English Explanatory Dictionary

anil

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The indigo shrub; or the indigo dye obtained from the plant.
  2. Any imine in which the N-radical is a phenyl (or substituted phenyl) group.
  3. 1,4-Benzoquinones including chloranil, DDQ, bromanil, & cyanil.
name
  1. A male given name from the Indo-Aryan languages [in turn from Sanskrit] or from the Dravidian languages [in turn from Sanskrit]; variant form Aneel.
name
  1. A male given name from Turkish.

Pronunciation

/əˈnɪl/ /əˈniːl/

Word forms

anil anils

Etymology

Etymology tree Middle French anilder. Proto-Indo-European *neyH-der.? Sanskrit नील॑ (nī́la)der. Middle Persian 𐭭𐭩𐭫 (nīl)bor. Arabic نِيل (nīl)der. Andalusian Arabicbor. Portuguese anilder. English anil From Middle French anil, Portuguese anil.

Related words

aniline
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