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chinone

/ˈkɪnəʊn/

chinone is the dated form of quinone.

Meaning of quinone

Noun

quinone (plural quinones)

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

Forms of chinone

pluralchinones

Origin of chinone

From a Latinised form of Spanish quinina (“quinine”), + -one.

Questions about chinone

What is chinone the dated form of?
Chinone is the dated form of quinone.
How do you pronounce chinone?
Chinone is pronounced /ˈkɪnəʊn/.

Words near chinone in the dictionary

  1. chinolines
  2. chinolone
  3. chinolones
  4. chinomethionat
  5. Chinon
  6. chinone
  7. chinones
  8. chinook
  9. Chinook Jargon
  10. chinook salmon
  11. chinook salmons

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Adapted from Wiktionary: chinone (page history and authors); quinone (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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