Meanings
nounnatural gas (countable and uncountable, plural natural gases)
plural natural gases
- countableuncountableA mixture of gaseous hydrocarbons associated with petroleum deposits; mostly methane with smaller amounts of ethane, propane and butane; principally used as a fuel.
Natural gas is an odorless, colorless gas from inside the Earth. When burned, it provides abundant heat to homes and businesses around the United States and the world.
2010, Kelly Swanson, Human Geography, page 1691 more example
For a good many years, beginning in London, Brighton & South Coast days, the station at Heathfield, between Tunbridge Wells and Eastbourne, was lighted by natural gas. The use of this illuminant was discontinued about 1934.
1946 July and August, “The Why and The Wherefore: Natural Gas at Heathfield”, in Railway Magazine, page 263Synonyms: NG
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA mixture of gaseous hydrocarbons associated with petroleum deposits; mostly methane with smaller amounts of ethane, propane and butane; principally used as a fuel.
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nouna fossil fuel in the gaseous state; used for cooking and heating homes
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Origin
By opposition to coal gas (19th century).
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Afrikaans aardgas
- aardgasmixture of gaseous hydrocarbons associated with petroleum deposits
Arabic غَاز طَبِيعِيّ
- غَاز طَبِيعِيّ (ḡāz ṭabīʕiyy)mixture of gaseous hydrocarbons associated with petroleum deposits
Bengali প্রাকৃতিক গ্যাস
- প্রাকৃতিক গ্যাস (prakritik gês)mixture of gaseous hydrocarbons associated with petroleum deposits
Bulgarian приро́ден газ
- приро́ден газ (priróden gaz)mixture of gaseous hydrocarbons associated with petroleum deposits
Catalan gas natural
- gas naturalmixture of gaseous hydrocarbons associated with petroleum deposits
Chinese Mandarin 天然氣 /天然气, 天然煤氣 /天然煤气
- 天然氣 /天然气 (tiānránqì)mixture of gaseous hydrocarbons associated with petroleum deposits
- 天然煤氣 /天然煤气 (tiānrán méiqì)mixture of gaseous hydrocarbons associated with petroleum deposits
Czech zemní plyn
- zemní plynmixture of gaseous hydrocarbons associated with petroleum deposits
Danish naturgas
- naturgasmixture of gaseous hydrocarbons associated with petroleum deposits
Dutch aardgas
- aardgasmixture of gaseous hydrocarbons associated with petroleum deposits
Esperanto tergaso
- tergasomixture of gaseous hydrocarbons associated with petroleum deposits
Estonian maagaas
- maagaasmixture of gaseous hydrocarbons associated with petroleum deposits
Finnish maakaasu
- maakaasumixture of gaseous hydrocarbons associated with petroleum deposits
French gaz naturel
- gaz naturelmixture of gaseous hydrocarbons associated with petroleum deposits
German Erdgas
- Erdgasmixture of gaseous hydrocarbons associated with petroleum deposits
Greek φυσικό αέριο
- φυσικό αέριο (fysikó aério)mixture of gaseous hydrocarbons associated with petroleum deposits
Hebrew גז טבעי
- גז טבעיmixture of gaseous hydrocarbons associated with petroleum deposits
Hindi प्राकृतिक गैस
- प्राकृतिक गैस (prākŕtik gais)mixture of gaseous hydrocarbons associated with petroleum deposits
Hungarian földgáz
- földgázmixture of gaseous hydrocarbons associated with petroleum deposits
Icelandic jarðgas
- jarðgasmixture of gaseous hydrocarbons associated with petroleum deposits
Indonesian gas alam, gas bumi
- gas alammixture of gaseous hydrocarbons associated with petroleum deposits
- gas bumimixture of gaseous hydrocarbons associated with petroleum deposits
Irish gás nádúrtha
- gás nádúrthamixture of gaseous hydrocarbons associated with petroleum deposits
Italian gas naturale
- gas naturalemixture of gaseous hydrocarbons associated with petroleum deposits
Japanese 天然ガス, 市ガス
- 天然ガス (tennen gasu)mixture of gaseous hydrocarbons associated with petroleum deposits
- 市ガス (shigasu)mixture of gaseous hydrocarbons associated with petroleum deposits
Korean 천연가스
- 천연가스 (cheonyeon'gaseu)mixture of gaseous hydrocarbons associated with petroleum deposits
Latvian dabasgāze
- dabasgāzemixture of gaseous hydrocarbons associated with petroleum deposits
Lithuanian gamtinės dujos
- gamtinės dujosmixture of gaseous hydrocarbons associated with petroleum deposits
Malay gas asli
- gas aslimixture of gaseous hydrocarbons associated with petroleum deposits
Māori kapuni
- kapunimixture of gaseous hydrocarbons associated with petroleum deposits
Norwegian Bokmål naturgass
- naturgassmixture of gaseous hydrocarbons associated with petroleum deposits
Persian گاز طبیعی
- گاز طبیعی (gâz-e tabi'i)mixture of gaseous hydrocarbons associated with petroleum deposits
Polish gaz ziemny
- gaz ziemnymixture of gaseous hydrocarbons associated with petroleum deposits
Portuguese gás natural
- gás naturalmixture of gaseous hydrocarbons associated with petroleum deposits
Punjabi ਕੁਦਰਤੀ ਗੈਸ
- ਕੁਦਰਤੀ ਗੈਸ (kudratī gais)mixture of gaseous hydrocarbons associated with petroleum deposits
Romanian gaz natural
- gaz naturalmixture of gaseous hydrocarbons associated with petroleum deposits
Russian приро́дный газ
- приро́дный газ (priródnyj gaz)mixture of gaseous hydrocarbons associated with petroleum deposits
Slovak zemný plyn
- zemný plynmixture of gaseous hydrocarbons associated with petroleum deposits
Spanish gas natural
- gas naturalmixture of gaseous hydrocarbons associated with petroleum deposits
Swahili gesi asilia
- gesi asiliamixture of gaseous hydrocarbons associated with petroleum deposits
Swedish naturgas
- naturgasmixture of gaseous hydrocarbons associated with petroleum deposits
Tagalog likas na buhag
- likas na buhagmixture of gaseous hydrocarbons associated with petroleum deposits
Thai แก๊สธรรมชาติ, ก๊าซธรรมชาติ
- แก๊สธรรมชาติmixture of gaseous hydrocarbons associated with petroleum deposits
- ก๊าซธรรมชาติmixture of gaseous hydrocarbons associated with petroleum deposits
Turkish doğal gaz
- doğal gazmixture of gaseous hydrocarbons associated with petroleum deposits
Ukrainian приро́дний газ
- приро́дний газ (pryródnyj haz)mixture of gaseous hydrocarbons associated with petroleum deposits
Vietnamese khí thiên nhiên, khí ga
- khí thiên nhiênmixture of gaseous hydrocarbons associated with petroleum deposits
- khí gamixture of gaseous hydrocarbons associated with petroleum deposits
- khí gasmixture of gaseous hydrocarbons associated with petroleum deposits
- khí đốtmixture of gaseous hydrocarbons associated with petroleum deposits
Welsh nwy naturiol
- nwy naturiolmixture of gaseous hydrocarbons associated with petroleum deposits
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