petrochemistry en · NOUN
Pronunciation
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Etymology
Etymology tree Pre-Greekder.? Ancient Greek πέτρᾱ (pétrā)bor. Latin petrader. English petro- Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰew- Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Hellenic *-mə Ancient Greek -μᾰ (-mă) Ancient Greek χῠ́μᾰ (khŭ́mă) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ία (-ía) Ancient Greek χυμείᾱ (khumeíā)bor. Arabic الْكِيمِيَاء (al-kīmiyāʔ)bor. Medieval Latin alchēmia ▲ Ancient Greek χυμείᾱ (khumeíā)influ. New Latin chimiabor. Middle French chymie French chimie Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istabor. French -iste French chimistebor. English chemist Middle English -re, -ri, -rie, -ry, -rye English -ry English chemistry English petrochemistry From petro- + chemistry.
Meanings
- (uncountable) The branch of chemistry that deals with petroleum, natural gas and their derivatives.
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Translations (18)
fi petrokemia (the branch of chemistry that deals with petroleum) · nb petrokjemi (the branch of chemistry that deals with petroleum) · tr petrokimya (the branch of chemistry that deals with petroleum) · es petroquímica (the branch of chemistry that deals with petroleum) · ja 石油化学 (the branch of chemistry that deals with petroleum) · cmn 石油化學 /石油化学 (the branch of chemistry that deals with petroleum) · ru нефтехимия (the branch of chemistry that deals with petroleum) · sh petrokémija (the branch of chemistry that deals with petroleum) · bg нефтохимия (the branch of chemistry that deals with petroleum) · fa پتروشیمی (the branch of chemistry that deals with petroleum) · ro petrochimie (the branch of chemistry that deals with petroleum) · sv petrokemi (the branch of chemistry that deals with petroleum) · id petrokimia (the branch of chemistry that deals with petroleum) · nn petrokjemi (the branch of chemistry that deals with petroleum) · eo petrolkemio (the branch of chemistry that deals with petroleum) · eo petrolĥemio (the branch of chemistry that deals with petroleum) · sh петроке́мија (the branch of chemistry that deals with petroleum) · de Gesteinschemie (the branch of chemistry that deals with petroleum)