quinone
/ˈkwɪnoʊn/noun
quinone is spelled Q-U-I-N-O-N-E: 7 letters. It appears about once in every 13 million words in written English, the 106,501st most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, quinone means “Any of a class of aromatic compounds having two carbonyl functional groups in the same six-membered ring” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of quinone is quinones.
How many letters and syllables are in quinone?
| Letters | 7: Q-U-I-N-O-N-E |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 13 million words; the 106,501st most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is quinone?
Quinone appears about once in every 13 million words in written English, the 106,501st 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).
How do you pronounce quinone?
- UK /ˈkwɪnəʊn/
- US /ˈkwɪnoʊn/
- Australia /ˈkwɪnəʉn/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-quinone.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with quinone?
One word on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as quinone from its last stressed vowel (/ɪnoʊn/):
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of quinone
- quinones plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does quinone mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Any of a class of aromatic compounds having two carbonyl functional groups in the same six-membered ring.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Quinone in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense compound:
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does quinone come from?
From quinic acid + -one, since it is one of the compounds obtained upon oxidation of quinic acid.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).