fossil fuel

English

Noun

fossil fuel (plural fossil fuels)

any fuel derived from hydrocarbon deposits such as coal, petroleum, natural gas and, to some extent, peat; these fuels are non-renewable, and their burning generates the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide

Translations

fuel

Chinese:
Mandarin: 化石燃料 (zh) (huàshí ránliào)
Czech: fosilní palivo (cs) n
Danish: fossilt brændstof n, fossilt brændsel n
Dutch: fossiele brandstof f
Finnish: fossiilinen polttoaine
French: énergie fossile (fr) f

Hungarian: fosszilis tüzelőanyag
Italian: combustibile fossile (it) m
Japanese: 化石燃料 (ja) (kaseki nenryō)
Maori: koranehe
Romanian: combustibil fosil m
Russian: ископаемое топливо n (iskopajemoje toplivo)
Swedish: fossilt bränsle n

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