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dione

/daɪˈoʊni/

dione noun: diketone.

Noun

dione (plural diones)

  1. (in-compounds, sometimes) diketone

Proper noun capitalized: Dione

Dione (countable and uncountable, plural Diones)

  1. (Greek) Mother of Aphrodite, and possibly the same as the goddess Rhea.
  2. A moon in Jupiter system, Solar System; The fourth largest moon of Saturn.
  3. A female given name from Ancient Greek.
  4. A surname from French

Forms of dione

Noun
pluraldiones
Proper noun
pluralDiones

Origin of dione

From di- + -one.

From Latin Diōnē (“of Jupiter”), from Ancient Greek Διώνη (Diṓnē, “of Zeus”).

Words formed from dione

Questions about dione

What does dione mean?
Dione means diketone.
What part of speech is dione?
Dione can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce dione?
Dione is pronounced /daɪˈoʊni/.
What is the plural of dione?
The plural of dione is diones.

Words near dione in the dictionary

  1. diomignite
  2. Dion
  3. dionaea
  4. dionaeas
  5. dioncophyllaceous
  6. dione
  7. Dionean
  8. diones
  9. Diong
  10. dionine
  11. Dionne

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