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petrolage

Meaning of "petrolage" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF PETROLAGE

ˈpɛtrəlɪdʒ


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PETROLAGE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Petrolage 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 PETROLAGE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of petrolage in the English dictionary

The definition of petrolage in the dictionary is the addition of petrol to the surface of a body of water to get rid of mosquitoes.



WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PETROLAGE

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WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PETROLAGE

petrol engine · petrol filler cap · petrol gauge · petrol pump · petrol rationing · petrol station · petrol tank · petrol tanker · petrol-driven · petrol. · petrolatum · petroleous · petroleum · petroleum ether · petroleum jelly · petroleur · petroleuse · petrolhead · petrolic · petroliferous

WORDS THAT END LIKE PETROLAGE

anlage · bricolage · camouflage · collage · curtilage · etalage · fishing village · fuselage · global village · Greenwich Village · holiday village · maquillage · millage · moulage · outlet village · pillage · plage · tutelage · volage · Vorlage

Synonyms and antonyms of petrolage in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «petrolage» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PETROLAGE

Find out the translation of petrolage to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of petrolage from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «petrolage» in English.
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Translator English - Chinese

petrolage
1,325 millions of speakers
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petrolage
570 millions of speakers
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petrolage
510 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Hindi

petrolage
380 millions of speakers
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petrolage
280 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Russian

petrolage
278 millions of speakers
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petrolage
270 millions of speakers
bn

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petrolage
260 millions of speakers
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Translator English - French

petrolage
220 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Malay

Petrol
190 millions of speakers
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petrolage
180 millions of speakers
ja

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petrolage
130 millions of speakers
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petrolage
85 millions of speakers
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Petrolage
85 millions of speakers
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petrolage
80 millions of speakers
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petrolage
75 millions of speakers
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पेट्रोल
75 millions of speakers
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petrolage
70 millions of speakers
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petrolage
65 millions of speakers
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petrolage
50 millions of speakers
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petrolage
40 millions of speakers
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petrolage
30 millions of speakers
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petrolage
15 millions of speakers
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petrolage
14 millions of speakers
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petrolage
10 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Norwegian

petrolage
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of petrolage

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PETROLAGE»

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

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PETROLAGE»

Discover the use of petrolage in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to petrolage and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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French Peasant Fascism : Henry Dorgeres' Greenshirts and the ...
This action went down in local legend as "gassing the peas" (le petrolage des petits pais). Crop destruction was an uncomfortable action for farmers. But the pea growers' reluctance to destroy crops was outweighed by their resolve not to ...
Robert O. Paxton Professor of History Columbia University, 1997
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Pamphlets on Protozoology (Kofoid Collection)
Petrolage. — In the River Front Area and Ashar the swamps and waterlogged tracts were so extensive and offered such small hope of effective action, that we could at first conceive of no practical method of procedure. Even at Makina where  ...
‎1921
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A French-English Military Technical Dictionary: With a ...
priming cartridge. pete-sec, m., (mil. slang) gymnastics. petrolage, m., oiling (of mosquito holes, etc.). pétrole, m. petroleum; —a bi' ier, illuminating oil; —- brut, crude oil; déchets de —, waste oil; — lampanl, ordinal' petroleum; —— ordinaire v.
Cornélis De Witt Willcox, 1917
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The Journal of the American Medical Association
Petrolage, or the covering of the surface of collections of water with petroleum, can be considered only as a temporary expedient and not as an ultimate means of eradication. Mechanical prophylaxis consists in the use of wire screens, ...
American Medical Association, 1904
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Bulletin of the International Railway Congress Association ...
FEUGERES (J.j. — (ioudronnnge et petrolage des routes. (1,800 mots & fig.) I* orter«3ullle economique «!«•* mncislnen. P.ins. 1904 621 .14 Portefeuille economique des machines, n° 579, mars, p. 33. PIERRE-GUEDON (L.t. — Vehicules ...
International Railway Congress Association, 1904
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Proceedings of the American Society of Civil Engineers
(43) 2e Trimestre~ Supgression de la Poussiére des Chaussées Em ierrées par le Goudronnage et l'Emploi 'Enduits Collants. M. Le Gavrian. ( 3) 8 Trimestre. 1908. Goudronnage et Petrolage des Routes. J. eugeres. (35) Serial beginning Jan.
‎1901
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Memoirs of the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine
... assainis aux environs de la ville : " 7,800 fr. ;: Suppression du paludisme à Ismaïlia, Paris. Imprimerie de la Société anonvme 'le Publications périodiques. 13 Quai Voltaire. " Petrolage des fosses, puits perdus et suppression des depots 57.
‎1906
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Index Medicus: A Quarterly Classified Record of the Current ...
Ann. d'hyg., Par., 1904, 4. s., i, SHALL-Cristiani (ll.) & де Michelis (G.) De l' influencc du petrolage et goudronnage des routes sur les poussières et les germes vivants de l'atmosphîre. Rev. med. de la Suisse Rom., Geneve, 1904, xxiv, 45-55.
‎1904
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JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association
Petrolage, or the covering of the surface of collections of water with petroleum, can be considered only as a temporary expedient and not as an ultimate means of eradication. Mechanical prophylaxis consists in the use of wire screens, ...
‎1904
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The Medical News
It seemed to him that this method should take from the first this form — namely, drainage — and that it is not wise to substitute for it petrolage except as a temporary makeshift, without any attempt to diminish the real source of the mosquitoes ...
‎1904

NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PETROLAGE»

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After nearly 50 rounds, Minot girl comes out on top
Madeline and Taylor battled it out for more than 35 more rounds before Taylor misspelled “petrolage” as “petrilag” and Madeline correctly ... «Bismarck Tribune, Mar 14»
REFERENCE
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