Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

cathinone

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.30 in modern English

Syllables: cathi-none
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The aromatic amine 2-amino-1-phenyl-1-propanone, the active ingredient of khat.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

cathine + -one

Usage

Inflected Forms

cathinones (plural)

Derived Forms

methcathinone

Questions

What does cathinone mean?: The aromatic amine 2-amino-1-phenyl-1-propanone, the active ingredient of khat.
Where does cathinone come from?: cathine + -one

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