"indole" meaning in English

See indole in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ˈɪndəʊl/ [General-American, Received-Pronunciation], /ˈɪndɒl/ [General-American, Received-Pronunciation] Forms: more indole [comparative], most indole [superlative]
Etymology: From indigo + Latin oleum (“oil”); see -ole. Etymology templates: {{af|en|indigo|oleum|lang2=la|t2=oil}} indigo + Latin oleum (“oil”) Head templates: {{en-adj}} indole (comparative more indole, superlative most indole)
  1. (obsolete) guileless Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-indole-en-adj-9~G03bVX

Noun

IPA: /ˈɪndəʊl/ [General-American, Received-Pronunciation], /ˈɪndɒl/ [General-American, Received-Pronunciation] Forms: indoles [plural]
Etymology: From indigo + Latin oleum (“oil”); see -ole. Etymology templates: {{af|en|indigo|oleum|lang2=la|t2=oil}} indigo + Latin oleum (“oil”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} indole (plural indoles)
  1. (organic chemistry) An organic compound, C₈H₇N, 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. Categories (topical): Organic compounds Synonyms: ketole Translations (organic compound): indool (Afrikaans), إندول (Arabic), 吲哚 (jan⁵ do²) (Chinese Cantonese), 吲哚 (yǐnduǒ) (Chinese Mandarin), indol (Danish), indool (Dutch), indolo (Esperanto), indoli (Finnish), indole [masculine] (French), Indol [neuter] (German), indol (Hungarian), indol (Indonesian), indolo [masculine] (Italian), インドール (indōru) (Japanese), ಇಂಡೋಲ್ (iṇḍōl) (Kannada), индол (indol) (Kazakh), 인돌 (indol) (Korean), индол (indol) (Kyrgyz), ഇൻഡോൾ (iṉḍōḷ) (Malayalam), indol (Norwegian Bokmål), indol (Norwegian Nynorsk), ایندول (Persian), benzopirol [masculine] (Polish), indol [masculine] (Polish), indol [masculine] (Portuguese), indol [masculine] (Romanian), индо́л (indól) [masculine] (Russian), indol (Serbo-Croatian), indol [masculine] (Spanish), indol (Swedish), อินโดล (Thai), індол (indol) (Ukrainian)
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  2. (organic chemistry) Any of the derivatives of indole. Categories (topical): Organic compounds
    Sense id: en-indole-en-noun-ranCep3I Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, organic-chemistry, physical-sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated

Inflected forms

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