chitin

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• UK: /ˈkʌɪtɪn/
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• kīʹtĭn
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• US: /ˈkaɪtɪn/
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Etymology tree Ancient Greek χῐτών (khĭtṓn)der. Latin chitōnder. French chitinebor. English chitin From French chitine, from Latin chitōn (“mollusk”), from Ancient Greek χιτών (khitṓn). See also chiton.

34 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Armenian: խիտին (xitin) — polymer of N-acetylglucosamine, found in arthropod and fungi
• Bulgarian: хитин (hitin) — polymer of N-acetylglucosamine, found in arthropod and fungi
• Catalan: quitina — polymer of N-acetylglucosamine, found in arthropod and fungi
• Chinese Mandarin: 甲殼素 /甲壳素 (jiǎqiàosù) — polymer of N-acetylglucosamine, found in arthropod and fungi
• Chinese Mandarin: 幾丁質 /几丁质 (jīdīngzhì) — polymer of N-acetylglucosamine, found in arthropod and fungi
• Czech: chitin — polymer of N-acetylglucosamine, found in arthropod and fungi
• Esperanto: kitino — polymer of N-acetylglucosamine, found in arthropod and fungi
• Finnish: kitiini — polymer of N-acetylglucosamine, found in arthropod and fungi
• French: chitine — polymer of N-acetylglucosamine, found in arthropod and fungi
• German: Chitin — polymer of N-acetylglucosamine, found in arthropod and fungi
• Hindi: कठिनि (kaṭhini) — polymer of N-acetylglucosamine, found in arthropod and fungi
• Indonesian: kitin — polymer of N-acetylglucosamine, found in arthropod and fungi
• Italian: chitina — polymer of N-acetylglucosamine, found in arthropod and fungi
• Japanese: キチン (kichin) — polymer of N-acetylglucosamine, found in arthropod and fungi
• Kannada: ಕೈಟಿನ್ (kaiṭin) — polymer of N-acetylglucosamine, found in arthropod and fungi
• Kazakh: хитин (xitin) — polymer of N-acetylglucosamine, found in arthropod and fungi
• Korean: 키틴 (kitin) — polymer of N-acetylglucosamine, found in arthropod and fungi
• Korean: 갑각소 (gapgakso) — polymer of N-acetylglucosamine, found in arthropod and fungi
• Latin: chitinum — polymer of N-acetylglucosamine, found in arthropod and fungi
• Macedonian: хитин (hitin) — polymer of N-acetylglucosamine, found in arthropod and fungi
• Malay: kitin — polymer of N-acetylglucosamine, found in arthropod and fungi
• Occitan: quitina — polymer of N-acetylglucosamine, found in arthropod and fungi
• Persian: کیتین — polymer of N-acetylglucosamine, found in arthropod and fungi
• Portuguese: quitina — polymer of N-acetylglucosamine, found in arthropod and fungi
• Romanian: chitină — polymer of N-acetylglucosamine, found in arthropod and fungi
• Russian: хити́н (xitín) — polymer of N-acetylglucosamine, found in arthropod and fungi
• Serbo-Croatian: hitin — polymer of N-acetylglucosamine, found in arthropod and fungi
• Spanish: quitina — polymer of N-acetylglucosamine, found in arthropod and fungi
• Tamil: கைட்டின் (kaiṭṭiṉ) — polymer of N-acetylglucosamine, found in arthropod and fungi
• Thai: ไคทิน — polymer of N-acetylglucosamine, found in arthropod and fungi
• Thai: ไคติน — polymer of N-acetylglucosamine, found in arthropod and fungi
• Turkish: kitin — polymer of N-acetylglucosamine, found in arthropod and fungi
• Ukrainian: хіти́н (xitýn) — polymer of N-acetylglucosamine, found in arthropod and fungi
• Uzbek: xitin — polymer of N-acetylglucosamine, found in arthropod and fungi