Home › Words › C › cetincetin/ˈsɛtɪn/cetin means A male given name from Turkish.cetin is pronounced /ˈsɛtɪn/.EtymologyFrom Turkish Çetin.nameA male given name from Turkish.A surname from Turkish.e.g.“The Washington State Patrol identified the suspect as 20-year-old Arcan Cetin. Cetin emigrated from Turkey and is a legal U.S resident, according to an initial police investigation.” — 2016 September 24, “Man suspected of killing 5 people at Burlington mall arrested near Oak Harbor”, in KCBY, archived from the original on 26 Sep 2016:nounThe white, waxy constituent of spermaceti.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.cetene 72% match — An oily hydrocarbon of the ethylene series, obtained from spermaceti. vs cetin →cetylic 69% match — Of, pertaining to, or derived from spermaceti vs cetin →spermaceti 68% match — A wax obtained from the head of sperm whales and used to make cosmetics, etc; humans separate it out from sperm oil. vs cetin →methal 67% match — A white waxy substance, found in small quantities in spermaceti. It may be the same as myristyl alcohol. vs cetin →cerotene 67% match — A white waxy solid obtained from Chinese wax, and by the distillation of cerotin. vs cetin →cerotin 66% match — A white crystalline substance, C₂₇H₅₅.OH, obtained from Chinese wax, and regarded as an alcohol of the marsh gas series; cerotic alcohol; ceryl alcohol. vs cetin →cereous 60% match — waxen; waxy; like wax vs cetin →ceraceous 60% match — Waxy. vs cetin →