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gasoline

  • /ˈɡæs.ə.liːn/ US, UK
  • /ˌɡæsəˈlin/ UK
  • /ɡæsˈlin/ US, dialectal
  • [ɡæsɵˈlin] US, dialectal

Rhymes with -iːn

Where it comes from

From gas + -ol (suffix used in the names of oils) + -ine (suffix used in the names of derivatives). So called because it was originally used in the manufacture and enrichment of domestic gases, such as air gas.

Some sources suggest that the name originated from the brand name Cazeline, a petroleum-derived lighting oil, from the surname of the man who first marketed it in 1862, John Cassell, and the suffix –eline, from Greek ἔλαιον (élaion, “oil, olive oil”), from ἐλαία (elaía, “olive”). Gasolene is found from 1863, and gasoline from 1864.

noun gasolines · gasolene

  1. Canada, Philippines, US, uncountable, usually A flammable liquid consisting of a mixture of refined petroleum hydrocarbons, mainly used as a motor fuel; petrol. You can't put gasoline in this car. This car takes diesel fuel.
  2. countable, usually Any specific kind of this fuel. He was trying to invent a cleaner-burning gasoline.
  3. slang, uncountable, usually Marijuana, especially very potent or of high quality.

    Similar: gas

  4. slang, uncountable, usually An alcoholic beverage made of vodka and energy drink.

Similar: gas, petrol

adjective gasolene

  1. not comparable Made from or using gasoline. If successful, Edison and Ford—in 1914—would move society away from the ever more expensive and then universally known killing hazards of gasoline cars: […] .

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: petrol, gas, gasolene, petroleum, naphtha, oil, fuel, wick, pump, fluid, diesel, juice, benzine, ethanol, core, benzene

noun

Similar: gas, petrol

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noun motor fuel

Españolgasolina, bencina, nafta, esencia de petróleo
한국어가솔린 gasollin, 휘발유 hwiballyu, 기름 gireum
日本語ガソリン gasorin, 揮発油 kihatsuyu
中文汽油 qìyóu
हिन्दीपेट्रोल peṭrol, गैसोलीन gaisolīn, बेंज़ीन benzīn
Kiswahilipetroli
Portuguêsgasolina
Françaisessence, gazoline
DeutschBenzin
Italianobenzina
Ελληνικάβενζίνη venzíni
Românăbenzină
Русскийбензи́н benzín
Tiếng Việtdầu xăng, xăng
العربيةبَنْزِين banzīn, بِنْزِين binzīn, بِتْرُول bitrūl, پِتْرُول pitrūl, غَاز ḡāz, نِفْط nifṭ
עבריתבֶּנזִין benzín

noun countable: a particular kind of gasoline

Españolgasolina
中文汽油 qìyóu
Русскийгазоли́н gazolín

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@misc{gasoline_2026,
  title = {gasoline},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/gasoline},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}