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A mixture of gaseous hydrocarbons associated with petroleum deposits; mostly methane with smaller amounts of ethane, propane and butane; principally used as a fuel.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: NG
Antonyms: none provided
a fossil fuel in the gaseous state; used for cooking and heating homes
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: gas
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: fossil fuel
By opposition to coal gas (19th century).
Across languages
Translations
79 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Afrikaans:
aardgas
— mixture of gaseous hydrocarbons associated with petroleum deposits
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Arabic:
غَاز طَبِيعِيّ
(ḡāz ṭabīʕiyy)
— mixture of gaseous hydrocarbons associated with petroleum deposits
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Aragonese:
gas natural
— mixture of gaseous hydrocarbons associated with petroleum deposits
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Armenian:
բնական գազ
(bnakan gaz)
— mixture of gaseous hydrocarbons associated with petroleum deposits
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Armenian:
գազ
(gaz)
— mixture of gaseous hydrocarbons associated with petroleum deposits
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Azerbaijani:
təbii qaz
— mixture of gaseous hydrocarbons associated with petroleum deposits
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Belarusian:
прыро́дны газ
(pryródny haz)
— mixture of gaseous hydrocarbons associated with petroleum deposits
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Bengali:
প্রাকৃতিক গ্যাস
(prakritik gês)
— mixture of gaseous hydrocarbons associated with petroleum deposits
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Bulgarian:
приро́ден газ
(priróden gaz)
— mixture of gaseous hydrocarbons associated with petroleum deposits
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Catalan:
gas natural
— mixture of gaseous hydrocarbons associated with petroleum deposits
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Chinese Mandarin:
天然氣 /天然气
(tiānránqì)
— mixture of gaseous hydrocarbons associated with petroleum deposits
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Chinese Mandarin:
天然煤氣 /天然煤气
(tiānrán méiqì)
— mixture of gaseous hydrocarbons associated with petroleum deposits
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Czech:
zemní plyn
— mixture of gaseous hydrocarbons associated with petroleum deposits
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Danish:
naturgas
— mixture of gaseous hydrocarbons associated with petroleum deposits
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Dutch:
aardgas
— mixture of gaseous hydrocarbons associated with petroleum deposits
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Esperanto:
tergaso
— mixture of gaseous hydrocarbons associated with petroleum deposits
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Estonian:
maagaas
— mixture of gaseous hydrocarbons associated with petroleum deposits
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Faroese:
náttúrugass
— mixture of gaseous hydrocarbons associated with petroleum deposits
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Finnish:
maakaasu
— mixture of gaseous hydrocarbons associated with petroleum deposits
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French:
gaz naturel
— mixture of gaseous hydrocarbons associated with petroleum deposits
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West-Frisian:
ierdgas
— mixture of gaseous hydrocarbons associated with petroleum deposits
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Georgian:
ბუნებრივი აირი
(bunebrivi airi)
— mixture of gaseous hydrocarbons associated with petroleum deposits
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German:
Erdgas
— mixture of gaseous hydrocarbons associated with petroleum deposits
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Greek:
φυσικό αέριο
(fysikó aério)
— mixture of gaseous hydrocarbons associated with petroleum deposits
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Haitian Creole:
gaz natirèl
— mixture of gaseous hydrocarbons associated with petroleum deposits
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Hebrew:
גז טבעי
— mixture of gaseous hydrocarbons associated with petroleum deposits
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Hindi:
प्राकृतिक गैस
(prākŕtik gais)
— mixture of gaseous hydrocarbons associated with petroleum deposits
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Hungarian:
földgáz
— mixture of gaseous hydrocarbons associated with petroleum deposits
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Icelandic:
jarðgas
— mixture of gaseous hydrocarbons associated with petroleum deposits
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Indonesian:
gas alam
— mixture of gaseous hydrocarbons associated with petroleum deposits
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Indonesian:
gas bumi
— mixture of gaseous hydrocarbons associated with petroleum deposits
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Interlingua:
gas natural
— mixture of gaseous hydrocarbons associated with petroleum deposits
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Irish:
gás nádúrtha
— mixture of gaseous hydrocarbons associated with petroleum deposits
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Italian:
gas naturale
— mixture of gaseous hydrocarbons associated with petroleum deposits
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Japanese:
天然ガス
(tennen gasu)
— mixture of gaseous hydrocarbons associated with petroleum deposits
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Japanese:
市ガス
(shigasu)
— mixture of gaseous hydrocarbons associated with petroleum deposits
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Kazakh:
табиғи газ
(tabiği gaz)
— mixture of gaseous hydrocarbons associated with petroleum deposits
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Korean:
천연가스
(cheonyeon'gaseu)
— mixture of gaseous hydrocarbons associated with petroleum deposits
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Central Kurdish:
گازی سروشتی
(gazî sruştî)
— mixture of gaseous hydrocarbons associated with petroleum deposits
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Kyrgyz:
табигый газ
(tabigıy gaz)
— mixture of gaseous hydrocarbons associated with petroleum deposits
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Lao:
ແກັສທໍາມະຊາດ
(kæs tham ma sāt)
— mixture of gaseous hydrocarbons associated with petroleum deposits
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Latvian:
dabasgāze
— mixture of gaseous hydrocarbons associated with petroleum deposits
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Lithuanian:
gamtinės dujos
— mixture of gaseous hydrocarbons associated with petroleum deposits
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Macedonian:
природен гас
(priroden gas)
— mixture of gaseous hydrocarbons associated with petroleum deposits
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Malay:
gas asli
— mixture of gaseous hydrocarbons associated with petroleum deposits
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Māori:
kapuni
— mixture of gaseous hydrocarbons associated with petroleum deposits
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Navajo:
níłchʼi łikoní
— mixture of gaseous hydrocarbons associated with petroleum deposits
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Norwegian Bokmål:
naturgass
— mixture of gaseous hydrocarbons associated with petroleum deposits
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Norwegian Nynorsk:
naturgass
— mixture of gaseous hydrocarbons associated with petroleum deposits
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Persian:
گاز طبیعی
(gâz-e tabi'i)
— mixture of gaseous hydrocarbons associated with petroleum deposits
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Polish:
gaz ziemny
— mixture of gaseous hydrocarbons associated with petroleum deposits
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Portuguese:
gás natural
— mixture of gaseous hydrocarbons associated with petroleum deposits
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Punjabi:
ਕੁਦਰਤੀ ਗੈਸ
(kudratī gais)
— mixture of gaseous hydrocarbons associated with petroleum deposits
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Romanian:
gaz natural
— mixture of gaseous hydrocarbons associated with petroleum deposits
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Russian:
приро́дный газ
(priródnyj gaz)
— mixture of gaseous hydrocarbons associated with petroleum deposits
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Serbo-Croatian:
земни плин
— mixture of gaseous hydrocarbons associated with petroleum deposits
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Serbo-Croatian:
природни гас
— mixture of gaseous hydrocarbons associated with petroleum deposits
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Serbo-Croatian:
zemni plin
— mixture of gaseous hydrocarbons associated with petroleum deposits
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Serbo-Croatian:
prirodni gas
— mixture of gaseous hydrocarbons associated with petroleum deposits
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Slovak:
zemný plyn
— mixture of gaseous hydrocarbons associated with petroleum deposits
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Slovene:
zemeljski plin
— mixture of gaseous hydrocarbons associated with petroleum deposits
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Spanish:
gas natural
— mixture of gaseous hydrocarbons associated with petroleum deposits
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Swahili:
gesi asilia
— mixture of gaseous hydrocarbons associated with petroleum deposits
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Swedish:
naturgas
— mixture of gaseous hydrocarbons associated with petroleum deposits
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Tagalog:
likas na buhag
— mixture of gaseous hydrocarbons associated with petroleum deposits
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Tajik:
гази табиӣ
(gaz-i tabiyi)
— mixture of gaseous hydrocarbons associated with petroleum deposits
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Tatar:
табигый газ
(tabiğıy ğaz)
— mixture of gaseous hydrocarbons associated with petroleum deposits
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Thai:
แก๊สธรรมชาติ
— mixture of gaseous hydrocarbons associated with petroleum deposits
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Thai:
ก๊าซธรรมชาติ
— mixture of gaseous hydrocarbons associated with petroleum deposits
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Tibetan:
སྣུམ་རླུང
(snum rlung)
— mixture of gaseous hydrocarbons associated with petroleum deposits
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Turkish:
doğal gaz
— mixture of gaseous hydrocarbons associated with petroleum deposits
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Turkmen:
tebigy gaz
— mixture of gaseous hydrocarbons associated with petroleum deposits
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Ukrainian:
приро́дний газ
(pryródnyj haz)
— mixture of gaseous hydrocarbons associated with petroleum deposits
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Uzbek:
tabiiy gaz
— mixture of gaseous hydrocarbons associated with petroleum deposits
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Vietnamese:
khí thiên nhiên
— mixture of gaseous hydrocarbons associated with petroleum deposits
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Vietnamese:
khí ga
— mixture of gaseous hydrocarbons associated with petroleum deposits
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Vietnamese:
khí gas
— mixture of gaseous hydrocarbons associated with petroleum deposits
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Vietnamese:
khí đốt
— mixture of gaseous hydrocarbons associated with petroleum deposits
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Welsh:
nwy naturiol
— mixture of gaseous hydrocarbons associated with petroleum deposits