quitina

== Catalan == === Etymology === From Ancient Greek χιτών (khitṓn, “tunic”) +‎ -ina. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (Northern, Balearic, Central) [kiˈti.nə] IPA(key): (Valencia, Northwestern) [kiˈti.na] === 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, 2026 “quitina” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua. Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “quitina”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan) == 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, 2008–2026 “quitina”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 == 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) (biochemistry) chitin === Further reading === “quitina”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025 == Yurumanguí == === Noun === quitina woman === References === Gregorio Arcila Robledo, Las Misiones Franciscanas en Colombia: Estudio Documental (1950), citing Romero's wordlist