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vanillin

/vəˈnɪlɪn/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.91 in modern English

Syllables
va-nil-lin
IPA
/vəˈnɪlɪn/
11
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A chemical compound, 4-hydroxy-3-methoxybenzaldehyde, that is the primary constituent of vanilla.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

A synthetic compound used as a substitute for the extract of the vanilla bean.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wāgīnā Latin vāgīna Old Spanish vayna Spanish vaina Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Indo-European *-elós Proto-Italic *-elos Latin -lus Latin -ellus Latin -ella Old Spanish -iella Spanish -illa Spanish vainillabor. English vanilla Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos Proto-Italic *-īnos Latin -īnusder. Old French -inbor. Middle English -in English -ineclip. English -in English vanillin From vanilla + -in.

Usage

Inflected Forms

vanillins (plural)

Derived Forms

ethylvanillin glycovanillin isovanillin sulphovanillin

Rhymes With

killin guilin mcmillin quillin trillin gillin hillin

Questions

How do you pronounce vanillin?
The recorded pronunciation is /vəˈnɪlɪn/.
What does vanillin mean?
A chemical compound, 4-hydroxy-3-methoxybenzaldehyde, that is the primary constituent of vanilla.
Where does vanillin come from?
Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wāgīnā Latin vāgīna Old Spanish vayna Spanish vaina Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Indo-European *-elós Proto-Italic *-elos Latin -lus Latin -ellus Latin -ella Old Spanish -iella Spanish -illa Spanish vainillabor. English vanilla Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos Proto-Italic *-īnos Latin -īnusder. Old French -inbor. Middle English -in English -ineclip. English -in English vanillin From vanilla + -in.

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