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anil

/əˈnɪl/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 3.01 in modern English

Syllables
anil
IPA
/əˈnɪl/
4
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
1
Syllables
4
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The indigo shrub; or the indigo dye obtained from the plant.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

Any imine in which the N-radical is a phenyl (or substituted phenyl) group.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

1,4-Benzoquinones including chloranil, DDQ, bromanil, & cyanil.

Countable; Uncountable

name

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

A male given name from Turkish.

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.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: anil, अनिल, ಅನಿಲ್, அனில், അനിൽ, অনিল

Usage

Inflected Forms

anils (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

aniline

Synonyms

indigofera suffruticosa indigofera anil indigo indigotin

Rhymes With

will with a will still until bill kill we'll hill till ill fill brazil

Questions

How do you pronounce anil?
The recorded pronunciation is /əˈnɪl/.
What does anil mean?
The indigo shrub; or the indigo dye obtained from the plant.
Where does anil come from?
It is traced to Middle French.

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