cetona
Portuguese, noun/seˈtõ.nɐ/
cetona is spelled C-E-T-O-N-A (6 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written Portuguese, the 69,446th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Cetona is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “ketone (organic chemicals with the >CO functional group)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “função química caracterizada pela presença da ligação dupla carbono oxigênio (C=O), chamado carbonila, ligado…”.
What does cetona mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineketone (organic chemicals with the >CO functional group)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. função química caracterizada pela presença da ligação dupla carbono oxigênio (C=O), chamado carbonila, ligado a dois radicais orgânicos
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of cetona
- cetonas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce cetona?
- Brazil /seˈtõ.nɐ/
- Portugal /sɨˈto.nɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to cetona
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is cetona in Portuguese?
cetona appears about once in every 5 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).