petrochemistry

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noun

The branch of chemistry that deals with petroleum, natural gas and their derivatives.

OriginEnglish chemistry ← French chimiste ← Middle French chymie →
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Meanings

nounpetrochemistry (uncountable)
  1. uncountableThe branch of chemistry that deals with petroleum, natural gas and their derivatives.

Origin

  1. Ancient Greekπέτρᾱ (pétrā)
  2. Latinpetra
  3. Englishpetro-
  4. Proto-Indo-European*ǵʰew-
  5. Ancient Greekχῠ́μᾰ (khŭ́mă)
  6. Ancient Greekχυμείᾱ (khumeíā)
  7. Arabicالْكِيمِيَاء (al-kīmiyāʔ)
  8. Medieval Latinalchēmia
  9. Ancient Greekχυμείᾱ (khumeíā)influ.
  10. New Latinchimia
  11. Middle Frenchchymie
  12. Frenchchimie
  13. Frenchchimiste
  14. Englishchemist
  15. Englishchemistry
  16. Englishpetrochemistry

From petro- + chemistry.

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Translations

Bulgarian нефтохимия
  • нефтохимия (neftohimija)the branch of chemistry that deals with petroleum
Chinese Mandarin 石油化學 /石油化学
  • 石油化學 /石油化学 (shíyóu huàxué)the branch of chemistry that deals with petroleum
Esperanto petrolĥemio, petrolkemio
  • petrolĥemiothe branch of chemistry that deals with petroleum
  • petrolkemiothe branch of chemistry that deals with petroleum
Finnish petrokemia
  • petrokemiathe branch of chemistry that deals with petroleum
German Gesteinschemie
  • Gesteinschemiethe branch of chemistry that deals with petroleum
Indonesian petrokimia
  • petrokimiathe branch of chemistry that deals with petroleum
Japanese 石油化学
  • 石油化学 (sekiyukagaku)the branch of chemistry that deals with petroleum
Norwegian Bokmål petrokjemi
  • petrokjemithe branch of chemistry that deals with petroleum
Persian پتروشیمی
  • پتروشیمی (petrošimi)the branch of chemistry that deals with petroleum
Romanian petrochimie
  • petrochimiethe branch of chemistry that deals with petroleum
Russian нефтехимия
  • нефтехимия (nefteximija)the branch of chemistry that deals with petroleum
Spanish petroquímica
  • petroquímicathe branch of chemistry that deals with petroleum
Swedish petrokemi
  • petrokemithe branch of chemistry that deals with petroleum
Turkish petrokimya
  • petrokimyathe branch of chemistry that deals with petroleum
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Chicago

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