Phrase guide

natural gas

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

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

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: NG

Antonyms: none provided

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noun

Meaning 2

a fossil fuel in the gaseous state; used for cooking and heating homes

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: gas

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: fossil fuel

History

Etymology

By opposition to coal gas (19th century).

Across languages

Translations

79 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: aardgas — mixture of gaseous hydrocarbons associated with petroleum deposits
  • Arabic: غَاز طَبِيعِيّ (ḡāz ṭabīʕiyy) — mixture of gaseous hydrocarbons associated with petroleum deposits
  • Aragonese: gas natural — mixture of gaseous hydrocarbons associated with petroleum deposits
  • Armenian: բնական գազ (bnakan gaz) — mixture of gaseous hydrocarbons associated with petroleum deposits
  • Armenian: գազ (gaz) — mixture of gaseous hydrocarbons associated with petroleum deposits
  • Azerbaijani: təbii qaz — mixture of gaseous hydrocarbons associated with petroleum deposits
  • Belarusian: прыро́дны газ (pryródny haz) — mixture of gaseous hydrocarbons associated with petroleum deposits
  • Bengali: প্রাকৃতিক গ্যাস (prakritik gês) — mixture of gaseous hydrocarbons associated with petroleum deposits
  • Bulgarian: приро́ден газ (priróden gaz) — mixture of gaseous hydrocarbons associated with petroleum deposits
  • Catalan: gas natural — mixture of gaseous hydrocarbons associated with petroleum deposits
  • Chinese Mandarin: 天然氣 /天然气 (tiānránqì) — mixture of gaseous hydrocarbons associated with petroleum deposits
  • Chinese Mandarin: 天然煤氣 /天然煤气 (tiānrán méiqì) — mixture of gaseous hydrocarbons associated with petroleum deposits
  • Czech: zemní plyn — mixture of gaseous hydrocarbons associated with petroleum deposits
  • Danish: naturgas — mixture of gaseous hydrocarbons associated with petroleum deposits
  • Dutch: aardgas — mixture of gaseous hydrocarbons associated with petroleum deposits
  • Esperanto: tergaso — mixture of gaseous hydrocarbons associated with petroleum deposits
  • Estonian: maagaas — mixture of gaseous hydrocarbons associated with petroleum deposits
  • Faroese: náttúrugass — mixture of gaseous hydrocarbons associated with petroleum deposits
  • Finnish: maakaasu — mixture of gaseous hydrocarbons associated with petroleum deposits
  • French: gaz naturel — mixture of gaseous hydrocarbons associated with petroleum deposits
  • West-Frisian: ierdgas — mixture of gaseous hydrocarbons associated with petroleum deposits
  • Georgian: ბუნებრივი აირი (bunebrivi airi) — mixture of gaseous hydrocarbons associated with petroleum deposits
  • German: Erdgas — mixture of gaseous hydrocarbons associated with petroleum deposits
  • Greek: φυσικό αέριο (fysikó aério) — mixture of gaseous hydrocarbons associated with petroleum deposits
  • Haitian Creole: gaz natirèl — mixture of gaseous hydrocarbons associated with petroleum deposits
  • Hebrew: גז טבעי — mixture of gaseous hydrocarbons associated with petroleum deposits
  • Hindi: प्राकृतिक गैस (prākŕtik gais) — mixture of gaseous hydrocarbons associated with petroleum deposits
  • Hungarian: földgáz — mixture of gaseous hydrocarbons associated with petroleum deposits
  • Icelandic: jarðgas — mixture of gaseous hydrocarbons associated with petroleum deposits
  • Indonesian: gas alam — mixture of gaseous hydrocarbons associated with petroleum deposits
  • Indonesian: gas bumi — mixture of gaseous hydrocarbons associated with petroleum deposits
  • Interlingua: gas natural — mixture of gaseous hydrocarbons associated with petroleum deposits
  • Irish: gás nádúrtha — mixture of gaseous hydrocarbons associated with petroleum deposits
  • Italian: gas naturale — mixture of gaseous hydrocarbons associated with petroleum deposits
  • Japanese: 天然ガス (tennen gasu) — mixture of gaseous hydrocarbons associated with petroleum deposits
  • Japanese: 市ガス (shigasu) — mixture of gaseous hydrocarbons associated with petroleum deposits
  • Kazakh: табиғи газ (tabiği gaz) — mixture of gaseous hydrocarbons associated with petroleum deposits
  • Korean: 천연가스 (cheonyeon'gaseu) — mixture of gaseous hydrocarbons associated with petroleum deposits
  • Central Kurdish: گازی سروشتی (gazî sruştî) — mixture of gaseous hydrocarbons associated with petroleum deposits
  • Kyrgyz: табигый газ (tabigıy gaz) — mixture of gaseous hydrocarbons associated with petroleum deposits
  • Lao: ແກັສທໍາມະຊາດ (kæs tham ma sāt) — mixture of gaseous hydrocarbons associated with petroleum deposits
  • Latvian: dabasgāze — mixture of gaseous hydrocarbons associated with petroleum deposits
  • Lithuanian: gamtinės dujos — mixture of gaseous hydrocarbons associated with petroleum deposits
  • Macedonian: природен гас (priroden gas) — mixture of gaseous hydrocarbons associated with petroleum deposits
  • Malay: gas asli — mixture of gaseous hydrocarbons associated with petroleum deposits
  • Māori: kapuni — mixture of gaseous hydrocarbons associated with petroleum deposits
  • Navajo: níłchʼi łikoní — mixture of gaseous hydrocarbons associated with petroleum deposits
  • Norwegian Bokmål: naturgass — mixture of gaseous hydrocarbons associated with petroleum deposits
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: naturgass — mixture of gaseous hydrocarbons associated with petroleum deposits
  • Persian: گاز طبیعی (gâz-e tabi'i) — mixture of gaseous hydrocarbons associated with petroleum deposits
  • Polish: gaz ziemny — mixture of gaseous hydrocarbons associated with petroleum deposits
  • Portuguese: gás natural — mixture of gaseous hydrocarbons associated with petroleum deposits
  • Punjabi: ਕੁਦਰਤੀ ਗੈਸ (kudratī gais) — mixture of gaseous hydrocarbons associated with petroleum deposits
  • Romanian: gaz natural — mixture of gaseous hydrocarbons associated with petroleum deposits
  • Russian: приро́дный газ (priródnyj gaz) — mixture of gaseous hydrocarbons associated with petroleum deposits
  • Serbo-Croatian: земни плин — mixture of gaseous hydrocarbons associated with petroleum deposits
  • Serbo-Croatian: природни гас — mixture of gaseous hydrocarbons associated with petroleum deposits
  • Serbo-Croatian: zemni plin — mixture of gaseous hydrocarbons associated with petroleum deposits
  • Serbo-Croatian: prirodni gas — mixture of gaseous hydrocarbons associated with petroleum deposits
  • Slovak: zemný plyn — mixture of gaseous hydrocarbons associated with petroleum deposits
  • Slovene: zemeljski plin — mixture of gaseous hydrocarbons associated with petroleum deposits
  • Spanish: gas natural — mixture of gaseous hydrocarbons associated with petroleum deposits
  • Swahili: gesi asilia — mixture of gaseous hydrocarbons associated with petroleum deposits
  • Swedish: naturgas — mixture of gaseous hydrocarbons associated with petroleum deposits
  • Tagalog: likas na buhag — mixture of gaseous hydrocarbons associated with petroleum deposits
  • Tajik: гази табиӣ (gaz-i tabiyi) — mixture of gaseous hydrocarbons associated with petroleum deposits
  • Tatar: табигый газ (tabiğıy ğaz) — mixture of gaseous hydrocarbons associated with petroleum deposits
  • Thai: แก๊สธรรมชาติ — mixture of gaseous hydrocarbons associated with petroleum deposits
  • Thai: ก๊าซธรรมชาติ — mixture of gaseous hydrocarbons associated with petroleum deposits
  • Tibetan: སྣུམ་རླུང (snum rlung) — mixture of gaseous hydrocarbons associated with petroleum deposits
  • Turkish: doğal gaz — mixture of gaseous hydrocarbons associated with petroleum deposits
  • Turkmen: tebigy gaz — mixture of gaseous hydrocarbons associated with petroleum deposits
  • Ukrainian: приро́дний газ (pryródnyj haz) — mixture of gaseous hydrocarbons associated with petroleum deposits
  • Uzbek: tabiiy gaz — mixture of gaseous hydrocarbons associated with petroleum deposits
  • Vietnamese: khí thiên nhiên — mixture of gaseous hydrocarbons associated with petroleum deposits
  • Vietnamese: khí ga — mixture of gaseous hydrocarbons associated with petroleum deposits
  • Vietnamese: khí gas — mixture of gaseous hydrocarbons associated with petroleum deposits
  • Vietnamese: khí đốt — mixture of gaseous hydrocarbons associated with petroleum deposits
  • Welsh: nwy naturiol — mixture of gaseous hydrocarbons associated with petroleum deposits