acetone

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• US: /ˈæ.sə.toʊn/
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• CMU ARPABET: AE1 S AH0 T OW2 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From acet- from acētum (“vinegar”). The -one was taken from margarone but further etymology is unclear. Doublet of ketone.

49 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: أَسِيتُون (ʔasitūn) — the organic compound (CH3)2CO
• Asturian: acetona — the organic compound (CH3)2CO
• Belarusian: ацэто́н (acetón) — the organic compound (CH3)2CO
• Bulgarian: ацето́н (acetón) — the organic compound (CH3)2CO
• Catalan: acetona — the organic compound (CH3)2CO
• Chinese Cantonese: 丙酮 — the organic compound (CH3)2CO
• Chinese Cantonese: 醋酮 — the organic compound (CH3)2CO
• Chinese Mandarin: 丙酮 (bǐngtóng) — the organic compound (CH3)2CO
• Chinese Mandarin: 醋酮 (cùtóng) — the organic compound (CH3)2CO
• Czech: aceton — the organic compound (CH3)2CO
• Danish: acetone — the organic compound (CH3)2CO
• Dutch: aceton — the organic compound (CH3)2CO
• Esperanto: acetono — the organic compound (CH3)2CO
• Finnish: asetoni — the organic compound (CH3)2CO
• French: acétone — the organic compound (CH3)2CO
• Galician: acetona — the organic compound (CH3)2CO
• German: Aceton — the organic compound (CH3)2CO
• German: Azeton — the organic compound (CH3)2CO
• German: Propanon — the organic compound (CH3)2CO
• German: Dimethylketon — the organic compound (CH3)2CO
• Greek: ακετόνη (aketóni) — the organic compound (CH3)2CO
• Hebrew: אצטון (atsetón) — the organic compound (CH3)2CO
• Hindi: शुक्ता (śuktā) — the organic compound (CH3)2CO
• Hungarian: aceton — the organic compound (CH3)2CO
• Icelandic: asetón — the organic compound (CH3)2CO
• Indonesian: aseton — the organic compound (CH3)2CO
• Irish: aicéatón — the organic compound (CH3)2CO
• Italian: acetone — the organic compound (CH3)2CO
• Japanese: アセトン (aseton) — the organic compound (CH3)2CO
• Khmer: អាសេតូន (ʼaaseetoun) — the organic compound (CH3)2CO
• Korean: 아세톤 (aseton) — the organic compound (CH3)2CO
• Latvian: acetons — the organic compound (CH3)2CO
• Norwegian Bokmål: aceton — the organic compound (CH3)2CO
• Norwegian Nynorsk: aceton — the organic compound (CH3)2CO
• Persian: استون (asetôn) — the organic compound (CH3)2CO
• Polish: aceton — the organic compound (CH3)2CO
• Portuguese: acetona — the organic compound (CH3)2CO
• Romanian: acetonă — the organic compound (CH3)2CO
• Russian: ацето́н (acetón) — the organic compound (CH3)2CO
• Serbo-Croatian: ацѐто̄н — the organic compound (CH3)2CO
• Serbo-Croatian: acètōn — the organic compound (CH3)2CO
• Slovene: acetón — the organic compound (CH3)2CO
• Spanish: acetona — the organic compound (CH3)2CO
• Swedish: aceton — the organic compound (CH3)2CO
• Tagalog: asetona — the organic compound (CH3)2CO
• Thai: แอซีโทน (ae-si-thon) — the organic compound (CH3)2CO
• Turkish: aseton — the organic compound (CH3)2CO
• Ukrainian: ацето́н (acetón) — the organic compound (CH3)2CO
• Vietnamese: axeton — the organic compound (CH3)2CO