Petroleum — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

a dark oil consisting mainly of hydrocarbons

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/pətɹˈoʊliːəm/

🇬🇧British English

/pətɹˈəʊliːəm/

🇮🇳Indian English

/pətɹˈəʊliːəm/

3 syllables Say it as /pətɹˈoʊliːəm/.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

crude oil oil crude rock oil fossil oil

Around the World

Europe

🇫🇷French

pétrole

une huile sombre composée principalement d’hydrocarbures

🇪🇸Spanish

petróleo

Un petróleo oscuro compuesto principalmente de hidrocarburos.

🇮🇹Italian

petrolio

un olio scuro costituito principalmente da idrocarburi

🇳🇱Dutch

aardolie

een donkere olie die voornamelijk uit koolwaterstoffen bestaat

🇵🇹Portuguese

petróleo

um óleo escuro constituído principalmente por hidrocarbonetos

🇷🇺Russian

нефть

темная нефть, состоящая в основном из углеводородов

India

🇮🇳Hindi

पेट्रोलियम

एक गहरा तेल जिसमें मुख्यतः हाइड्रोकार्बन होते हैं

🇧🇩Bengali

পেট্রোলিয়াম

একটি গাঢ় তেল যা প্রধানত হাইড্রোকার্বন সমন্বিত

🇮🇳Tamil

பெட்ரோலியம்

முக்கியமாக ஹைட்ரோகார்பன்களைக் கொண்ட இருண்ட எண்ணெய்

🇮🇳Telugu

పెట్రోలియం

ప్రధానంగా హైడ్రోకార్బన్‌లతో కూడిన ముదురు నూనె

🇮🇳Marathi

पेट्रोलियम

एक गडद तेल ज्यामध्ये प्रामुख्याने हायड्रोकार्बन्स असतात

🇮🇳Gujarati

પેટ્રોલિયમ

શ્યામ તેલ જેમાં મુખ્યત્વે હાઇડ્રોકાર્બન હોય છે

🇮🇳Kannada

ಪೆಟ್ರೋಲಿಯಂ

ಮುಖ್ಯವಾಗಿ ಹೈಡ್ರೋಕಾರ್ಬನ್‌ಗಳನ್ನು ಒಳಗೊಂಡಿರುವ ಗಾಢ ತೈಲ

🇮🇳Malayalam

പെട്രോളിയം

പ്രധാനമായും ഹൈഡ്രോകാർബണുകൾ അടങ്ങിയ ഇരുണ്ട എണ്ണ

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਪੈਟਰੋਲੀਅਮ

ਇੱਕ ਗੂੜਾ ਤੇਲ ਜਿਸ ਵਿੱਚ ਮੁੱਖ ਤੌਰ 'ਤੇ ਹਾਈਡਰੋਕਾਰਬਨ ਹੁੰਦੇ ਹਨ

🇵🇰Urdu

پٹرولیم

ایک گہرا تیل جو بنیادی طور پر ہائیڈرو کاربن پر مشتمل ہوتا ہے۔

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

石油

主要由碳氢化合物组成的深色油

🇯🇵Japanese

石油

主に炭化水素からなる黒っぽい油

🇰🇷Korean

석유

주로 탄화수소로 구성된 어두운 기름

🇻🇳Vietnamese

xăng dầu

một loại dầu tối bao gồm chủ yếu là hydrocarbon

🇹🇭Thai

ปิโตรเลียม

น้ำมันสีเข้มที่ประกอบด้วยไฮโดรคาร์บอนเป็นส่วนใหญ่

🇮🇩Indonesian

minyak bumi

minyak gelap yang sebagian besar terdiri dari hidrokarbon

🇵🇭Filipino

petrolyo

isang maitim na langis na binubuo pangunahin ng mga hydrocarbon

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

البترول

زيت داكن يتكون بشكل رئيسي من الهيدروكربونات

🇮🇷Persian

نفت

یک روغن تیره که عمدتاً از هیدروکربن ها تشکیل شده است

🇹🇷Turkish

petrol

esas olarak hidrokarbonlardan oluşan koyu renkli bir yağ

🇮🇱Hebrew

נֵפט

שמן כהה המורכב בעיקר מפחמימנים

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