Meanings
plural crude oils
- uncountableusuallyUnrefined oil; as it is found underground, consisting mainly of hydrocarbons.
A common feedstock, crude oil, is refined into commodities such as gasoline, diesel and propane.
2026 August 3, Lydia DePillis, “What Are Companies Getting for All That A.I. Spending?”, in The New York Times, →ISSN1 more example
Further west, in Pembrokeshire, the Esso Petroleum Co. refinery at Milford Haven, opened last November, is designed to berth the world's largest tankers and to process, initially, 4,500,000 tons of crude oil a year.
1961 August, “New traffic flows in South Wales”, in Trains Illustrated, page 494Synonyms: crude, fossil oil, petroleum, rock oil
Synonyms & antonyms
nounUnrefined oil; as it is found underground, consisting mainly of hydrocarbons.
More synonyms by meaning
nouna dark oil consisting mainly of hydrocarbons
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Translations
Arabic نَفْطٌ خَامٌ
- نَفْطٌ خَامٌ (nafṭun ḵāmun)unrefined oil
Bulgarian суров петрол
- суров петролunrefined oil
Catalan cru
- cruunrefined oil
Chinese Mandarin 原油
- 原油 (yuányóu)unrefined oil
Danish råolie
- råolieunrefined oil
Dutch ruwe olie, aardolie
- ruwe olieunrefined oil
- aardolieunrefined oil
Esperanto nafto
- naftounrefined oil
Finnish raakaöljy
- raakaöljyunrefined oil
French pétrole brut
- pétrole brutunrefined oil
German Rohöl, Erdöl
- Rohölunrefined oil
- Erdölunrefined oil
Greek αργό πετρέλαιο
- αργό πετρέλαιο (argó petrélaio)unrefined oil
Hungarian nyersolaj
- nyersolajunrefined oil
Icelandic hráolía
- hráolíaunrefined oil
Indonesian minyak mentah
- minyak mentahunrefined oil
Irish amhola
- amholaunrefined oil
Italian greggio
- greggiounrefined oil
Japanese 原油
- 原油 (gen'yu)unrefined oil
Korean 원유
- 원유 (wonyu)unrefined oil
Māori hinu urutapu
- hinu urutapuunrefined oil
Norwegian Bokmål råolje
- råoljeunrefined oil
Persian نفت خام
- نفت خام (naft-e xâm)unrefined oil
Polish ropa
- ropaunrefined oil
Portuguese petróleo bruto, petróleo cru
- petróleo brutounrefined oil
- petróleo cruunrefined oil
- crudeunrefined oil
Romanian țiței neprelucrat
- țiței neprelucratunrefined oil
Russian сырая нефть, неочищенная нефть
- сырая нефть (syraja neftʹ)unrefined oil
- неочищенная нефть (neočiščennaja neftʹ)unrefined oil
Spanish crudo
- crudounrefined oil
Swahili mafuta ghafi
- mafuta ghafiunrefined oil
Swedish råolja
- råoljaunrefined oil
Tagalog krudo
- krudounrefined oil
Turkish ham petrol, yer yağı
- ham petrolunrefined oil
- yer yağıunrefined oil
Ukrainian сира нафта, неочищена нафта
- сира нафта (syra nafta)unrefined oil
- неочищена нафта (neočyščena nafta)unrefined oil
Cite this entry
crude oil. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/crude%20oil
“crude oil.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/crude%20oil. Accessed November 5, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “crude oil,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/crude%20oil.
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