tannin

See also: Tannin

English

Etymology 1

From French tannin, from Latin tannum (“oak bark”), from Gaulish *tannos (“oak”). Related to tan.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈtænɪn/
Audio (US): (file)
Rhymes: -ænɪn

Noun

tannin (plural tannins)

(chemistry) Tannic acid or any of its derivatives.

Synonyms

E181 when used as a food colouring

Translations

tannic acid

Bulgarian: танин (tanin)
Catalan: taní m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 单宁 (zh) (dānníng), 鞣酸 (zh) (róusuān)
Czech: tanin m
Danish: tannin
Esperanto: tanino (eo)
Finnish: tanniini
French: tanin (fr) m
Galician: tanino m
German: Tannin (de) n
Hungarian: csersav (hu)
Ido: tanino (io)
Italian: tannino (it) m
Persian: تنین (fa) (tanin), تانن (tânan)
Polish: tanina (pl) f
Portuguese: tanino (pt) m
Russian: танин (ru) m (tanin)
Spanish: tanino (es) m
Turkish: tanen (tr)
Ukrainian: танін m (tanin)

Etymology 2

Noun

tannin (plural tannins or tanninim)

(mythology) An evil sea monster in Canaanite and Hebrew mythology.

French

Noun

tannin m (plural tannins)

alternative spelling of tanin

Further reading

“tannin”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from French tanin.

Noun

tannin n

tannin

Declension

Declension of *tannin*
		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	tannin	tannins
singular	definite	tanninet	tanninets
plural	indefinite	tanniner	tanniners
plural	definite	tanninerna	tanninernas

References