anil
Portuguese, noun/aˈniw/
anil is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “indigo (color)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “substância de tom azulado, obtido de algumas plantas, utilizado como corante; índigo”.
What does anil mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineindigo (color)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. senil
noun: 1. substância de tom azulado, obtido de algumas plantas, utilizado como corante; índigo 2. uma das cores do espectro solar 3. uma das cores do arco-íris
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of anil
- anis plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce anil?
- Brazil /aˈniw/
- Brazil [aˈniʊ̯]
- Portugal /ɐˈnil/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to anil
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is anil in Portuguese?
anil appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).