aceton
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aceton
A sample of acetone in a glass.
Hungarian
Pronunciation
Noun
aceton (usually uncountable, plural acetonok)
- (organic chemistry) acetone (a colourless, volatile, flammable liquid ketone, (CH3)2CO, used as a solvent)
Declension
| Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | aceton | acetonok |
| accusative | acetont | acetonokat |
| dative | acetonnak | acetonoknak |
| instrumental | acetonnal | acetonokkal |
| causal-final | acetonért | acetonokért |
| translative | acetonná | acetonokká |
| terminative | acetonig | acetonokig |
| essive-formal | acetonként | acetonokként |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | acetonban | acetonokban |
| superessive | acetonon | acetonokon |
| adessive | acetonnál | acetonoknál |
| illative | acetonba | acetonokba |
| sublative | acetonra | acetonokra |
| allative | acetonhoz | acetonokhoz |
| elative | acetonból | acetonokból |
| delative | acetonról | acetonokról |
| ablative | acetontól | acetonoktól |
| non-attributive possessive - singular |
acetoné | acetonoké |
| non-attributive possessive - plural |
acetonéi | acetonokéi |
| Possessive forms of aceton | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
| 1st person sing. | acetonom | acetonjaim |
| 2nd person sing. | acetonod | acetonjaid |
| 3rd person sing. | acetonja | acetonjai |
| 1st person plural | acetonunk | acetonjaink |
| 2nd person plural | acetonotok | acetonjaitok |
| 3rd person plural | acetonjuk | acetonjaik |
Further reading
- aceton in Ittzés, Nóra (ed.). A magyar nyelv nagyszótára (‘A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published A–ez as of 2024)
Kashubian
Alternative forms
Etymology
Internationalism possibly borrowed from German Aceton or Polish aceton. Ultimately from Latin acētum.
Pronunciation
Noun
aceton m inan
- (organic chemistry) acetone (a colourless, volatile, flammable liquid ketone, (CH3)2CO, used as a solvent)
Declension
Declension of aceton
Derived terms
adjectives
Further reading
- Eùgeniusz Gòłąbk (2011) “aceton”, in Słownik Polsko-Kaszubski / Słowôrz Pòlskò-Kaszëbsczi
- “aceton”, in Internetowi Słowôrz Kaszëbsczégò Jãzëka [Internet Dictionary of the Kashubian Language], Fundacja Kaszuby, 2022
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
Internationalism. By surface analysis, acet- + -on.
Pronunciation
Noun
aceton n (definite singular acetonet, indefinite plural aceton, definite plural acetona or acetonene)
- (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
References
- “aceton” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
- “aceton” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
- “aceton” in Store norske leksikon
Anagrams
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From acet-, from Latin acetum + -on.
Noun
aceton n (definite singular acetonet, uncountable)
- (organic chemistry) acetone (a colourless, volatile, flammable liquid ketone, (CH3)2CO, used as a solvent)
References
- “aceton” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Polish
Etymology
Internationalism; compare English acetone. Ultimately from Latin acētum. First attested in 1839.
Pronunciation
Noun
aceton m inan
- (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
Declension
Declension of aceton
Derived terms
adjective
nouns
Related terms
adjective
References
- ^ Mirosław Bańko, Lidia Wiśniakowska (2021) “aceton”, in Wielki słownik wyrazów obcych, →ISBN
- ^ Witold Doroszewski, editor (1958–1969), “aceton”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), Warszawa: PWN
- ^ Richard Felix Marchand (1839) Zasady chemii. Cz. 2, Chemia organiczna Marchanda, page 46
Further reading
- 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
Serbo-Croatian
Pronunciation
Noun
acètōn m (Cyrillic spelling ацѐто̄н)
- (organic chemistry) acetone (a colourless, volatile, flammable liquid ketone, (CH3)2CO, used as a solvent)
- nail polish remover
Declension
Declension of aceton
Slovene
Pronunciation
Noun
acetọ̑n m inan
- (organic chemistry) acetone (a colourless, volatile, flammable liquid ketone, (CH3)2CO, used as a solvent)
Inflection
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The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks. |
| Masculine inan., hard o-stem | ||
|---|---|---|
| nominative | acetón | |
| genitive | acetóna | |
| singular | ||
| nominative (imenovȃlnik) |
acetón | |
| genitive (rodȋlnik) |
— | |
| dative (dajȃlnik) |
— | |
| accusative (tožȋlnik) |
— | |
| locative (mẹ̑stnik) |
acetónu | |
| instrumental (orọ̑dnik) |
acetónom | |
Further reading
- “aceton”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran