Meanings
nounvegetable oil (countable and uncountable, plural vegetable oils)
plural vegetable oils
- countableuncountableAny oil produced from plants, mostly used for cooking; sometimes used in biofuels.
Synonyms & antonyms
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Translations
Bulgarian расти́телно ма́сло, расти́телно масло́
- расти́телно ма́сло (rastítelno máslo)oil produced from plants
- расти́телно масло́ (rastítelno masló)oil produced from plants
Catalan oli vegetal
- oli vegetaloil produced from plants
Chinese Cantonese 植物油
- 植物油 (zik⁶ mat⁶ jau⁴)oil produced from plants
Chinese Mandarin 植物油
- 植物油 (zhíwùyóu)oil produced from plants
Czech rostlinný olej
- rostlinný olejoil produced from plants
Danish vegetabilsk olie, planteolie
- vegetabilsk olieoil produced from plants
- planteolieoil produced from plants
Dutch plantenolie, plantaardige olie
- plantenolieoil produced from plants
- plantaardige olieoil produced from plants
Estonian taimeõli
- taimeõlioil produced from plants
Finnish kasvisöljy
- kasvisöljyoil produced from plants
French huile végétale
- huile végétaleoil produced from plants
German Pflanzenöl
- Pflanzenöloil produced from plants
Greek σπορέλαιο
- σπορέλαιο (sporélaio)oil produced from plants
Hebrew שמן צמחי, שמן
- שמן צמחי (shémen tsimkhí)oil produced from plants
- שמן (shémen)oil produced from plants
Hungarian növényi olaj
- növényi olajoil produced from plants
Icelandic jurtaolía
- jurtaolíaoil produced from plants
Irish ola phlandúil
- ola phlandúiloil produced from plants
Italian olio vegetale
- olio vegetaleoil produced from plants
Japanese 植物油
- 植物油 (shokubutsuyu)oil produced from plants
Korean 식물유
- 식물유 (singmuryu)oil produced from plants
Norwegian Bokmål planteolje, vegetabilsk olje
- planteoljeoil produced from plants
- vegetabilsk oljeoil produced from plants
Polish olej roślinny
- olej roślinnyoil produced from plants
Portuguese óleo vegetal
- óleo vegetaloil produced from plants
Romanian ulei vegetal, untdelemn
- ulei vegetaloil produced from plants
- untdelemnoil produced from plants
Russian расти́тельное ма́сло, ма́сло
- расти́тельное ма́сло (rastítelʹnoje máslo)oil produced from plants
- ма́сло (máslo)oil produced from plants
Slovak rastlinný olej
- rastlinný olejoil produced from plants
Spanish aceite vegetal
- aceite vegetaloil produced from plants
Swedish vegetabilisk olja
- vegetabilisk oljaoil produced from plants
Thai น้ำมันพืช
- น้ำมันพืช (nám-man-pʉ̂ʉt)oil produced from plants
Ukrainian росли́нна олі́я, олі́я
- росли́нна олі́я (roslýnna olíja)oil produced from plants
- олі́я (olíja)oil produced from plants
Cite this entry
APA
vegetable oil. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/vegetable%20oil
MLA
“vegetable oil.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/vegetable%20oil. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “vegetable oil,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/vegetable%20oil.
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