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Noun [English]

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  1. 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 moves carbon from underground into the atmosphere via the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide. Categories (topical): Carbon, Climate change, Fossil fuels Coordinate_terms: biofuel (english: likewise from biologic origins, but recent and renewable) Translations (fuel): fossielbrandstof (Afrikaans), وَقُود أُحْفُورِيّ (waqūd ʔuḥfūriyy) (Arabic), qazıntı yanacaq (Azerbaijani), 化石燃料 (huàshí ránliào) (Chinese Mandarin), fosilní palivo [neuter] (Czech), fossilt brændstof [neuter] (Danish), fossilt brændsel [neuter] (Danish), fossiele brandstof [feminine] (Dutch), fossiilinen polttoaine (Finnish), énergie fossile [feminine] (French), combustible fossile (French), fossiler Brennstoff [masculine] (German), fosszilis tüzelőanyag (Hungarian), combustibile fossile [masculine] (Italian), 化石燃料 (kaseki nenryō) (Japanese), 화석 연료 (hwaseok yeollyo) (Korean), degizraktenis [masculine] (Latvian), fosilais kurināmais [masculine] (Latvian), koranehe (Maori), paliwo kopalne [neuter] (Polish), combustibil fosil [masculine] (Romanian), ископаемое топливо (iskopajemoje toplivo) [neuter] (Russian), combustible fósil [masculine] (Spanish), fossilt bränsle [neuter] (Swedish), nhiên liệu hóa thạch (Vietnamese), פֿאָסילן־ברענוואַרג (fosiln-brenvarg) [neuter] (Yiddish)

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      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "fuel",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "combustibil fosil"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "iskopajemoje toplivo",
      "sense": "fuel",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "ископаемое топливо"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "fuel",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "combustible fósil"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "fuel",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "fossilt bränsle"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "fuel",
      "word": "nhiên liệu hóa thạch"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "fosiln-brenvarg",
      "sense": "fuel",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "פֿאָסילן־ברענוואַרג"
    }
  ],
  "word": "fossil fuel"
}

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