coal gas

English

Noun

coal gas (uncountable)

(petrochemistry) The poisonous gas, used domestically for cooking etc and formerly for lighting, prepared by heating coal with steam; it is a mixture of hydrogen and carbon monoxide; synthesis gas or town gas.

Translations

poisonous gas

Arabic: please add this translation if you can
Bulgarian: светилен газ (svetilen gaz)
Chinese:
Cantonese: 煤氣, 煤气 (mui⁴ hei³)

Mandarin: 煤氣 (zh), 煤气 (zh) (méiqì)
Finnish: hiilikaasu
French: gaz de houille (fr) m

Greek: αεριόφως (el) n (aeriófos)
Hungarian: világítógáz
Irish: gás guail m
Persian: گاز زغال‌سنگ‎ (gâz-e zoğâl-sang)
Portuguese: please add this translation if you can
Russian: светильный газ m inan (svetilʹnyj gaz)
Spanish: gas de alumbrado m, gas ciudad m

Further reading

Coal gas on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

gas coal

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