indole
English
/ˈɪndəʊl/
noun
Definitions
- (organic compound) An organic compound, CN, found in coal tar, and produced in the gut by the bacterial decomposition of tryptophan; it is an aromatic bicyclic heterocycle having a benzene ring fused with a pyrrole ring; indole and its derivatives occur widely in nature and have many industrial applications.
- (organic chemistry) Any of the derivatives of indole.
Etymology
Affix from English indigo + Latin oleum (oil, olive oil).
Origin
Latin
oleum
Gloss
oil, olive oil
Concept
Semantic Field
Food and drink
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
油
Emoji
🛢️ 🪔
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- azaindole English
- bisindole English
- bisindolic English
- bisindolyl English
- bisindolylmaleimide English
- bromoindole English
- cyanopindolol English
- diindole English
- diindolic English
- diindolylmethane English
- indigo English
- indigoberry English
- indigobird English
- indigogen English
- indigoid English
- indin English
- indolate English
- indoleamine English
- indolequinone English
- indolic English
- indolyl English
- indolylglucuronide English
- indoyl English
- iodocyanopindolol English
- isoindole English
- leucoline English
- linoleum English
- methyl English
- methylindole English
- nitroindole English
- oleamen English
- oleic English
- oleiferous English
- oleo- English
- phenetol English
- phenyl English
- phenylindole English
- phytoindole English
- pinacolin English
- pindolol English
- propyl English
- pyrroloindole English
- quinone English
- rapid-onset English
- rhigolene English
- ropinirole English
- salicylol English
- serolin English
- spiroindole English
- tetraindole English
- triindole English
- öljy Finnish
- *oli̯u Latin
- oleamen Latin
- olearis Latin
- olearius Latin
- oleosus Latin
- oleum Latin
- oleificio Italian
- oleo- Italian
- olio Italian
- índigo Spanish, Castilian
- óleo Spanish, Castilian
- ἐλαία Ancient Greek
- ἔλαιον Ancient Greek
- ὀδών Ancient Greek
- olje Norwegian Bokmål
- óleo Portuguese
- olje Norwegian Nynorsk
- ele Old English
- oile Old French
- olie Old French
- oli Catalan, Valencian
- óleo Galician
- olew Welsh
- ole Old High German
- oli Old High German
- Sinapis Translingual
- olae Old Irish
- olja Faroese
- линолеум Kazakh
- 𐌰𐌻𐌴𐍅 Gothic
- olig Old Dutch
- 吲哚 Chinese
- olie, oli(e) Middle Low German
- òli Occitan
- 인돌 Korean
- ieli Romansh
- vueli Friulian
- ogghiu Sicilian
- ogio Venetian
- ojo Venetian
- olie xno
- heule Bourguignon
- olio Aragonese
- oli Lombard
- oleo-
- oleic
- indin
- methyl
- propyl
- phenyl
- indoyl
- indigo
- quinone
- indolic
- oleamen
- serolin
- indolyl
- indolate
- pindolol
- diindole
- linoleum
- phenetol
- indigoid
- indigogen
- leucoline
- isoindole
- pinacolin
- salicylol
- azaindole
- triindole
- bisindole
- diindolic
- rhigolene
- bisindolic
- ropinirole
- bisindolyl
- indigobird
- oleiferous
- spiroindole
- nitroindole
- bromoindole
- indigoberry
- phytoindole
- tetraindole
- rapid-onset
- indoleamine
- phenylindole
- methylindole
- indolequinone
- pyrroloindole
- cyanopindolol
- diindolylmethane
- iodocyanopindolol
- indolylglucuronide
- bisindolylmaleimide