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liquefied natural gas

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

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noun

Meaning 1

Natural gas that has been cooled and compressed to liquid form for transport and storage.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

Topics: chemistry, geography, geology, natural-sciences, petrochemistry, petrology, physical-sciences

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: LNG

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: natural gas, NG

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Across languages

Translations

38 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: غَاز طَبِيعِيّ مُسَال (ḡāz ṭabīʕiyy musāl) — natural gas converted to liquid
  • Belarusian: звадкава́ны прыро́дны газ (zvadkavány pryródny haz) — natural gas converted to liquid
  • Belarusian: ЗПГ (ZPH) — natural gas converted to liquid
  • Bulgarian: втечне́н приро́ден газ (vtečnén priróden gaz) — natural gas converted to liquid
  • Catalan: gas natural liquat — natural gas converted to liquid
  • Chinese Mandarin: 液化天然氣 /液化天然气 (yèhuà tiānránqì) — natural gas converted to liquid
  • Czech: zkapalněný zemní plyn — natural gas converted to liquid
  • Dutch: vloeibaar aardgas — natural gas converted to liquid
  • Esperanto: likvigita tergaso — natural gas converted to liquid
  • Estonian: veeldatud maagaas — natural gas converted to liquid
  • Finnish: nesteytetty maakaasu — natural gas converted to liquid
  • French: gaz naturel liquéfié — natural gas converted to liquid
  • Georgian: გათხევადებული ბუნებრივი აირი (gatxevadebuli bunebrivi airi) — natural gas converted to liquid
  • Georgian: თხევადი ბუნებრივი აირი (txevadi bunebrivi airi) — natural gas converted to liquid
  • Georgian: გათხევადებული ბუნებრივი გაზი (gatxevadebuli bunebrivi gazi) — natural gas converted to liquid
  • Georgian: თხევადი ბუნებრივი გაზი (txevadi bunebrivi gazi) — natural gas converted to liquid
  • German: Flüssigerdgas — natural gas converted to liquid
  • Greek: υγροποιημένο φυσικό αέριο (ygropoiiméno fysikó aério) — natural gas converted to liquid
  • Hungarian: cseppfolyósított földgáz — natural gas converted to liquid
  • Indonesian: gas alam cair — natural gas converted to liquid
  • Irish: gás nádúrtha leachtaithe — natural gas converted to liquid
  • Italian: gas naturale liquefatto — natural gas converted to liquid
  • Japanese: 液化天然ガス (ekika tennen gasu) — natural gas converted to liquid
  • Korean: 액화천연가스 (aekhwacheonyeon'gaseu) — natural gas converted to liquid
  • Malay: gas asli cecair — natural gas converted to liquid
  • Persian: الانجی (el-en-ji) — natural gas converted to liquid
  • Persian: گاز طبیعی مایع (gâz-e tabi'i mâye') — natural gas converted to liquid
  • Polish: skroplony gaz ziemny — natural gas converted to liquid
  • Romanian: gaz natural lichefiat — natural gas converted to liquid
  • Russian: сжи́женный приро́дный газ (sžížennyj priródnyj gaz) — natural gas converted to liquid
  • Russian: СПГ (SPG) — natural gas converted to liquid
  • Slovak: skvapalnený zemný plyn — natural gas converted to liquid
  • Spanish: gas natural licuado — natural gas converted to liquid
  • Swedish: flytande naturgas — natural gas converted to liquid
  • Tagalog: dinanum na likas na buhag — natural gas converted to liquid
  • Turkish: sıvılaştırılmış doğalgaz — natural gas converted to liquid
  • Ukrainian: зрі́джений приро́дний газ (zrídženyj pryródnyj haz) — natural gas converted to liquid
  • Ukrainian: скра́плений приро́дний газ (skráplenyj pryródnyj haz) — natural gas converted to liquid