kerosene

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English

Alternative forms

• kerosine

Etymology

From Ancient Greek κηρός (“wax”) +‎ -ene.

Noun

kerosene (countable and uncountable; plural kerosenes)

1. (Canada, US) A petroleum based thin and colorless fuel; (UK) paraffin.

   The kerosene lasted all winter, so the furnace kept us always warm.

Derived terms

• biokerosene

Synonyms

• coal oil
• kero
• lamp oil

Translations

thin, colorless fuel

• Chamicuro: kerosina
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 煤油 (cmn) (méiyóu), 火油 (cmn) (huǒyóu)

• Czech: petrolej (cs) m
• Dutch: kerosine m or f
• Esperanto: keroseno (eo), petrolo (eo)
• Estonian: petrooleum (et), lambiõli (et)
• Finnish: petroli (fi) (generic), kerosiini (fi) (high quality)
• French: kérosène (fr) m
• Galician: queroseno (gl) m
• German: Petroleum (de) n, for airplanes: Kerosin (de) n
• Hindi: मिट्टी का तेल (hi) (miṭṭī kā tel)
• Hungarian: kerozin (hu)

• Italian: cherosene (it) m
• Japanese: ケロシン (ja) (keroshin)
• Korean: 등유 (ko) (deung-yu) (燈油 (ko))
• Kyrgyz: керосин (ky) (kerosín) m 
• Lithuanian: žibalas (lt) m
• Navajo: akʼahkǫʼ
• Norwegian: paraffin (no) m
• Polish: nafta (pl) f
• Portuguese: querosene (pt) n
• Quechua: kirusini (qu)
• Russian: керосин (ru) (kerosín) m 
• Spanish: queroseno (es) m
• Swedish: fotogen (sv) c