aceton

• IPA^(key): /ˈaː.sə.tɔn/
• Hyphenation: a‧ce‧ton

aceton m or n (uncountable, diminutive acetontje n)

1. acetone

• → Indonesian: aseton

Borrowed from German Aceton (“acetone”).^[1]

• IPA^(key): [ˈɒt͡sɛton]

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• Hyphenation: ace‧ton
• Rhymes: -on

aceton (usually uncountable, plural acetonok)

1. (organic chemistry) acetone (a colourless, volatile, flammable liquid ketone, (CH₃)₂CO, used as a solvent)

• aceton in Nóra Ittzés, editor, A magyar nyelv nagyszótára [A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published a–ez as of 2024).

• acetón

Internationalism; possibly borrowed from German Aceton or Polish aceton, ultimately from Latin acētum.

• IPA^(key): /aˈt͡sɛ.tɔn/
• Rhymes: -ɛtɔn
• Syllabification: a‧ce‧ton

aceton m inan

1. (organic chemistry) acetone (a colourless, volatile, flammable liquid ketone, (CH₃)₂CO, used as a solvent)

• Jan Trepczyk (1994) “aceton”, in Słownik polsko-kaszubski (in Kashubian), volumes 1–2
• Eùgeniusz Gòłąbk (2011) “aceton”, in Słownik Polsko-Kaszubski / Słowôrz Pòlskò-Kaszëbsczi‎^[2]

Internationalism. By surface analysis, acet- +‎ -on.

• IPA^(key): /asɛˈtuːn/

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• Rhymes: -uːn
• Hyphenation: a‧ce‧ton

aceton n (definite singular acetonet, indefinite plural aceton, definite plural acetona or acetonene)

1. (organic chemistry) acetone (a colourless, volatile, flammable liquid ketone, (CH₃)₂CO, used as a solvent)
   • 1997, Hanne Ørstavik, Kjærlighet, page 27:

     hun tar en bomullsdott fra en holder på veggen og fjerner den gamle neglelakken med aceton

     she takes a cotton ball from a holder on the wall and removes the old nail polish with acetone

   • 2011, Ingvild H. Rishøi, Historien om Fru Berg, page 70:

     jenta gnir neglelakken bort med aceton, det svir i nesa

     the girl rubs the nail polish away with acetone, it stings in the nose

   • 2012, Helsenorge‎^[3]:

     neglelakkfjernere inneholder som oftest aceton eller etylacetat

     Nail polish removers usually contain acetone or ethyl acetate

• “aceton” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “aceton” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
• “aceton” in Store norske leksikon

• tacoen

From acet-, from Latin acetum +‎ -on.

aceton n (definite singular acetonet, uncountable)

1. (organic chemistry) acetone (a colourless, volatile, flammable liquid ketone, (CH₃)₂CO, used as a solvent)

• “aceton” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Internationalism; compare English acetone. Ultimately from Latin acētum.^[1][2] First attested in 1839.^[3]

• IPA^(key): /aˈt͡sɛ.tɔn/

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• Rhymes: -ɛtɔn
• Syllabification: a‧ce‧ton

aceton m inan

1. (organic chemistry) acetone (a colourless, volatile, flammable liquid ketone, (CH₃)₂CO, used as a solvent)

   nadtlenek acetonu ― acetone peroxide

   zapach acetonu ― the smell of acetone

   baza acetonu ― acetone base

   produkcja aceton ― acetone production

• aceton in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• aceton in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861) “aceton”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861
• J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1900), “aceton”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 1, Warsaw, page 6
• aceton in Narodowy Fotokorpus Języka Polskiego

• IPA^(key): /at͡sětoːn/

acètōn m inan (Cyrillic spelling ацѐто̄н, relational adjective acètōnskī)

1. (organic chemistry) acetone (a colourless, volatile, flammable liquid ketone, (CH₃)₂CO, used as a solvent)
2. nail polish remover

• IPA^(key): /at͡sɛtóːn/

acetọ̑n m inan

1. (organic chemistry) acetone (a colourless, volatile, flammable liquid ketone, (CH₃)₂CO, used as a solvent)

• “aceton”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2025