petrol – English noun declension

English noun forms of petrol

Noun: petrol
Singularpetrol
Pluralpetrols

Sample Sentences

  • 1987 October 29, Advertisement, New Scientist, page 31,
  • We were the first company to introduce unleaded petrol in Britain, opening our first pump in June 1986.
  • 2000 September 27, Congressional Record: Proceedings and Debates of the 106th Congress, Second Session, Volume 146, Part 14, page 19605,
  • European oil firms are beginning to follow the example of their American counterparts by adding convenience stores to their pumps: the typical American petrol station now makes some 40 percent of its profits from the sale of non-oil products, such as cigarettes and beer.
  • 2003, S. Srinivasan, Automotive Mechanics, Tata McGraw Hill, India, 2nd Edition, page 149,
  • At a crank angle 6° before the TDC, the electric spark ignites the petrol mixture.
  • He also admitted that when big trucks bring in petrol, they park along Langata Road[…]. [2006 February 10, Kenya Gazette, page 354:]
  • 2006 August, Economic Scenario, Pratiyogita Darpan, page 218,
  • The increase in rates comes just a few days after India raised petrol prices by 9-2% and diesel prices by 6-6% which boosed inflation expectations in Indian economy.
  • 2008, Robin Stonecash, Joshua Gans, Stephen King, Gregory Mankiw, Principles of Macroeconomics, Cengage Learning Australia, page 122,
  • Most major Australian cities receive their petrol from a single refinery.
  • However, I do feel entitled to criticise the car. There are lots of different versions: manuals and automatics; petrols and diesels; two-wheel drives and four-wheel drives, and it's possible to spend thirty grand on one. [2016, Honest John, George Fowler, Car-tastrophes: 80 Automotive Atrocities from the past 20 years:]

Etymology

Borrowed from French (essence de) pétrole, from Medieval Latin petroleum, from Ancient Greek πετρέλαιον (petrélaion, “oil of the rock”), from πέτρα (pétra, “stone, rock”)+ ἔλαιον (élaion, “olive oil, any oily substance”). Doublet of petroleum. See: French Nouns '(essence de) pétrole'.

Verbs referencing "petrol"

Zulu Nouns uphethiloli, Irish Nouns peitreal.