anil

See also: Anıl and añil

English

Etymology

Middle French anil, (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Portuguese anil.

Noun

anil (plural anils)

1. The indigo shrub; or the indigo dye obtained from the plant.
2. (organic chemistry) Any imine in which the N-radical is a phenyl (or substituted phenyl) group.

Related terms

• anilina

Descendants

• → Irish: anail

Translations

shrub

• Galician: anil m
• Irish: anail f, plúirín m
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Portuguese: índigo (pt) m, anileira f, anileiro m, indigueira f
• Spanish: añil (es)

imine

• Bulgarian: индиго (indigo)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}

Anagrams

• INLA, Ilan, LNAI, Lain, Lani, Lian, Lina, Nila, lain, nail

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Portuguese

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Andalusian Arabic النِيل (an-nīl), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Arabic نِيل (nīl), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Persian نیل (nil, “indigo”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle Persian, ultimately from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Sanskrit नीला (nīlā, “dark blue”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɐ.ˈniɫ/
• Hyphenation: a‧nil
• Rhymes: -iw

Noun

anil m (uncountable)

1. indigo (colour)

Synonyms

• indigo