"tannin" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈtænɪn/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-tannin.wav Forms: tannins [plural]
Rhymes: -ænɪn Etymology: From French tannin, from Latin tannum (“oak bark”), from Gaulish *tannos (“oak”). Related to tan. Etymology templates: {{wp}}, {{der|en|fr|tannin}} French tannin, {{der|en|la|tannum||oak bark}} Latin tannum (“oak bark”), {{der|en|cel-gau|*tannos||oak}} Gaulish *tannos (“oak”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} tannin (plural tannins)
  1. (chemistry) Tannic acid or any of its derivatives. Categories (topical): Chemistry, Wine Synonyms: E181 when used as a food colouring Translations (tannic acid): танин (tanin) (Bulgarian), taní [masculine] (Catalan), 单宁 (dānníng) (Chinese Mandarin), 鞣酸 (róusuān) (Chinese Mandarin), tanin [masculine] (Czech), tannin (Danish), tanino (Esperanto), tanniini (Finnish), tanin [masculine] (French), tanino [masculine] (Galician), Tannin [neuter] (German), csersav (Hungarian), tanino (Ido), tannino [masculine] (Italian), تنین (tanin) (Persian), تانن (tânan) (Persian), tanina [feminine] (Polish), tanino [masculine] (Portuguese), танин (tanin) [masculine] (Russian), tanino [masculine] (Spanish), tanen (Turkish), танін (tanin) [masculine] (Ukrainian)
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

Forms: tannins [plural], tanninim [plural]
Etymology templates: {{wp|Tannin (mythology)}} Head templates: {{en-noun|s|tanninim}} tannin (plural tannins or tanninim)
  1. (mythology) An evil sea monster in Canaanite and Hebrew mythology. Categories (topical): Mythology
    Sense id: en-tannin-en-noun-A-xZ4N7g Topics: human-sciences, mysticism, mythology, philosophy, sciences
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Etymology number: 2

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        "masculine"
      ],
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    }
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}

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        "An evil sea monster in Canaanite and Hebrew mythology."
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