chiton

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• General-American: /ˈkaɪtn̩/
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• General-American: /ˈkaɪtɑn/
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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈkaɪtn̩/
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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈkaɪtɒn/
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• rhymes with -aɪtən
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From Ancient Greek χιτών (khitṓn, “tunic”), from a Central Semitic *kittan, from the Akkadian 𒌆𒃰 (kitû, literally “flax, linen”), from Sumerian 𒄑𒃰 (kitû [GIŠ.GADA]).

] From New Latin chiton. See above.

42 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: хитон (hiton) — Greek tunic
• Catalan: quitó — Greek tunic
• Esperanto: ĥitono — Greek tunic
• Finnish: kitoni — Greek tunic
• Finnish: khiton — Greek tunic
• French: chiton — Greek tunic
• German: Chiton — Greek tunic
• Greek: χιτώνας (chitónas) — Greek tunic
• Ancient Greek: χιτών (khitṓn) — Greek tunic
• Italian: chitone — Greek tunic
• Japanese: キトン (kiton) — Greek tunic
• Marathi: कायटन (kāyṭan) — Greek tunic
• Marathi: खिटोन (khiṭon) — Greek tunic
• Polish: chiton — Greek tunic
• Portuguese: quíton — Greek tunic
• Portuguese: quitão — Greek tunic
• Romanian: chiton — Greek tunic
• Russian: хито́н (xitón) — Greek tunic
• Swedish: kiton — Greek tunic
• Ukrainian: хіто́н (xitón) — Greek tunic
• Catalan: quitó — mollusc
• Chinese Mandarin: 多板綱 /多板纲 (duō bǎn gāng) — mollusc
• Dutch: keverslak — mollusc
• Dutch: chiton — mollusc
• Finnish: nivelkotilo — mollusc
• French: chiton — mollusc
• German: Käferschnecke — mollusc
• Greek: χιτώνας (chitónas) — mollusc
• Hebrew: כתונת ים (któnet yam) — mollusc
• Icelandic: nökkvar — mollusc
• Italian: chitone — mollusc
• Japanese: 多板綱 (tabankō) — mollusc
• Korean: 다판류 (dapannyu) — mollusc
• Korean: 다판강 (dapan'gang) — mollusc
• Lushootseed: ʔuk̓ws — mollusc
• Māori: papatua — mollusc
• Navajo: chʼoshłóóʼ bikááʼtsʼinígíí — mollusc
• Polish: chiton — mollusc
• Portuguese: quíton — mollusc
• Russian: хито́н (xitón) — mollusc
• Swedish: ledsnäcka — mollusc
• Vietnamese: ốc song kinh — mollusc