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vanillin en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /vəˈnɪlɪn/
• /ˈvænəlɪn/
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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.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) A chemical compound, 4-hydroxy-3-methoxybenzaldehyde, that is the primary constituent of vanilla.
2. (countable, uncountable) A synthetic compound used as a substitute for the extract of the vanilla bean.

Forms

Deriveds

isovanillin · sulphovanillin · ethylvanillin · glycovanillin

Translations (17)

cmn 香草醛 (primary constituent of vanilla) · ms vanilin (primary constituent of vanilla) · el βανιλίνη (primary constituent of vanilla) · ja バニリン (primary constituent of vanilla) · ar نِيلِين (primary constituent of vanilla) · sv vanillin (primary constituent of vanilla) · ko 바닐린 (primary constituent of vanilla) · cs vanilin (primary constituent of vanilla) · de Vanillin (primary constituent of vanilla) · ca vanil·lina (primary constituent of vanilla) · ru ванили́н (primary constituent of vanilla) · fr vanilline (primary constituent of vanilla) · es vainillina (primary constituent of vanilla) · fi vanilliini (primary constituent of vanilla) · ar وَنِيلِّين (primary constituent of vanilla) · cmn 香蘭素 /香兰素 (primary constituent of vanilla) · ar فَانِيلِين (primary constituent of vanilla)