oil spill
English
Noun
oil
spill
(
plural
oil spills
)
An
escape
or (accidental)
discharge
of oil, usually into the
sea
.
Related terms
oilpatch
oil slick
oil spot
oily
Translations
oil spill
Finnish:
öljyvuoto
(fi)
French:
marée noire
(fr)
f
Maori:
tārutunga hinu
,
rukenga hinu
Norwegian:
Bokmål:
oljeutslipp
n
Polish:
wyciek ropy (naftowej)
m
Spanish:
derrame
de
petróleo
m
,
marea negra
(es)
f
Swedish:
oljeutsläpp
(sv)
n
References
“
oil spill
”, in
Lexico
,
Dictionary.com
;
Oxford University Press
,
2019–2022
.