chitine

French

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ki.tin/

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Noun

chitine f (usually uncountable, plural chitines)

1. chitin (polymer of N-acetylglucosamine, found in arthropod and fungi)

Further reading

• “chitine”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Italian

Noun

chitine f

1. plural of chitina

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