ket

1 of 4

noun (1)

ˈket

plural ket

1

dialectal, British

a

: carrion

b

: filth, rubbish

2

dialectal, British : a good-for-nothing person

ket

2 of 4

noun (2)

"

plural ket

Scottish

: a fleece of wool

Ket

3 of 4

noun (3)

"

plural Ket or Kets

1

a

: a people of the middle Yenisei region of Siberia

b

: a member of such people

2

: the Yeniseian language of the Ket people

ket-

4 of 4

combining form

variants or keto-

1

usually keto-

a

: containing the ketone group

keto hexose

—in names of classes of compounds compare ald-

b

: containing a ketone group regarded as formed by replacement of two hydrogen atoms in a methylene group by oxygen

—in names of specific organic compounds

ketopropionic acid

compare ox-

c

usually italic : containing an unmodified ketone group

—in names of open-chain ketonic forms of specific sugars

keto-d-fructose

compare aldehydo- sense 1

2

: related to a ketone

ketoxime

compare ald-

Word History

Etymology

Noun (1)

Middle English, flesh, meat, of Scandinavian origin; akin to Old Norse kjöt flesh, meat, Old Swedish köt, kiot, kiöt; perhaps akin to Sanskrit guda bowel, rectum

Noun (2)

probably alteration of cot entry 3

Combining form

International Scientific Vocabulary, from ketone

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