quitina

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

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

quitina f (uncountable)

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

• “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.

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

• Hyphenation: qui‧ti‧na

quitina f (usually uncountable, plural quitinas)

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

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

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

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

quitina f (plural quitinas)

1. (biochemistry) chitin

• “quitina”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 23rd edition, Royal Spanish Academy, 2014 October 16

quitina

1. woman

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