quitina

Catalan

Etymology

From Ancient Greek χιτών (khitṓn, “tunic”) +‎ -ina.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [kiˈti.nə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [kiˈti.na]

Noun

quitina f (uncountable)

1. (biochemistry) chitin (polymer found in arthropod and fungi)

Further reading

• “quitina” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “quitina”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “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.

Portuguese

Etymology

From Ancient Greek χιτών (khitṓn, “tunic”) +‎ -ina.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kiˈt͡ʃĩ.nɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kiˈt͡ʃĩ.nɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /kiˈt͡ʃi.na/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kiˈti.nɐ/

• Hyphenation: qui‧ti‧na

Noun

quitina f (usually uncountable, plural quitinas)

1. (biochemistry) chitin (polymer found in arthropod and fungi)

Further reading

• “quitina”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024

Spanish

Etymology

From Ancient Greek χιτών (khitṓn, “tunic”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kiˈtina/ [kiˈt̪i.na]
• Rhymes: -ina
• Syllabification: qui‧ti‧na

Noun

quitina f (plural quitinas)

1. (biochemistry) chitin

Further reading

• “quitina”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Yurumanguí

Noun

quitina

1. woman

References

• Gregorio Arcila Robledo, Las Misiones Franciscanas en Colombia: Estudio Documental (1950), citing Romero's wordlist