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quinone

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈkwɪnəʊn/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • Canada, General-American: /ˈkwɪnoʊn/
  • Australian: /ˈkwɪnəʉn/

1

noun

Meaning 1

Any of a class of aromatic compounds having two carbonyl functional groups in the same six-membered ring.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, organic-chemistry, physical-sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

any of a class of aromatic yellow compounds including several that are biologically important as coenzymes or acceptors or vitamins; used in making dyes

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: benzoquinone

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: compound, chemical compound

Narrower terms: ubiquinone, coenzyme Q

History

Etymology

Etymology tree English quinine Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English quinic German Ketonbor. English ketone English -one English quinone From quinic acid + -one, since it is one of the compounds obtained upon oxidation of quinic acid.

Across languages

Translations

15 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Catalan: quinona — compound
  • Chinese Cantonese: 醌 (kwan1) — compound
  • Chinese Mandarin: 醌 (kūn) — compound
  • Czech: chinon — compound
  • French: quinone — compound
  • Greek: κινόνη (kinóni) — compound
  • Irish: cuineon — compound
  • Italian: chinone — compound
  • Japanese: キノン (kinon) — compound
  • Korean: 퀴논 (kwinon) — compound
  • Latvian: hinons — compound
  • Persian: کینون (kinon) — compound
  • Polish: chinon — compound
  • Spanish: quinona — compound
  • Thai: ควิโนน — compound