Phrase guide

gas cylinder

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

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noun

Meaning 1

A cylindrical vessel capable of containing a compressed gas at high pressure. Sometimes used as the fuel tank for an autogas vehicle.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Translations

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  • Arabic: أُسْطُوَانَة غَاز مَضْغُوط (ʔusṭuwānat ḡāz maḍḡūṭ) — cylindrical vessel
  • Arabic: أُسْطُوَانَة غَاز (ʔusṭuwānat ḡāz) — cylindrical vessel
  • Belarusian: га́завы бало́н (házavy balón) — cylindrical vessel
  • Bulgarian: га́зова бути́лка (gázova butílka) — cylindrical vessel
  • Bulgarian: га́зов бало́н (gázov balón) — cylindrical vessel
  • Chinese Cantonese: 氣瓶 /气瓶 (hei3 ping4) — cylindrical vessel
  • Chinese Mandarin: 氣瓶 /气瓶 (qìpíng) — cylindrical vessel
  • Czech: tlaková láhev — cylindrical vessel
  • Danish: gasflaske — cylindrical vessel
  • Dutch: gascilinder — cylindrical vessel
  • Finnish: kaasupullo — cylindrical vessel
  • French: bonbonne de gaz — cylindrical vessel
  • French: bouteille de gaz — cylindrical vessel
  • German: Gasflasche — cylindrical vessel
  • Hindi: गैस टंकी (gais ṭaṅkī) — cylindrical vessel
  • Hungarian: gázpalack — cylindrical vessel
  • Indonesian: tabung gas — cylindrical vessel
  • Italian: bombola — cylindrical vessel
  • Japanese: ボンベ (bombe) — cylindrical vessel
  • Japanese: ガスボンベ (gasu bombe) — cylindrical vessel
  • Korean: 가스용기 (gaseuyonggi) — cylindrical vessel
  • Korean: 가스 실린더 (gaseu sillindeo) — cylindrical vessel
  • Norwegian Bokmål: gassflaske — cylindrical vessel
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: gassflaske — cylindrical vessel
  • Iranian Persian: کَپْسولِ گاز (kapsul-e gâz) — cylindrical vessel
  • Polish: butla gazowa — cylindrical vessel
  • Portuguese: botijão de gás — cylindrical vessel
  • Russian: га́зовый балло́н (gázovyj ballón) — cylindrical vessel
  • Sicilian: bùmmula — cylindrical vessel
  • Slovak: plynová fľaša — cylindrical vessel
  • Spanish: tanque de gas — cylindrical vessel
  • Spanish: balón de gas — cylindrical vessel
  • Spanish: bombona — cylindrical vessel
  • Swedish: gastub — cylindrical vessel
  • Swedish: gasflaska — cylindrical vessel
  • Ukrainian: га́зовий бало́н (házovyj balón) — cylindrical vessel