"motor oil" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: motor oils [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} motor oil (countable and uncountable, plural motor oils)
  1. Oil for lubricating an internal-combustion engine. Wikidata QID: Q193784 Tags: countable, uncountable Synonyms: engine oil Hypernyms: lubricating oil, oil Related terms: oil change, oil filter, oil pan Coordinate_terms: heating oil, bunker oil, fuel oil Translations (oil to lubricate an internal-combustion engine): 機油 /机油 (jīyóu) (Chinese Mandarin), moottoriöljy (Finnish), huile moteur [feminine] (French), λάδι μηχανής (ládi michanís) [neuter] (Greek), motorolaj (Hungarian), ola innill [feminine] (Irish), akʼahkǫʼ (Navajo), motorolje [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), motorolje [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), olej silnikowy [inanimate, masculine] (Polish), motorolja [common-gender] (Swedish), motor yağı (Turkish), оли́ва (olýva) [feminine] (Ukrainian)

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