noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Pronunciation
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/rɪˈfaɪnərɪ/
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CMU ARPABET:R IH0 F AY1 N ER0 IY0
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
noun
Meaning 1
A building, or a mass of machinery, used to produce refined products such as sugar, oil, or metals.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
an industrial plant for purifying a crude substance
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- English fine English refine Middle English -re,-ri,-rie,-ry,-rye English -ry English refinery From refine + -ry.
Across languages
Translations
41 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Arabic:
مِصْفَاة
(miṣfāh)
— building used to produce refined products
Belarusian:
нафтаперапрацо́ўчы заво́д
(naftapjerapracówčy zavód)
— building used to produce refined products
Belarusian:
НПЗ
(NPZ)
— building used to produce refined products
Bulgarian:
рафине́рия
(rafinérija)
— building used to produce refined products
Catalan:
refineria
— building used to produce refined products
Chinese Mandarin:
精煉廠 /精炼厂
(jīngliànchǎng)
— building used to produce refined products
Czech:
rafinérie
— building used to produce refined products
Danish:
raffinaderi
— building used to produce refined products
Dutch:
raffinaderij
— building used to produce refined products
Finnish:
jalostamo
— building used to produce refined products
French:
raffinerie
— building used to produce refined products
German:
Raffinerie
— building used to produce refined products
Greek:
διυλιστήριο
(diylistírio)
— building used to produce refined products
Hungarian:
finomító
— building used to produce refined products
Indonesian:
kilang
— building used to produce refined products
Italian:
raffineria
— building used to produce refined products
Japanese:
精錬所
(seirensho)
— building used to produce refined products
Japanese:
製油所
(seiyujo)
— building used to produce refined products
Korean:
제유소
(jeyuso)
— building used to produce refined products
Korean:
제당소
(jedangso)
— building used to produce refined products
Malay:
loji penapis
— building used to produce refined products
Maltese:
raffinerija
— building used to produce refined products
Iranian Persian:
پالایِشْگاه
(pâlâyešgâh)
— building used to produce refined products
Polish:
rafineria
— building used to produce refined products
Portuguese:
refinaria
— building used to produce refined products
Romanian:
rafinărie
— building used to produce refined products
Russian:
нефтеперераба́тывающий заво́д
(neftepererabátyvajuščij zavód)
— building used to produce refined products
Russian:
НПЗ
(NPZ)
— building used to produce refined products
Russian:
нефтезаво́д
(neftezavód)
— building used to produce refined products
Russian:
са́харный заво́д
(sáxarnyj zavód)
— building used to produce refined products
Sicilian:
riffinirìa
— building used to produce refined products
Spanish:
refinería
— building used to produce refined products
Swedish:
raffinaderi
— building used to produce refined products
Turkish:
arıtımevi
— building used to produce refined products
Turkish:
rafineri
— building used to produce refined products
Turkish:
tasfiyehane
— building used to produce refined products
Ukrainian:
нафтопереро́бний заво́д
(naftopereróbnyj zavód)
— building used to produce refined products
Ukrainian:
НПЗ
(NPZ)
— building used to produce refined products
Volapük:
rafinükamöp
— building used to produce refined products
Volapük:
juegirafinükamöp
— building used to produce refined products
Welsh:
purfa
— building used to produce refined products