naphtha

Senso (Inglese)

1. (countable, dated, uncountable) Naturally occurring liquid petroleum.
2. (countable, uncountable) Any of a wide variety of aliphatic or aromatic liquid hydrocarbon mixtures distilled from petroleum or coal tar, especially as used in solvents or petrol.

Concetti

nafta

benzina

petrolio

cherosene

combustibile

petrolio greggio

sinonimi

petroleum

petrol

oil

gas

benzine

gasoline

kerosene

lard

kerosine

crude oil

black gold

turpentine

ligroin

rendered fat

refined oil

naphth

fossil oil

crude gasoline

Traduzioni

naphte

nafta

naphta

petroleum

petrol

Petroleum

Öl

Kerosin

Pronunciato come (IPA)

/ˈnæfθə/

Etimologia (Inglese)

From Latin naphtha, from Ancient Greek νάφθα (náphtha, “naphtha”), from Old Persian *naftah, probably borrowed or assimilated from Akkadian 𒉌𒆳𒊏 (napṭu, “naphtha”) . The Greek mediation is reflected in the spelling – ‘ph’ and ‘th’ (from ‘φ’ and ‘θ’).