quinone

Questions about quinone

What does quinone mean?

quinone means "any of a class of aromatic yellow compounds including several that are biologically important as coenzymes or acceptors or vitamins; used in making dyes".

How many syllables are in quinone?

quinone has 2 syllables and divides as qui-none under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for quinone?

Close synonyms include benzoquinone. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is quinone a common word?

quinone is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.