Petrol

Noun

 * 1)  abbreviation of petroleum, a fluid consisting of a mixture of refined petroleum hydrocarbons, primarily consisting of octane, and commonly used as a motor fuel.

Synonyms

 * gasoline, gas

Derived terms

 * petrol bomb
 * petrol station
 * petrol tank

Thesaurus
avgas, benzine, coal oil, crude, crude oil, electricity, ethyl, ethyl gas, fossil oil, gas, gasoline, high-octane gas, high-test, illuminant, illuminating gas, kerosene, lead-free gas, light source, low-lead gas, luminant, motor oil, oil, paraffin, petroleum, premium gas, regular, rock oil

Etymology
From (essence de) pétrole:, from  petroleum:, from  πετρέλαιον:, from πέτρα:+ ἔλαιον:

Translations

 * Arabic: بنزين
 * Moroccan Arabic:
 * Armenian:
 * Belarusian: бензін
 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan: gasolina, benzina
 * Chinese:
 * Cantonese: 汽油 (hei3 yau4)
 * Mandarin:
 * Crimean Tatar: benzin
 * Czech:
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:
 * Faroese:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Greenlandic: benziina
 * Hebrew:
 * Hindi: पेट्रोल, गैसोलीन,
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic:
 * Italian:


 * Japanese:
 * Korean: 가솔린
 * Macedonian:
 * Maltese:
 * Norwegian:
 * Persian:, گازولین
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:
 * Serbo-Croatian: бензин, benzin
 * Slovak:
 * Spanish:, bencina , nafta
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish:
 * Thai: เบนซิน, แกโซลีน
 * Turkish:, pet'r oil
 * Ukrainian:
 * Urdu:, پٹرول,  گیسولین
 * Vietnamese: dầu xăng,
 * Volapük: bänsin
 * Yiddish: גאזאלין

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