"petroleum" meaning in Latin

See petroleum in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: [pɛˈtrɔ.ɫe.ũː] [Classical-Latin], [peˈtrɔː.le.um] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: Etymology tree Pre-Greekder.? Ancient Greek πέτρᾱ (pétrā)bor. Latin petra Proto-Hellenic *élaiwon Ancient Greek ἔλαιον (élaion)der. Latin oleum blend Latin petroleum Blend of petra (“stone”) + oleum (“oil”). Etymology templates: {{ety|la|:blend|la:petra<t:stone>|la:oleum<t:oil>|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree Pre-Greekder.? Ancient Greek πέτρᾱ (pétrā)bor. Latin petra Proto-Hellenic *élaiwon Ancient Greek ἔλαιον (élaion)der. Latin oleum blend Latin petroleum [Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "der.", "is_uncertain" : true, "keyword_label" : "Derived from", "terms" : [ { "lang_name" : "Pre-Greek", "status" : "ok", "children" : [ ], "lang" : "qsb-grc" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "lang_name" : "Ancient Greek", "term" : "πέτρᾱ", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "grc" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "petra", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la" }, { "gloss" : "oil", "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "der.", "keyword_label" : "Derived from", "terms" : [ { "gloss" : "olive oil", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "?", "children" : [ ], "status" : "redlink", "lang_name" : "Proto-Hellenic", "term" : "*élaiwon", "lang" : "grk-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Ancient Greek", "term" : "ἔλαιον", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "grc" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "oleum", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword_label" : "Blend of", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "blend" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "petroleum", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la" }" data-lang="la" data-title="petroleum"> Blend of petra (“stone”) + oleum (“oil”). Head templates: {{la-noun|petroleum<2>|g=n}} petroleum n (genitive petroleī); second declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|petroleum<2>}} Forms: petroleī [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], petroleum [nominative, singular], petrolea [nominative, plural], petroleī [genitive, singular], petroleōrum [genitive, plural], petroleō [dative, singular], petroleīs [dative, plural], petroleum [accusative, singular], petrolea [accusative, plural], petroleō [ablative, singular], petroleīs [ablative, plural], petroleum [singular, vocative], petrolea [plural, vocative]
  1. (Medieval Latin, New Latin) petroleum Tags: Medieval-Latin, New-Latin, declension-2, neuter Derived forms: petroleāceus, petroleāris, petroleārius, petroleōsus
    Sense id: en-petroleum-la-noun-tCErGTwi Categories (other): Latin blends, Latin entries with etymology texts, Latin entries with etymology trees, Latin entries with etymon, Latin entries with incorrect language header, Latin neuter nouns in the second declension, Medieval Latin, New Latin, Pages using etymon with no ID, Pages with 6 entries, Pages with entries, Pages with etymology trees, Pages with etymon, Petroleum, Pages with 6 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 6 entries: 20 21 21 21 16 0 1 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 20 21 21 21 16 0 1
     
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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Latin dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2026-10-03 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2026-09-02 using wiktextract (1a05e46 and e3d6d4e). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.