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quinoline

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • /ˈkwɪnəliːn/
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noun

Meaning 1

Any of a class of aromatic heterocyclic compounds containing a benzene ring fused with a pyridine ring; especially the simplest such compound, C9H7N.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, organic-chemistry, physical-sciences

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Meaning relationships

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Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From quinine (“Cinchona bark”) + -oline.

Across languages

Translations

14 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Catalan: quinolina — any of a class of hetercyclic compounds
  • Chinese Cantonese: 喹啉 (fui1 lam4) — any of a class of hetercyclic compounds
  • Chinese Mandarin: 喹啉 (kuílín) — any of a class of hetercyclic compounds
  • Dutch: chinoline — any of a class of hetercyclic compounds
  • Finnish: kinoliini — any of a class of hetercyclic compounds
  • Galician: quinoleína — any of a class of hetercyclic compounds
  • German: Chinolin — any of a class of hetercyclic compounds
  • Italian: chinolina — any of a class of hetercyclic compounds
  • Japanese: キノリン (kinorin) — any of a class of hetercyclic compounds
  • Korean: 퀴놀린 (kwinollin) — any of a class of hetercyclic compounds
  • Portuguese: quinoleína — any of a class of hetercyclic compounds
  • Spanish: quinoleína — any of a class of hetercyclic compounds
  • Spanish: quinolina — any of a class of hetercyclic compounds
  • Swedish: kinolin — any of a class of hetercyclic compounds