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We did a gig at the Marquee and we were supposed to be paid five pounds but we never got it, and it cost us something like 10 pounds in petrol to get there to do it. So what we did was steal some equipment from The Marquee.
Andy Partridge

Meaning of "petrol" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD PETROL

Via French from Medieval Latin petroleum.
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PRONUNCIATION OF PETROL

petrol  [ˈpɛtrəl] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PETROL

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Petrol is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES PETROL MEAN IN ENGLISH?

petrol

Gasoline

Gasoline /ˈɡæsəliːn/, or petrol /ˈpɛtrəl/, is a transparent, petroleum-derived liquid that is used primarily as a fuel in internal combustion engines. It consists mostly of organic compounds obtained by the fractional distillation of petroleum, enhanced with a variety of additives. Some gasolines also contain ethanol as an alternative fuel. In North America, the term gasoline is often shortened in colloquial usage to gas. Petrol is the common name in the United Kingdom, Republic of Ireland, India, Australia and in most of the Commonwealth countries.

Definition of petrol in the English dictionary

The definition of petrol in the dictionary is any one of various volatile flammable liquid mixtures of hydrocarbons, mainly hexane, heptane, and octane, obtained from petroleum and used as a solvent and a fuel for internal-combustion engines. Usually petrol also contains additives such as antiknock compounds and corrosion inhibitors US and Canadian name: gasoline.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PETROL


ancestral
ænˈsɛstrəl
arbitral
ˈɑːbɪtrəl
astral
ˈæstrəl
austral
ˈɔːstrəl
cadastral
kəˈdæstrəl
central
ˈsɛntrəl
citral
ˈsɪtrəl
kestrel
ˈkɛstrəl
magistral
məˈdʒɪstrəl
minstrel
ˈmɪnstrəl
mistral
ˈmɪstrəl
mitral
ˈmaɪtrəl
neutral
ˈnjuːtrəl
orchestral
ɔːˈkɛstrəl
perimetral
pəˈrɪmətrəl
petrel
ˈpɛtrəl
semestral
sɪˈmɛstrəl
spectral
ˈspɛktrəl
trimestral
traɪˈmestrəl
ventral
ˈvɛntrəl

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PETROL

petrography
petrol bomb
petrol bomber
petrol can
petrol cap
petrol engine
petrol filler cap
petrol gauge
petrol pump
petrol rationing
petrol station
petrol tank
petrol tanker
petrol-driven
petrol.
petrolage
petrolatum
petroleous
petroleum
petroleum ether

WORDS THAT END LIKE PETROL

birth control
climate control
control
credit control
cruise control
four-star petrol
gun control
lead replacement petrol
leaded petrol
patrol
pest control
process control
quality control
radio control
remote control
self-control
traction control
traffic control
two-star petrol
unleaded petrol

Synonyms and antonyms of petrol in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «PETROL»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «petrol» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of petrol
fuel · gas · gasoline · juice

Translation of «petrol» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PETROL

Find out the translation of petrol to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of petrol from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «petrol» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

汽油
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

gasolina
570 millions of speakers

English

petrol
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

पेट्रोल
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

بِنْزِينٌ
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

бензин
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

gasolina
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

পেট্রল
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

essence
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Petrol
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Benzin
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ガソリン
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

휘발유
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Bensin
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

xăng
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

பெட்ரோல்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

पेट्रोल
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

benzin
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

benzina
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

benzyna
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

бензин
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

benzină
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

βενζίνη
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

petrol
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

bensin
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

bensin
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of petrol

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PETROL»

The term «petrol» is very widely used and occupies the 9.194 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PETROL» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «petrol» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «petrol» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about petrol

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9 QUOTES WITH «PETROL»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word petrol.
1
Saffron Burrows
When I was a child I wanted to be a petrol pump attendant. I suppose you have all sorts of thoughts as a child and at the time I figured that it was a way to avoid doing anything like going on stage.
2
Susan George
I was recently looking at what they can actually do to reduce consumption of petrol. It would be quite possible to build automobiles out of carbon fibre that would be just as strong, weigh 10 times less and consume 10 times less petrol.
3
Abbas Kiarostami
The day we run out of petrol is the day Iran will be free.
4
David J. C. MacKay
We must not let ourselves be swept off our feet in horror at the danger of nuclear power. Nuclear power is not infinitely dangerous. It's just dangerous, much as coal mines, petrol repositories, fossil-fuel burning and wind turbines are dangerous.
5
Veerappa Moily
Petrol price is a deregulated commodity, price of which is decided by our oil marketing companies based on input cost and other parameters.
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Veerappa Moily
Saving petrol is saving India's money. This is a sense of patriotism. The country can be energy-independent by energy conservation. I appeal to the other ministers also to do this.
7
Andy Partridge
We did a gig at the Marquee and we were supposed to be paid five pounds but we never got it, and it cost us something like 10 pounds in petrol to get there to do it. So what we did was steal some equipment from The Marquee.
8
Lucy Powell
The cost of motoring is a massive issue at the moment, there's no question. The price of petrol goes up every time you go to the petrol station.
9
Audrey Tautou
I like the light that comes off metal shutters at siesta time in the summer, having a break from driving in the shops at motorway services, the odour of petrol at petrol stations, rolling down little slopes. I hate it when you tread in a puddle and the water soaks your socks.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PETROL»

Discover the use of petrol in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to petrol and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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How to design a successful petrol station
In the new millennium, will the architecture & design of today's filling stations become as talked about as those landmarks of other ages -- the great power stations, the deco cinemas from the golden age of film or the warehouses of our ...
Marcello Minale, Minale, Tattersfield and Partners, 2000
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Heavy Metal: The Social Meaning of Petrol Sniffing in Australia
Heavy metal: The social meaning of petrol sniffing in Australia.
Maggie Brady, 1992
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Chemistry
Most people don't bother to shop around for petrol - except to find the cheapest. They assume that the quality will always be right, whatever the brand. Yet getting the right quality isn't easy. At the oil refinery the people who blend petrol work ...
John S. Holman, Phil Stone, 2001
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Air Pollution: Measurement, Modelling and Mitigation, Third ...
Table 3.2 Typical petrol composition or carbon particles instead of CO2, some fuel is not combusted at all and is emitted as VOCs, and the minor contaminants are emitted in various forms. A carbon balance can still be made, providing that all ...
Jeremy Colls, Abhishek Tiwary, 2009
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The Petrol Engine: A Text-book Dealing with the Principles ...
Petrol is a liquid fuel composed of carbon (C)and hydrogen (H) in chemical combination. The principal method of producing petrol is by distillation of crude petroleum. The best mixture to use in a petrol engine is one composed of 2 cubic feet ...
Francis John Kean, 1915
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The petrol car.- v. 2. Electric and petrol-electric vehicles
CHAPTER II— THE ENGINE ACCESSORIES Contents :— The Petrol Supply System— The Carburettor— The Silencer — Water Cooling —Lubrication — Governing i. The Petrol Supply System. — In one sense the petrol engine is a gas  ...
Walter Poynter Adams, 1906
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Gas, oil, and petrol engines: including gas producing plant ...
There are two main reasons for the superiority of the petrol engine for such purposes. In the first place, a petrol engine, with its carburetter, ignition devices, and petrol tank, forms a complete power unit. If this unit be compared with, for instance, ...
A. Garrard, 1918
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Electric and Petrol-electric Vehicles
CHAPTER IX PETBOL-ELECTBIC VEHICLES Contents : — General Arrangement — The Dynamo — Some Petrol- Electric Systems. General Arrangement. — In view of the limited range of the ordinary electric carriages, owing to the heavy ...
Walter Poynter Adams, 1908
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Petrol and Petroleum Spirits: A Description of Their ...
A Description of Their Sources, Preparation, Examination and Uses Wilfred Emil Guttentag. sence of visible drops of water is no guarantee that it is entirely absent . Groschuff has shown that the solubility is such that 100 grs. of benzine will ...
Wilfred Emil Guttentag, 1918
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Petrol motors and motor cars: a handbook for engineers, ...
The composition by weight of petrol having a specific gravity of 0•683 and a boiling-point of 154° Fahr. is — hexane, 80 per cent. ; heptane, 18 per cent. ; and pentane, 2 per cent. The chemical composition is, carbon 83-8 per cent, and ...
Thomas Hyler White, 1904

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PETROL»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term petrol is used in the context of the following news items.
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Room for petrol to drop 3 cents a litre, AA says
Petrol company average gross profit margins had been slightly above average for a couple of weeks despite the falling dollar, "so we're ... «Stuff.co.nz, Jul 15»
2
Terror on Chinese flight as passenger tries to start fire 'with petrol
The newspaper cited a source as saying a passenger tried to start a fire with petrol and a lighter. A Shenzhen Airlines spokesman confirmed ... «South China Morning Post, Jul 15»
3
Asda petrol station will be a "light show nightmare" for families in …
Families in Kingsway face a "24/7 light show nightmare" if large signs for the new petrol filling station at Asda are given the green light. «Gloucester Citizen, Jul 15»
4
Beer Becomes Petrol in New Zealand, You can Fill You Tank with …
Dionysus, take a good look at this thing and learn! You may be the god of the grape harvest, winemaking, and wine, but beer is the new black, ... «autoevolution, Jul 15»
5
Niger Delta governors shortchange citizens in petrol-dollar siphongate
To get a better sense of the poor state of finances and corruption in Nigeria's oil producing regions, consider places like Aviara in Isoko South ... «BusinessDay, Jul 15»
6
UAE's new petrol price formula not ready yet: Adnoc
A new petrol price formula to be announced within two days following a government decision to lift fuel subsidies is not ready yet and estimates ... «Emirates 24/7, Jul 15»
7
Claims petrol bomb thrown into Co Louth house
Gardaí are investigating claims that an object, possibly a petrol bomb, was thrown through the window of a house in Co Louth on Saturday ... «Irish Times, Jul 15»
8
Petrol price rise won't affect drivers' choice of cars
She used to drive a small car to save on petrol but, through no fault of her own, she was involved in two accidents within 40 days. For this ... «The National, Jul 15»
9
2016 Toyota HiLux 4.0-litre petrol V6 power output to remain …
2016 Toyota HiLux models fitted with the 4.0-litre petrol V6 engine won't benefit from any power and torque increases over the existing versions ... «CarAdvice, Jul 15»
10
Petrol and diesel: The cheapest countries and why Britain ranks as …
Across the Atlantic in America, the world's largest consumer of fuel, both petrol and diesel prices are considerably lower at 48p per litre. «Telegraph.co.uk, Jul 15»

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