Meaning

2 senses

  1. (Commonwealth, uncountable, usually)A fluid consisting of a mixture of refined petroleum hydrocarbons, primarily consisting of octane, commonly used as a motor fuel.

    a volatile flammable mixture of hydrocarbons (hexane and heptane and octane etc.) derived from petroleum; used mainly as a fuel in internal-combustion engines

  2. (informal, uncountable, usually)A motor vehicle powered by petrol (as opposed to diesel).

Examples

152 sentences

  1. Tom pulled into a petrol station.

    Том заїхав на заправку. — deniko

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  2. Large cars use lots of petrol.

    Великі машини споживають багато бензину. — deniko

    deGroße Autos verbrauchen viel Benzin. — Hans07

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  3. We don't have any petrol left.

    У нас більше не лишилося бензину. — deniko

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  4. The price of petrol is rising.

    Ціна на бензин росте. — Lumo

    ruЦены на бензин растут. — afyodor

    deDer Benzinpreis steigt. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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  5. It looks like we're out of petrol.

    Схоже, у нас закінчився бензин. — deniko

    ruУ нас, похоже, бензин закончился. — marafon

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Origin

Borrowed from French (essence de) pétrole, from Medieval Latin petroleum, from Ancient Gre

Borrowed from French (essence de) pétrole, from Medieval Latin petroleum, from Ancient Greek πετρέλαιον (petrélaion, “oil of the rock”), from πέτρα (pétra, “stone, rock”)+ ἔλαιον (élaion, “olive oil, any oily substance”). Doublet of petroleum.

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Forms

plural: petrols
Singularpetrol

uncountable

Synonyms

3 synonyms
gasA2gasoline
Close in meaning
  • a volatile flammable mixture of hydrocarbons (hexane and heptane and octane etc.) derived from petroleum; used mainly as a fuel in internal-combustion engines:gasolinegasolenegas

Word family

23 related words
Derivedpetrol stationA2petrolagepetrol bluepetrol bombpetrol bunkpetrol cappetrol-electricpetrol enginepetroleomicspetroleouspetrol garagepetrolheadpetrolianapetrolicpetroliferouspetrolismpetrolistpetrolizationpetrolizepetrollesspetrollypetrol pumppetrol tank

Lessons for this word

1 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
petrifypetrochemicalpetrodollarpetroleumpettyB2petulant

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