oil

Signification (Anglais)

Noun

1. Liquid fat.
2. Petroleum-based liquid used as fuel or lubricant.
3. Petroleum.
4. An oil painting.
5. Oil paint.
6. Containing oil, conveying oil; intended for or capable of containing oil.

Verb

1. To lubricate with oil.
2. To grease with oil for cooking.

Concepts

huile

pétrole

graisser

huiler

graisse

enduire

lubrifier

gras

naphte

pétrolier

huile de sésame

huile de coton

huile de graissage

étendre

beurre

pétrole brut

oindre

étaler

olive

huile végétale

à l´huile

oléique

kérosène

or noir

raffinerie

gribouiller

puits

source

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ɔɪ(ə)l/

Étymologie (Anglais)

From Middle English oyle, oile (“olive oil”), borrowed from Anglo-Norman olie, from Latin oleum (“oil, olive oil”), from Ancient Greek ἔλαιον (élaion, “olive oil”), from ἐλαία (elaía, “olive”). Compare Proto-Slavic *lojь. More at olive. Doublet of oleum. Supplanted Middle English ele (“oil”), from Old English ele (“oil”), also from Latin.