chalcone
/ˈkælˌkoʊn/noun
chalcone is a noun meaning “The compound 1,3-diphenylpropenone (PhCH=CHCOPh); Ph = phenyl” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled C-H-A-L-C-O-N-E and has 2 syllables, and it appears about once in every 51 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of chalcone is chalcones.
What does chalcone mean?
noun
- 1
The compound 1,3-diphenylpropenone (PhCH=CHCOPh); Ph = phenyl.
- 2
Any derivative of this compound.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce chalcone?
- US /ˈkælˌkoʊn/
Chalcone has 2 syllables (counted from the pronunciation).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-chalcone.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of chalcone
- chalcones plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is chalcone?
Chalcone appears about once in every 51 million words in written English, the 222,788th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Where does chalcone come from?
From chalco- + -one.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).