indole

See also: índole

English

Etymology

From indigo +‎ Latin oleum (“oil”); see -ole.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɪndəʊl/

Noun

indole (plural indoles)

1. (organic chemistry) An organic compound, C₈H₇N, found in coal tar, and produced in the gut by the bacterial decomposition of tryptophan; it is an aromatic bicyclic heterocycle having a benzene ring fused with a pyrrole ring; indole and its derivatives occur widely in nature and have many industrial applications.

   Synonym: ketole

2. (organic chemistry) Any of the derivatives of indole₁.

Hyponyms

• acemetacin
• atevirdine
• cediranib
• dirlotapide
• dolasetron
• gramine
• indalpine
• indican
• indoleamine
• indolequinone
• indometacin
• indoxyl

• isoindole
• mebhydrolin
• monatin
• naltrindole
• oxametacin
• paxilline
• pindolol
• ramosetron
• sertindole
• sumatriptan
• tenidap
• tropisetron

Derived terms

Derived terms

• azaindole
• indoleacetic acid
• indoleamine

• indolebutyric acid
• isoindole
• phytoindole

Translations

organic compound

• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 吲哚 (jan⁵ do²)

  Mandarin: 吲哚 (zh) (yǐnduǒ)

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• German: Indol
• Japanese: インドール (indōru)
• Korean: 인돌 (indol)

Adjective

indole (comparative more indole, superlative most indole)

1. (obsolete) guileless

Further reading

• indole on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Leonid, Liendo, dienol, doline, elonid, olenid

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Italian

Etymology

From Latin indolem, accusative form of indolēs. Compare Spanish and Portuguese índole.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈin.do.le/, [ˈin̪d̪ol̺e]
• Hyphenation: ìn‧do‧le

Noun

indole f (plural indoli)

1. nature, disposition, character

   Synonyms: natura, carattere

   • 1773, Pietro Verri, chapter XIII, in Discorso sull'indole del piacere e del dolore [Discourse on Pleasure and Pain]:

     Ecco perché altresí il piacere per sua indole debb’esser breve, né può protraersi oltre un corto spazio; laddove il dolore può essere tanto lungo e durevole quanto la vita che ci può togliere; perché una azione positiva sopra di noi non ha altri confini di tempo che la nostra sensibilità; […]

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Latin

Noun

(deprecated template usage) indole

1. ablative singular of indolēs