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From French (essence de) pétrole, from Medieval Latin petroleum, from Ancient Greek πετρέλαιον (petrelaion, “oil of the rock”), from πέτρα (petra, “stone, rock”)+ ἔλαιον (elaion, “olive oil, any oily substance”)
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petrol (uncountable)
- (UK, Australian, New Zealand) abbreviation of petroleum, a fluid consisting of a mixture of refined petroleum hydrocarbons, primarily consisting of octane, and commonly used as a motor fuel.
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motor fuel
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- Italian: benzina (it) f.
- Japanese: ガソリン (ja) (gasorin)
- Korean: 가솔린 (ko) (gasollin)
- Macedonian: бензин (mk) (bénzin) m.
- Maltese: petrol (mt) m.
- Norwegian: bensin (no) m.
- Persian: بنزین (fa) (benzin), گازولین (fa)
- Polish: benzyna (pl) f.
- Portuguese: gasolina (pt) f.
- Romanian: benzină (ro) f.
- Russian: бензин (ru) (benzín) m.
- Serbo-Croatian: бензин (sh) m., benzin (sh) m.
- Slovak: benzín (sk) m.
- Spanish: gasolina (es) f., bencina f. (Chile, Peru), nafta f. (Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay)
- Swahili: petroli (sw)
- Swedish: bensin (sv) c.
- Thai: เบนซิน (th) (bayn-sin), แกโซลีน (th) (gae-soh-leen)
- Turkish: benzin (tr)
- Ukrainian: бензин (uk) (benzýn) m.
- Urdu: بنزین (ur) (benzīn), پٹرول (ur) (peṭrōl), گیسولین (ur) (gaisolīn)
- Vietnamese: dầu xăng (vi), xăng (vi)
- Volapük: bänsin (vo)
- Yiddish: גאזאלין (yi) (gazolin)
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