English Online Dictionary. What means petroleum? What does petroleum mean?
English
Alternative forms
- petrolaeum (archaic)
- petrolæum (archaic)
Etymology
From Medieval Latin petroleum, from petra (“rock”) + oleum (“oil”).
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /pəˈtɹoʊliəm/
Noun
petroleum (countable and uncountable, plural petroleums or petrolea)
- A flammable liquid ranging in color from clear to very dark brown and black, consisting mainly of hydrocarbons, occurring naturally in deposits under the Earth's surface.
- Synonyms: crude oil, oil
Derived terms
Related terms
- (not a synonym) petrol (gasoline, gas)
- linoleum
Translations
Dutch
Etymology
From Medieval Latin petroleum, from petra (“rock”) + oleum (“oil”).
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: pe‧tro‧le‧um
Noun
petroleum m (uncountable)
- petroleum
Synonyms
- aardolie
- ruwe olie
Descendants
- → Indonesian: petroleum
Indonesian
Etymology
From Dutch petroleum, from Medieval Latin petroleum, from petra (“rock”) + oleum (“oil”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [pe.troˈleu.m]
- Hyphenation: pét‧ro‧lé‧um
Noun
petroleum or pétroléum
- (petrochemistry) petroleum
- Synonym: minyak bumi
Further reading
- “petroleum” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.
Polish
Alternative forms
- petrolium (Middle Polish)
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin petroleum. First attested in 1534.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ɔlɛwm
- Syllabification: pe‧tro‧leum
Noun
petroleum n
- (obsolete) Synonym of ropa naftowa
Declension
References
Further reading
- “PETROLEUM”, in Elektroniczny Słownik Języka Polskiego XVII i XVIII Wieku [Electronic Dictionary of the Polish Language of the XVII and XVIII Century], 31.03.2016
- Samuel Bogumił Linde (1807–1814) “petroleum”, in Słownik języka polskiego
- Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861) “petroleum”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861
- A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1908), “petroleum”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 4, Warsaw, page 123
- petroleum in Narodowy Fotokorpus Języka Polskiego
Swedish
Noun
petroleum n or c
- petroleum
- (Finland) kerosene, (UK) paraffin
- Synonym: fotogen
Declension
See also
- bitumen
- fotogen
- vaselin
References
- petroleum in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- petroleum in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- petroleum in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)