-one
a suffix used in the names of ketones and -n-logous chemical compounds:
lactone; quinone.
-one
suffix
indicating that a chemical compound is a ketone acetone
word origin
arbitrarily from greek -ōnē, feminine patronymic suffix, but perhaps influenced by -one in ozone
-one suff.
a ketone: acetone.
a compound that contains oxygen, especially in a carbonyl radical: lactone.
-one
a suffix used to form the names of chemical compounds containing an oxygen atom attached to a carbon atom, such as acetone.
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a suffix occurring in words borrowed from french and other romance languages (b-ssoon; balloon; dragoon; pontoon), and on this model occasionally used in the formation of new nouns in english (spittoon).
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