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

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

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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.

• aminobenzene
• phenylamine

• → Chinese: 阿尼林 (ānílín)

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  aniline on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Borrowed from German Anilin.

• IPA^(key): /a.ni.lin/

aniline f (uncountable)

1. (organic chemistry) aniline

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  aniline on the French Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^fr

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

aniline f

1. plural of anilina

• in linea

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