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quitina
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Catalan
Etymology
From Ancient Greek χιτών (khitṓn, “tunic”) + -ina.
Pronunciation
Noun
quitina f (uncountable)
- (biochemistry) chitin (polymer found in arthropod and fungi)
Further reading
- “quitina”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
- “quitina”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
- “quitina” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “quitina” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
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Portuguese
Etymology
From Ancient Greek χιτών (khitṓn, “tunic”) + -ina.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: qui‧ti‧na
Noun
quitina f (usually uncountable, plural quitinas)
- (biochemistry) chitin (polymer found in arthropod and fungi)
Further reading
- “quitina”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
- “quitina”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025
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Spanish
Etymology
From Ancient Greek χιτών (khitṓn, “tunic”).
Pronunciation
Noun
quitina f (plural quitinas)
Further reading
- “quitina”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024
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Yurumanguí
Noun
quitina
References
- Gregorio Arcila Robledo, Las Misiones Franciscanas en Colombia: Estudio Documental (1950), citing Romero's wordlist
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