petrol

n. Chiefly British
Gasoline.

[French (essence de) pétrole, (essence of) petroleum, gasoline, from Old French petrole, petroleum, from Medieval Latin petrōleum. See petroleum.]

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The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: a volatile flammable mixture of hydrocarbons (hexane and heptane and octane etc.) derived from petroleum; used mainly as a fuel in internal-combustion engines
  Synonyms: gasoline, gasolene, gas

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - benzin

idioms:

• petrol bomb    benzinbombe
• petrol pump    benzinpumpe
• petrol station    benzinstation
• petrol tank    benzintank

Nederlands (Dutch)
benzine

Français (French)
n. - (GB) essence

idioms:

• petrol bomb    (GB) cocktail Molotov
• petrol pump    (GB) pompe à essence
• petrol station    (GB) station d'essence
• petrol tank    (GB) réservoir d'essence

Deutsch (German)
n. - Benzin

idioms:

• petrol bomb    Benzinbombe
• petrol pump    Zapfsäule, Tanksäule
• petrol station    Tankstelle
• petrol tank    Benzintank

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - (χημ.) (Βρετ.) βενζίνη

idioms:

• petrol bomb    βόμβα μολότοφ
• petrol pump    (Βρετ.) αντλία βενζίνης, βενζιναντλία
• petrol station    (Βρετ.) πρατήριο βενζίνης, βενζινάδικο
• petrol tank    (Βρετ.) ρεζερβουάρ, δεξαμενή/ντεπόζιτο βενζίνης

Italiano (Italian)
benzina

idioms:

• petrol bomb    bottiglia Molotov
• petrol pump    pompa di benzina
• petrol station    stazione di servizio
• petrol tank    serbatoio di benzina

Português (Portuguese)
n. - combustível (m)

idioms:

• petrol bomb    coquetel Molotov
• petrol pump    bomba de combustível
• petrol station    posto de gasolina
• petrol tank    tanque de combustível

Русский (Russian)
бензин

idioms:

• petrol bomb    бутылка с зажигательной смесью
• petrol pump    бензонасос
• petrol station    бензоколонка
• petrol tank    бензобак

Español (Spanish)
n. - nafta, gasolina

idioms:

• petrol bomb    cóctel Molotov
• petrol pump    surtidor de gasolina, bomba de gasolina
• petrol station    estación de servicio, gasolinera
• petrol tank    depósito de gasolina

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - bensin

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
汽油

idioms:

• petrol bomb    燃烧弹, 汽油弹
• petrol pump    加油泵
• petrol station    加油站
• petrol tank    油箱

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 汽油

idioms:

• petrol bomb    燃燒彈, 汽油彈
• petrol pump    加油泵
• petrol station    加油站
• petrol tank    油箱

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 가솔린

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - ガソリン

idioms:

• petrol bomb    モロトフカクテル, 火炎瓶
• petrol pump    ガソリンポンプ
• petrol station    ガソリンスタンド
• petrol tank    ガソリンタンク

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) بنزين, غازولين‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮בנזין‬

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