gasoline

English

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Alternative forms

gasolene (archaic in America, but not in Jamaica)

Etymology

gas + ol(e) + chemical suffix -ine

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈɡæs.ə.lin/ SAMPA: /"g{s.@.li:n/

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Noun

gasoline (usually uncountable; plural gasolines)

1. (uncountable) (North America) A flammable liquid consisting of a mixture of refined petroleum hydrocarbons, mainly used as a motor fuel; petrol.

   So you punched out a window for ventilation. Was that before or after you noticed you were standing in a lake of gasoline? - 1991, Robert DeNiro (actor), Backdraft

2. (countable) A certain kind of gasoline.

   The quality of automobile gasolines varies considerably from one country and producer to another.

   The X refinery produces a wide range of gasolines.

Usage notes

Gasoline is defined by its combustion properties rather than by chemical composition, which is quite variable.

Synonyms

• gas (North America)
• petrol (UK, Australia)

Derived terms

• gas (North America)

Translations

motor fuel

Afrikaans: petrol Arabic: بنزين (ar) (banziin) m. Moroccan Arabic: ليسانص (lisaanS) Armenian: բենզին (hy) (benzin) Belarusian: бензін (be) (benzín) m. Bulgarian: бензин (bg) (benzín) m. Catalan: gasolina f., benzina f. Chinese: Cantonese: 汽油 (hei3 yau4) Mandarin: 汽油 (cmn) (qìyóu) Crimean Tatar: benzin Croatian: benzin (hr) Czech: benzín (cs) m. Danish: benzin (da) c. Dutch: benzine f., naft (Belgium, slang) Esperanto: benzino (eo) Estonian: bensiin (et) Faroese: bensin (fo) n. Finnish: bensiini (fi) Flemish: benzine French: essence f., gas (Canada) Galician: gasolina f. Georgian: ბენზინი (ka) (benzini) German: Benzin (de) n. Greek: βενζίνη (el) (venzíni) f. Greenlandic: benziina (kl), orsussaq (kl) Hebrew: בֶּנזִין (he) (benzin) m. Hindi: पेट्रोल (hi) (peṭrōl), गैसोलीन (hi) (gaisolīn), बेंज़ीन (hi) (benzīn) Hungarian: benzin (hu) Indonesian: bensin (id), petrol (id)

Italian: benzina (it) f. Japanese: ガソリン (ja) (gasorin) Korean: 가솔린 (ko) (gasollin) Latin: benzinium Latvian: benzīns m. Lithuanian: benzinas (lt) Navajo: chidí bitooʼ Norwegian: bensin (no) Persian: بنزین (fa) (benzin), گازولین (fa) Polish: benzyna (pl) f. Portuguese: gasolina (pt) f. Romanian: benzină (ro) f. Russian: бензин (ru) (benzín) m. Scottish Gaelic: peatrail Serbo-Croatian: бензин (sh) m., benzin (sh) m. Slovak: benzín (sk) m. Slovene: bencin (sl) m. Spanish: gasolina (es) f., bencina f. (Chile, Peru), nafta f. (Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay) Swedish: bensin (sv) c. Tagalog: gasolina (tl) Tajik: бензин (benzin) Taos: gosulínene Thai: เบนซิน (th) (bayn-sin), แกโซลีน (th) (gae-soh-leen) Turkish: benzin (tr), petrol (tr) Ukrainian: бензин (uk) (benzýn) m. Urdu: بنزین (ur) (benzīn), پٹرول (ur) (peṭrōl), گیسولین (ur) (gaisolīn) Vietnamese: dầu xăng (vi), xăng (vi) Yiddish: גאזאלין (yi) (gazolin)

kind of gasoline

Chinese: Cantonese: 汽油 (hei3 yau4) Mandarin: 汽油 (cmn) (qìyóu)

Finnish: bensiinilaatu (fi)

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Italian

Noun

gasoline f.

1. Plural form of gasolina.

Anagrams

• lisogena