Meanings
nounquinoline (plural quinolines)
plural quinolines · alternative chinoline
- chemistryAny of a class of aromatic heterocyclic compounds containing a benzene ring fused with a pyridine ring; especially the simplest such compound, C₉H₇N.
Origin
From quinine (“Cinchona bark”) + -oline.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Catalan quinolina
- quinolinaany of a class of hetercyclic compounds
Chinese Cantonese 喹啉
- 喹啉 (fui¹ lam⁴)any of a class of hetercyclic compounds
Chinese Mandarin 喹啉
- 喹啉 (kuílín)any of a class of hetercyclic compounds
Dutch chinoline
- chinolineany of a class of hetercyclic compounds
Finnish kinoliini
- kinoliiniany of a class of hetercyclic compounds
German Chinolin
- Chinolinany of a class of hetercyclic compounds
Italian chinolina
- chinolinaany of a class of hetercyclic compounds
Japanese キノリン
- キノリン (kinorin)any of a class of hetercyclic compounds
Korean 퀴놀린
- 퀴놀린 (kwinollin)any of a class of hetercyclic compounds
Portuguese quinoleína
- quinoleínaany of a class of hetercyclic compounds
Spanish quinoleína, quinolina
- quinoleínaany of a class of hetercyclic compounds
- quinolinaany of a class of hetercyclic compounds
Swedish kinolin
- kinolinany of a class of hetercyclic compounds
Cite this entry
APA
quinoline. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/quinoline
MLA
“quinoline.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/quinoline. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “quinoline,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/quinoline.
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