bensin

See also: Bensin and bensín

Bislama

Etymology

Cognate to Tok Pisin bensin (“petrol”). According to Terry Crowley, this term entered Bislama before 1885, either from German Benzin, or from English benzene, as the meaning of that term was not as narrow or technical in the nineteenth century as it is today.[1]

Noun

bensin

  1. gasoline, petrol

References
  1. Terry Crowley, Beach-la-Mar to Bislama: the emergence of a national language in Vanuatu (1990), page 137.

Faroese

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [pɛnˈsiːn]

Noun

bensin n (genitive singular bensins, uncountable)

  1. gasoline, petrol

Declension
Declension of bensin (singular only)
n3s singular
indefinite definite
nominative bensin bensinið
accusative bensin bensinið
dative bensini bensininum
genitive bensins bensinsins

Indonesian

Etymology

Borrowing from Dutch benzine.

Noun

bensin (plural bensin-bensin, first-person possessive bensinku, second-person possessive bensinmu, third-person possessive bensinnya)

  1. gasoline (US), petrol (UK)

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

bensin m (definite singular bensinen, uncountable)

  1. gasoline (US), petrol (UK)

Derived terms

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

bensin m (definite singular bensinen, uncountable)

  1. petrol (UK), gasoline (US)

Derived terms

Swedish

Etymology

From German Benzin, from Benzoe + -in.

Pronunciation
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  • Rhymes: -iːn

Noun

bensin c

  1. gasoline, petrol

Declension
Declension of bensin 
Uncountable
Indefinite Definite
Nominative bensin bensinen — —
Genitive bensins bensinens — —
  • bensinautomat
  • bensinbil
  • bensinbolag
  • bensinbomb
  • bensindrift
  • bensindriven
  • bensindunk
  • bensinfat
  • bensinförbrukning
  • bensinförsäljning
  • bensinkort
  • bensinkostnad
  • bensinmack
  • bensinmotor
  • bensinmätare
  • bensinpris
  • bensinpump
  • bensinrör
  • bensinskatt
  • bensinslang
  • bensinsnål

See also

References

Tok Pisin

Etymology

Cognate to Bislama bensin (“petrol”) (a term which entered Bislama before 1885). According to Terry Crowley, the term derives either from German Benzin, or from English benzene, as the meaning of that term was not as narrow or technical in the nineteenth century as it is today.[1]

Noun

bensin

  1. gasoline, petrol

References
  1. Terry Crowley, Beach-la-Mar to Bislama: the emergence of a national language in Vanuatu (1990), page 137.
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