aniline

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

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.

• aminobenzene
• phenylamine

•   aniline on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

aniline f (uncountable)

1. (organic chemistry) aniline

•   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