Meanings
nouncyclohexanone (countable and uncountable, plural cyclohexanones)
plural cyclohexanones
- countableuncountablechemistryThe alicyclic ketone obtained from cyclohexane by the replacement of a methylene group by a carbonyl group.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*kʷelh₁-redup.
- Proto-Indo-European*kʷékʷlos
- Proto-Hellenic*kʷókʷlos
- Proto-Hellenic*kúklos
- Ancient Greekκύκλος (kúklos)
- Late Latincyclus
- Middle Englishcicle
- Englishcycle
- Ancient Greekκύκλος (kúklos)
- Ancient Greekκυκλῐκός (kuklĭkós)
- Classical Latincyclicu
- Middle Frenchcyclique
- Frenchcyclique
- Classical Latincyclicus
- Englishcyclic
- Englishcyclo-
- Proto-Indo-European*swéḱs
- Proto-Hellenic*hwéks
- Ancient Greekἕξ (héx)
- Ancient Greekἑξα- (hexa-)
- Latinhexa-
- Englishhexa-
- Englishhex-
- Englishhexane
- Englishcyclohexane
- GermanKeton
- Englishketone
- Englishcyclohexanone
From cyclohexane + -one.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Italian cicloesanone
- cicloesanonecyclohexanone
Spanish ciclohexanona
- ciclohexanonacyclohexanone
Cite this entry
APA
cyclohexanone. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cyclohexanone
MLA
“cyclohexanone.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cyclohexanone. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “cyclohexanone,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cyclohexanone.
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