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petrol
oil (petroleum) /peˈtrol/
noun#3510 most common
Also: kerosene, crude oil
Example sentences
Lampa are nevoie de petrol.
The lamp needs kerosene.
România produce petrol.
Romania produces oil.
Prețul petrolului a crescut anul acesta.
The price of oil has risen this year.
Multe țări din Golf exportă petrol.
Many Gulf countries export oil.
Industria petrolului a adus bogăție orașului Ploiești.
The oil industry brought wealth to the city of Ploiești.
Specialiștii clasifică petrolurile brute în funcție de densitate și compoziție chimică.
Specialists classify crude oils by density and chemical composition.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | petrol | petroluri |
| Genitive | petrolului | petrolurilor |
| Accusative | petrol | petroluri |
| Vocative | petrol | petroluri |
Word family
petrolieroil-related; oil tanker
petroliferoil-bearing (of a rock formation)
petrochimiepetrochemistry
petrolistoil worker, oilman
Etymology
Romanian borrowed "petrol" from French "pétrole" in the nineteenth century, during the rise of the modern oil industry. The French word goes back to Medieval Latin "petroleum", literally "rock oil". That Latin term joins Greek "petra" (rock, stone) with Latin "oleum" (oil). Romania's own oil boom around Ploiești in the 1800s made the word part of everyday vocabulary.
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