kerosene en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˈkɛɹəsiːn/
- (Southern-England) audio
Etymology
Etymology tree substratebor. Ancient Greek κηρός (kērós)lbor. French -ènebor. English -ene English kerosene From Ancient Greek κηρός (kērós, “wax”) + -ene; a name trademarked in 1854. An older term for kerosene was carbon oil.
Meanings
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(countable, uncountable) A thin, often colorless or blue or straw-colored petroleum-based fuel, heavier than gasoline/petrol or naphtha but lighter than diesel, used primarily as jet fuel but also for heating and lighting in some remote or impoverished areas.
The dawn of the oil age was fairly recent. Although the stuff was used to waterproof boats in the Middle East 6,000 years ago, extracting it in earnest began only in 1859 after an oil strike in Pennsylvania.[…]It was used to make kerosene, the main fuel for artificial lighting after overfishing led to a shortage of whale blubber. Other liquids produced in the refining process, too unstable or smoky for lamplight, were burned or dumped.
2013 August 3, “Yesterday’s fuel”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8847:The kerosene lasted all winter, so the furnace kept us always warm.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| kerosenes | Number=Plur | lexicographic | |
| kerosine | alternative | lexicographic |
Deriveds
kerosene wood · kerolox · kerosenish · kerosene bush · kerosene tin · kerosene grass · kerosene box · kerosenelike · kerosene-like · biokerosene · power kerosene
Descendants
karẽnzĩn · karenzĩ · কেৰাচিন · karsiin · kerosini · кероси́н · কেরোসিন
Synonyms
kero · paraffin · lamp oil · coal oil
Translations (114)
fi petroli (thin, colorless fuel) · tl gaas (thin, colorless fuel) · qu kirusini (thin, colorless fuel) · be керасі́н (thin, colorless fuel) · hu kerozin (thin, colorless fuel) · fa نفت چراغ (thin, colorless fuel) · de Petroleum (thin, colorless fuel) · dv ކަރާސީނު (thin, colorless fuel) · es kerosene (thin, colorless fuel) · az ağ nöyüd (thin, colorless fuel) · ml മണ്ണെണ്ണ (thin, colorless fuel) · eo keroseno (thin, colorless fuel) · sk petrolej (thin, colorless fuel) · es canfín (thin, colorless fuel) · kum нап (thin, colorless fuel) · my ရေနံဆီ (thin, colorless fuel) · pa ਮਿੱਟੀ ਦਾ ਤੇਲ (thin, colorless fuel) · hi केरोसीन (thin, colorless fuel) · gl queroseno (thin, colorless fuel) · tr kerosen (thin, colorless fuel) · ky керосин (thin, colorless fuel) · kk керосин (thin, colorless fuel) · ro kerosen (thin, colorless fuel) · yo kẹrosíìnì (thin, colorless fuel) · uz kerosin (thin, colorless fuel) · pt querosene (thin, colorless fuel) · fa نفت (thin, colorless fuel) · ta மண்ணெண்ணெய் (thin, colorless fuel) · uz lampamoy (thin, colorless fuel) · az kerosin (thin, colorless fuel) · cmn 煤油 (thin, colorless fuel) · tk kerosin (thin, colorless fuel) · fr kérosène (thin, colorless fuel) · ko 등유 (thin, colorless fuel) · is kerósín (thin, colorless fuel) · et lambiõli (thin, colorless fuel) · km កាត (thin, colorless fuel) · fa نفت سفید (thin, colorless fuel) · uz yer moyi (thin, colorless fuel) · gu ઘાસલેટ (thin, colorless fuel) · nv akʼahkǫʼ (thin, colorless fuel) · ar كِيرُوسِين (thin, colorless fuel) · az lampa nefti (thin, colorless fuel) · ko 케로신 (thin, colorless fuel) · el κηροζίνη (thin, colorless fuel) · da petroleum (thin, colorless fuel) · ga ceirisín (thin, colorless fuel) · sh керозин (thin, colorless fuel) · es keroseno (thin, colorless fuel) · sw kerosini (thin, colorless fuel) · cmn 燈油 /灯油 (thin, colorless fuel) · nn parafin (thin, colorless fuel) · sh kerozin (thin, colorless fuel) · mi karahīni (thin, colorless fuel) · mn керосин (thin, colorless fuel) · uli karsiin (thin, colorless fuel) · sl petrolej (thin, colorless fuel) · ro petrol lampant (thin, colorless fuel) · zu uphalafini (thin, colorless fuel) · unm kolay (thin, colorless fuel) · ms minyak tanah (thin, colorless fuel) · sq vajgur (thin, colorless fuel) · mr केरोसीन (thin, colorless fuel) · ka კეროსინი (thin, colorless fuel) · yo barafín (thin, colorless fuel) · pl nafta (thin, colorless fuel) · eo petrolo (thin, colorless fuel) · tg карасин (thin, colorless fuel) · es kerosín (thin, colorless fuel) · uk гас (thin, colorless fuel) · uk кероси́н (thin, colorless fuel) · xal намк (thin, colorless fuel) · ccc kerosina (thin, colorless fuel) · th ก๊าด (thin, colorless fuel) · eu keroseno (thin, colorless fuel) · vi dầu hỏa (thin, colorless fuel) · th น้ำมันก๊าด (thin, colorless fuel) · tl kerosina (thin, colorless fuel) · es kerex (thin, colorless fuel) · ka ნავთი (thin, colorless fuel) · lt žibalas (thin, colorless fuel) · cs petrolej (thin, colorless fuel) · de Kerosin (thin, colorless fuel) · hi मिट्टी का तेल (thin, colorless fuel) · et petrooleum (thin, colorless fuel) · hy կերոսին (thin, colorless fuel) · nl kerosine (thin, colorless fuel) · he קֵרוֹסִין (thin, colorless fuel) · as কেৰাচিন (thin, colorless fuel) · ru кероси́н (thin, colorless fuel) · id kerosin (thin, colorless fuel) · cmn 火油 (thin, colorless fuel) · nb parafin (thin, colorless fuel) · be га́за (thin, colorless fuel) · uz fonar yogʻi (thin, colorless fuel) · ja 灯油 (thin, colorless fuel) · vi kêrôsin (thin, colorless fuel) · es queroseno (thin, colorless fuel) · lo ກ້າດ (thin, colorless fuel) · es kerosén (thin, colorless fuel) · fi kerosiini (thin, colorless fuel) · es kerosina (thin, colorless fuel) · hrx Kërosen (thin, colorless fuel) · yue 火水 (thin, colorless fuel) · az ağ neft (thin, colorless fuel) · lv petroleja (thin, colorless fuel) · sv fotogen (thin, colorless fuel) · ca querosè (thin, colorless fuel) · arz جاز (thin, colorless fuel) · fa کروسن (thin, colorless fuel) · ja ケロシン (thin, colorless fuel) · bg кероси́н (thin, colorless fuel) · it cherosene (thin, colorless fuel) · vi dầu lửa (thin, colorless fuel)