oil

Significado (Inglés)

Noun

1. (countable, uncountable) Liquid fat.
2. (countable, uncountable) Petroleum-based liquid used as fuel or lubricant.
3. (countable, uncountable) Petroleum.
4. (countable) An oil painting.
5. (countable, uncountable) Oil paint.

Verb

1. (transitive) To lubricate with oil.
2. (transitive) To grease with oil for cooking.
3. (transitive) To fuel with oil.
4. To say in an unctuous manner.

Sinónimos

grease

fat

petroleum

lubricate

kerosene

ointment

butter

🧈

mineral oil

lard

fuel

gas

petrol

anoint

crude oil

black gold

cooking oil

gasoline

oily

smear

etc.

lubricant

naphtha

rock oil

motor oil

fossil oil

vegetable oil

liquid oil

gravy

animal

🐾

inunct

oleo

bribe

rendered fat

cottonseed oil

oil colour

suet

unguent

lotion

engine oil

anele

embrocate

kerosine

honey

🍯

crude

oleum

sesame oil

oil color

greasing

greasiness

cooking fat

Traducións

huile

Öl

aceite

olio

olie

óleo

pétrole

petrolio

petróleo

oli

yağ

λάδι

petróleo

oleum

Pronúnciase como (IPA)

/ɔɪ(ə)l/

Etimoloxía (Inglés)

Herdado de Middle English: oyle

Relativo a Middle English: ele

Relativo a Old English: ele

Herdado de Middle English: oilen

In summary

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.

Frases

Looking down at the spoon he held , the boy saw that the oil was gone .