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biofuel

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • UK: /ˈbaɪ.əʊˌfjʊ(.ə)l/
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noun

Meaning 1

Any fuel that is obtained from a renewable biological resource, especially from biomass.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: biomass

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gweyh3-der. Ancient Greek βῐ́ος (bĭ́os) Ancient Greek βῐο- (bĭo-)der. English bio- English fuel English biofuel From bio- + fuel.

Across languages

Translations

27 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Chinese Mandarin: 生態燃料 /生态燃料 (shēngtài ránliào) — biofuel
  • Chinese Mandarin: 生物燃料 (shēngwù ránliào) — biofuel
  • Chinese Mandarin: 生質燃料 /生质燃料 (shēngzhì ránliào) — biofuel
  • Czech: biopalivo — biofuel
  • Danish: biobrændsel — biofuel
  • Estonian: biokütus — biofuel
  • Finnish: biopolttoaine — biofuel
  • Galician: biocombustible — biofuel
  • Galician: biocarburante — biofuel
  • German: Biosprit — biofuel
  • German: Biokraftstoff — biofuel
  • Greek: βιοκαύσιμο (viokáfsimo) — biofuel
  • Irish: bithbhreosla — biofuel
  • Kazakh: биоотын (biootyn) — biofuel
  • Macedonian: биогориво (biogorivo) — biofuel
  • Mongolian: биотүлш (biotülš) — biofuel
  • Norwegian Bokmål: biodrivstoff — biofuel
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: biodrivstoff — biofuel
  • Polish: biopaliwo — biofuel
  • Portuguese: biocombustível — biofuel
  • Romanian: biocombustibil — biofuel
  • Russian: биото́пливо (biotóplivo) — biofuel
  • Spanish: biocombustible — biofuel
  • Spanish: biocarburante — biofuel
  • Swedish: biobränsle — biofuel
  • Turkish: biyoyakıt — biofuel
  • Welsh: biodanwydd — biofuel