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Oil

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Noun

oil

  1. liquid fat
  2. petroleum-based liquid used as fuel or lubricant

Translations

  • Catalan: oli m
    (yóu)
  • Danish: olie
  • Dutch: olie f
  • Esperanto: oleo
  • Finnish: öljy (1 ,2)
  • French: huile f
  • German: Öl n
  • Greek: λάδι (ladi), έλαιο m (elaio, eleo), except Ancient Greek, it is rarely used. (el )
  • Hebrew: שמן m (shap??)
  • Italian: olio m
  • Japanese: (あぶら, abura) (1), 石油 (せきゆ, sekiyu) (2)
  • Korean: 유 (yu)
  • Latin: oleum m
  • Polish: olej m
  • Portuguese: óleo m
  • Russian: масло (maslo) n (1, 2), нефть (neft') f (2)
  • Slovene: olje n
  • Spanish: aceite m
  • Swedish: olja c (1, 2)
  • Welsh: olew

Verb

Transitive

to oil

  1. to grease with oil (1) for cooking.
  2. to lubricate with oil (2).

Translations

  • Finnish: öljytä (1, 2)
  • Slovene: naoljiti


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