aniline

See also: anilinë

English

A sample book of aniline dyes

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *neyH-der.?

Sanskrit नील॑ (nī́la)der.

Middle Persian 𐭭𐭩𐭫 (nīl)bor.

Arabic نِيل (nīl)der.

Andalusian Arabicbor.

Portuguese anil

Proto-Indo-European *-nós

Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos

Proto-Italic *-īnos

Latin -īnusder.

German -in

German Anilinbor.

English aniline

Borrowed from German Anilin, coined by German chemist Carl Julius Fritzsche. From Portuguese anil (“indigo”) + -in (“-ine (organic compounds)”).

Pronunciation

• enPR: ă′-nĭ-lēn
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈæ.nɪ.lin/

• Audio (General American):

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Noun

aniline (countable and uncountable, plural anilines)

1. (organic chemistry) The simplest aromatic amine, C₆H₅NH₂, synthesized by the reduction of nitrobenzene; it is a colourless oily basic poisonous liquid used in the manufacture of dyes and pharmaceuticals.
   • 2020, Louise Erdrich, The Night Watchman, Corsair (2021), page 365:

     The page was indeed still damp and the scent of fresh aniline dye flooded Millie with euphoria. It was perhaps her favorite smell.

Synonyms

• aminobenzene
• phenylamine

Derived terms

• anileridine
• aniline green
• aniline purple
• aniline yellow
• anilinic
• anilinism
• anilinium
• anilinohydroquinone
• anilinopyrimidine
• anilism
• azodianiline
• bromoaniline
• butanilicaine
• chrysaniline
• dichloroaniline
• diethylaniline
• dimethylaniline
• dinitroaniline
• ethylaniline
• hydroxyaniline
• iodoaniline
• leucaniline
• mauvaniline
• methoxyaniline
• nitraniline
• nitroaniline
• oligoaniline
• phenylaniline
• polyaniline
• violaniline

Descendants

• → Chinese: 阿尼林 (ānílín)

Translations

the simplest aromatic amine

• Catalan: anilina f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 苯胺 (zh) (běn'àn)

• Czech: anilin (cs) m
• Finnish: aniliini (fi)
• French: aniline (fr) f
• German: Anilin (de) n
• Greek: ανιλίνη (el) f (anilíni)
• Hungarian: anilin (hu)
• Indonesian: anilina (id)
• Irish: anailín m
• Italian: anilina (it) f
• Polish: aminobenzen (pl) m, anilina (pl) f
• Portuguese: anilina f
• Romanian: anilină (ro) f
• Russian: анили́н (ru) m (anilín)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: анѝлӣн m

  Latin: anìlīn (sh) m

• Spanish: anilina (es) f
• Swedish: anilin (sv) n or c

Further reading

• aniline on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

French

Etymology

Borrowed from German Anilin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.ni.lin/

Noun

aniline f (uncountable)

1. (organic chemistry) aniline

References

• aniline on the French Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^fr

Further reading

• “aniline”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012

Italian

Noun

aniline f

1. plural of anilina

Anagrams

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