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shale gas

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

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noun

Meaning 1

Natural gas extracted from shale.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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Across languages

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16 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Armenian: թերթաքարային գազ (tʻertʻakʻarayin gaz) — natural gas
  • Bulgarian: ши́стов газ (šístov gaz) — natural gas
  • Chinese Mandarin: 頁岩氣 /页岩气 (yèyánqì) — natural gas
  • Dutch: schaliegas — natural gas
  • Finnish: liuskekaasu — natural gas
  • French: gaz de schiste — natural gas
  • German: Schiefergas — natural gas
  • Hungarian: palagáz — natural gas
  • Japanese: シェールガス (shērugasu) — natural gas
  • Norwegian Bokmål: skifergass — natural gas
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: skifergass — natural gas
  • Polish: gaz łupkowy — natural gas
  • Portuguese: gás de xisto — natural gas
  • Russian: сла́нцевый газ (sláncevyj gaz) — natural gas
  • Turkish: kaya gazı — natural gas
  • Zhuang: heiq rin'gyap — natural gas