bensin

Cognate to Tok Pisin bensin (“petrol”). According to Terry Crowley, this term entered Bislama before 1885, either from German Benzin, or from English benzene, as the meaning of that term was not as narrow or technical in the nineteenth century as it is today.^[1]

bensin

1. gasoline, petrol

• IPA^(key): [pɛnˈsiːn]

bensin n (genitive singular bensins, uncountable)

1. gasoline, petrol

From Dutch benzine, from German Benzin. Doublet of benzena.

• IPA^(key): [ˈbɛnsɪn]

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• Hyphenation: bèn‧sin

bènsin (plural bensin-bensin)

1. (oil industry) gasoline (US), petrol (UK)

   Synonym: (Medan) minyak

• petrol (Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore)

• “bensin” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

bensin m (definite singular bensinen, uncountable)

1. gasoline (US), petrol (UK, AUS, NZ)

• bensinmotor
• bensinstasjon
• bensintank

• “bensin” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “bensin” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

bensin m (definite singular bensinen, uncountable)

1. petrol (UK), gasoline (US)

• bensinmotor
• bensinstasjon
• bensintank

• “bensin” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

From German Benzin, from Benzoe + -in.

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• Rhymes: -iːn

bensin c

1. gasoline, petrol

   Synonym: (colloquial) soppa

• blyfri
• diesel
• drivmedel
• fotogen
• högoktanig
• oktan

• bensin in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• bensin in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
• Svensk MeSH

• Benins

Cognate to Bislama bensin (“petrol”) (a term which entered Bislama before 1885). According to Terry Crowley, the term derives either from German Benzin, or from English benzene, as the meaning of that term was not as narrow or technical in the nineteenth century as it is today.^[1]

bensin

1. gasoline, petrol