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nounany of a class of aromatic yellow compounds including several that are biologically important as coenzymes or acceptors or vitamins; used in making dyes
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Origin
- Englishquinine
- Englishquinic
- GermanKeton
- Englishketone
- Englishquinone
From quinic acid + -one, since it is one of the compounds obtained upon oxidation of quinic acid.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Catalan quinona
- quinonacompound
Chinese Cantonese 醌
- 醌 (kwan¹)compound
Chinese Mandarin 醌
- 醌 (kūn)compound
Czech chinon
- chinoncompound
French quinone
- quinonecompound
Greek κινόνη
- κινόνη (kinóni)compound
Irish cuineon
- cuineoncompound
Italian chinone
- chinonecompound
Japanese キノン
- キノン (kinon)compound
Korean 퀴논
- 퀴논 (kwinon)compound
Latvian hinons
- hinonscompound
Persian کینون
- کینون (kinon)compound
Polish chinon
- chinoncompound
Spanish quinona
- quinonacompound
Thai ควิโนน
- ควิโนนcompound
Cite this entry
APA
quinone. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/quinone
MLA
“quinone.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/quinone. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “quinone,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/quinone.
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