fuel
Substance consumed to provide energy through combustion, or through chemical or…Substance consumed to provide energy through combustion, or through chemical or nuclear reaction.
» We're almost out of fuel.
У нас почти кончилось топливо.
У нас вже майже скінчилося паливо.
Meaning
3 senses(countable, uncountable)Substance consumed to provide energy through combustion, or through chemical or nuclear reaction.
Brennstoff, Treibstoff
то́пливоtóplivo, горю́чееgorjúčeje
па́ливоpályvo
a substance that can be consumed to produce energy
(countable, uncountable)Substance that provides nourishment for a living organism; food.
(countable, figuratively, uncountable)Something that stimulates, encourages or maintains an action.
His books were fuel for the revolution.
Money is the fuel for economy.
Examples
266 sentencesWe're almost out of fuel.
У нас вже майже скінчилося паливо.
ruУ нас почти кончилось топливо.
Gasoline is no longer a cheap fuel.
Бензин більше не дешеве паливо.
Gasoline is used for fuel.
Бензин використовується в якості палива.
ruБензин используется в качестве топлива.
deBenzin wird als Treibstoff verwendet.
We're going to need some more fuel.
We're running short of fuel for the winter.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English fuayle, from Old French fouaille, feuaille (“firewood, kindling”), froFrom Middle English fuayle, from Old French fouaille, feuaille (“firewood, kindling”), from feu (“fire”), from Late Latin focus (“fire”), from Latin focus (“hearth”), whence English focus. Cognate with Spanish fuego (“fire”), and Portuguese fogo (“fire”).
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Forms
plural: fuelsWord family
62 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable