anil

== English == === Etymology === From Middle French anil, Portuguese anil. === Noun === anil (countable and uncountable, plural anils) The indigo shrub; or the indigo dye obtained from the plant. (organic chemistry) Any imine in which the N-radical is a phenyl (or substituted phenyl) group. (organic chemistry) 1,4-Benzoquinones including chloranil, DDQ, bromanil, & cyanil. ==== Related terms ==== aniline ==== Descendants ==== → Irish: anail ==== Translations ==== === Anagrams === I-lan, INLA, Ilan, LNAI, Lain, Lani, Lian, Lina, Nila, lain, nail == Portuguese == === Etymology === Borrowed from Arabic نِيل (nīl) via Andalusian Arabic, from Persian نیل (nil, “indigo”), from Middle Persian, ultimately from Sanskrit नील (nīla, “dark blue”). === Pronunciation === Rhymes: (Portugal) -il, (Brazil) -iw Hyphenation: a‧nil === Noun === anil m (plural anis) indigo (color) Synonym: índigo === See also === === Further reading === “anil”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “anil”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026