori
1 entries- hāparo noun (organic chemicals with the >CO functional group)
Persian
1 entries- کتون noun (organic chemicals with the >CO functional group)
Polish
1 entries- keton noun (organic chemicals with the >CO functional group)
Portuguese
1 entries- cetona noun (organic chemicals with the >CO functional group)
Romanian
1 entries- cetonă noun (organic chemicals with the >CO functional group)
Russian
1 entries- кето́н noun (organic chemicals with the >CO functional group)
Slovak
1 entries- ketón noun (organic chemicals with the >CO functional group)
Spanish
2 entries- cetona noun (organic chemicals with the >CO functional group)
- quetona noun (organic chemicals with the >CO functional group)
Swedish
1 entries- keton noun (organic chemicals with the >CO functional group)
Turkish
1 entries- keton noun (organic chemicals with the >CO functional group)
Vietnamese
2 entries- xeton noun (organic chemicals with the >CO functional group)
- xê-tôn noun (organic chemicals with the >CO functional group)
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methyl ethyl ketone R₁ = CH₃, R₂ = C₂H₅
Source: wiktionary
camphor C₁₀H₁₇O
Source: wiktionary
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