Oil in Different Languages
Discover 'Oil' in 134 Languages: Dive into Translations, Hear Pronunciations, and Uncover Cultural Insights.
Oil
Afrikaans olie | ||
Albanian vaj | ||
Amharic ዘይት | ||
Arabic نفط | ||
Armenian յուղ | ||
Assamese তেল | ||
Aymara asiyti | ||
Azerbaijani yağ | ||
Bambara tulu | ||
Basque olioa | ||
Belarusian алей | ||
Bengali তেল | ||
Bhojpuri तेल | ||
Bosnian ulje | ||
Bulgarian масло | ||
Catalan oli | ||
Cebuano lana | ||
Chinese (Simplified) 油 | ||
Chinese (Traditional) 油 | ||
Corsican oliu | ||
Croatian ulje | ||
Czech olej | ||
Danish olie | ||
Dhivehi ތެޔޮ | ||
Dogri तेल | ||
Dutch olie- | ||
English oil | ||
Esperanto oleo | ||
Estonian õli | ||
Ewe ami | ||
Filipino (Tagalog) langis | ||
Finnish öljy | ||
French pétrole | ||
Frisian oalje | ||
Galician aceite | ||
Georgian ზეთი | ||
German öl | ||
Greek λάδι | ||
Guarani ñandyhũ | ||
Gujarati તેલ | ||
Haitian Creole lwil oliv | ||
Hausa mai | ||
Hawaiian ʻaila | ||
Hebrew שמן | ||
Hindi तेल | ||
Hmong roj | ||
Hungarian olaj | ||
Icelandic olía | ||
Igbo mmanụ | ||
Ilocano lana | ||
Indonesian minyak | ||
Irish ola | ||
Italian olio | ||
Japanese 油 | ||
Javanese lenga | ||
Kannada ತೈಲ | ||
Kazakh май | ||
Khmer ប្រេង | ||
Kinyarwanda amavuta | ||
Konkani तेल | ||
Korean 기름 | ||
Krio ɔyl | ||
Kurdish rûn | ||
Kurdish (Sorani) نەوت | ||
Kyrgyz май | ||
Lao ນ້ ຳ ມັນ | ||
Latin oleum | ||
Latvian eļļa | ||
Lingala mafuta | ||
Lithuanian alyva | ||
Luganda butto | ||
Luxembourgish ueleg | ||
Macedonian нафта | ||
Maithili तेल | ||
Malagasy solika | ||
Malay minyak | ||
Malayalam എണ്ണ | ||
Maltese żejt | ||
Maori hinu | ||
Marathi तेल | ||
Meiteilon (Manipuri) ꯊꯥꯎ | ||
Mizo tel | ||
Mongolian тос | ||
Myanmar (Burmese) ဆီ | ||
Nepali तेल | ||
Norwegian olje | ||
Nyanja (Chichewa) mafuta | ||
Odia (Oriya) ତେଲ | ||
Oromo dibata | ||
Pashto غوړ | ||
Persian روغن | ||
Polish olej | ||
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) óleo | ||
Punjabi ਤੇਲ | ||
Quechua petroleo | ||
Romanian ulei | ||
Russian масло | ||
Samoan suauʻu | ||
Sanskrit तेलं | ||
Scots Gaelic ola | ||
Sepedi oli | ||
Serbian уље | ||
Sesotho oli | ||
Shona mafuta | ||
Sindhi تيل | ||
Sinhala (Sinhalese) තෙල් | ||
Slovak olej | ||
Slovenian olje | ||
Somali saliid | ||
Spanish petróleo | ||
Sundanese minyak | ||
Swahili mafuta | ||
Swedish olja | ||
Tagalog (Filipino) langis | ||
Tajik равған | ||
Tamil எண்ணெய் | ||
Tatar нефть | ||
Telugu నూనె | ||
Thai น้ำมัน | ||
Tigrinya ዘይቲ | ||
Tsonga oyili | ||
Turkish sıvı yağ | ||
Turkmen ýag | ||
Twi (Akan) ngo | ||
Ukrainian олія | ||
Urdu تیل | ||
Uyghur نېفىت | ||
Uzbek moy | ||
Vietnamese dầu | ||
Welsh olew | ||
Xhosa oyile | ||
Yiddish ייל | ||
Yoruba epo | ||
Zulu uwoyela |
Etymology & Notes
| Language | Etymology / Notes |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | "Olie" comes from the Dutch word for oil, "olie". |
| Albanian | The word 'vaj' also refers to a type of ointment or cream used for medicinal or cosmetic purposes in Albanian. |
| Amharic | In Amharic, the word "ዘይት" also refers to olives and the olive tree. |
| Arabic | "نفط" (naft) means "oil" in Arabic. It is also the origin of the English word "naphtha". |
| Armenian | In Armenian, the word "յուղ" (oil) also refers to the "sacrament of anointing" in the Armenian Apostolic Church. |
| Azerbaijani | The Azerbaijani word "yağ" also denotes butter, grease, or tallow |
| Basque | Olioa is also a synonym for |
| Belarusian | The word "алей" can also refer to "olive oil" or "lamp oil" in Belarusian. |
| Bengali | The word "তেল" is derived from the Sanskrit word "taila," which means "pressed juice". |
| Bosnian | The word 'ulje' in Bosnian comes from the Proto-Slavic word 'olej', which also means 'ointment' or 'grease'. |
| Bulgarian | The word "масло" can also refer to "butter" or "grease" in Bulgarian. |
| Catalan | "Oli" in Catalan derives from the Latin "oleum" and also means "olive tree". |
| Cebuano | The word 'lana' can also refer to 'grease' or 'fat', similar to the English word 'lard'. The term is frequently used to refer to vegetable oil, like cooking oil derived from plants. |
| Chinese (Simplified) | 油, pronounced 'yóu,' shares the same characters as the Chinese terms for 'beautiful' and 'grease'. |
| Chinese (Traditional) | In traditional Chinese medicine, "油" can also refer to an oily substance derived from plants or animals and used for therapeutic purposes. |
| Corsican | The word "oliu" in Corsican also refers to the olive tree or the fruit it bears. |
| Croatian | The word 'ulje' in Croatian, cognate to Russian 'масло' and Albanian 'vaj', may come from an extinct Paleo-Balkan language spoken by the early inhabitants of the Dinarides. |
| Czech | The word "olej" also means "ointment" in Czech. |
| Danish | In Danish, "olie" can also refer to a painting technique involving the use of oil paints. |
| Dutch | The word "olie-" also means "olive" in Dutch. |
| Esperanto | The word "oleo" may also refer to a type of margarine or a painting technique using oil-based pigments. |
| Estonian | Estonian "õli" is cognate with "öljy" in Finnish, "aliejus" in Lithuanian, both meaning "oil" and sharing the Proto-Finno-Ugric origin. |
| Finnish | In Finnish, the word "öljy" can also refer to paint or varnish. |
| French | The word "pétrole" comes from the Latin "petra" meaning "rock" and "oleum" meaning "oil". |
| Frisian | Oalje has the same origin as "oil" and is related to the Proto-Germanic word *aila meaning "fat" or "oil". |
| Galician | In Galician, "aceite" originates from the Latin "acetum" meaning "vinegar", and is also used to refer to "vinegar". |
| Georgian | The word 'ზეთი' (oil) comes from the Old Georgian 'ზათი' (zathi), which originally meant 'fat' or 'grease'. |
| German | The German word "Öl" originates from the Old High German "ëli" which may have come from Latin "oleum" or the Greek "élaion". |
| Greek | The Greek word "λάδι" (oil) can also refer to olive oil, a staple of Mediterranean cuisine. |
| Gujarati | The Gujarati word "તેલ" (oil) is derived from the Sanskrit word "taila" and can also refer to a liquid extracted from plants or animals. |
| Haitian Creole | The Haitian Creole word "lwil oliv" comes from the French "huile d'olive", meaning "olive oil". |
| Hausa | In certain dialects of Hausa, "mai" (oil) also denotes "grease" or "fat". |
| Hawaiian | ʻAila can also mean "fat" or "grease" in Hawaiian. |
| Hebrew | In Hebrew, שמן ("oil") can also refer to ointments, unguents, and fatty substances. |
| Hindi | Hindi "तेल" (oil) is not derived from Sanskrit, unlike most Hindi words. Instead, it is derived from the Persian "roghan" and ultimately from the Arabic "al-zayyāt" (the oil seller). |
| Hmong | In Proto-Hmong-Mien, *rɔ̂ŋ meant "fat or grease". |
| Hungarian | "Olaj" is a Hungarian word that also refers to "wealth" or "assets". |
| Icelandic | The Icelandic word "olía" can also mean "a large metal pot" or "a large metal cooking pot on legs with a hole in the bottom." |
| Igbo | The Igbo word "mmanụ" is cognate with the Proto-Niger-Congo word for "fat" or "grease". |
| Indonesian | Aside from its primary meaning as 'oil,' 'minyak' can also refer to 'medicine,' 'liquid used as a perfume,' and 'hair conditioner,' reflecting its versatility and diverse uses throughout history. |
| Irish | The Irish word "ola" also means "track" and can refer to the track of a wheel, the track of an animal, or a trail. |
| Italian | The Italian word "olio," originally meaning "oil," has evolved to also include meanings such as "mixture," "miscellany," and "hodgepodge." |
| Japanese | The word "油" (oil) in Japanese can also mean "fat" or "grease". |
| Javanese | "Lenga" also means "grease", referring to a substance applied for lubrication. |
| Kannada | The word "ತೈಲ" (taila) in Kannada is derived from the Sanskrit word "taila" and can also refer to an unguent or ointment. |
| Kazakh | The word "май" in Kazakh is derived from the Persian word "māy" or "māyak", which originally meant "liquid" or "fat". |
| Khmer | The Khmer word "ប្រេង" can also mean "to grease", or "to lubricate". |
| Korean | The Korean word "기름" (oil) can also refer to grease, fat, or any oily substance, and is derived from the Middle Chinese word "kiu". |
| Kurdish | The word 'rûn' in Kurdish is derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *h₂ley- ('to anoint') and is related to the Armenian word 'oren' ('oil') and the Greek word 'elaion' ('olive oil'). |
| Kyrgyz | In Kyrgyz, "май" can also mean "fat" or "grease". |
| Latin | In Latin, "oleum" can also refer to perfume, salve, or a consecrated oil used in religious ceremonies. |
| Latvian | The word "eļļa" is cognate with the Lithuanian word "aliejus" and the Old Prussian word "alwis", all derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *h₂el- "fat, oil". |
| Lithuanian | "Alyva" is a Lithuanian word for "oil" that is cognate with the Sanskrit word "sarpis," meaning "ghee." |
| Luxembourgish | The word "Ueleg" in Luxembourgish derives from the Middle High German word "ol" or "ele" and originally meant "fat" or "grease". |
| Macedonian | The Macedonian word "нафта" is likely derived from the Persian word "naft", which means "flammable liquid". |
| Malagasy | The word "SOLIKA" in Malagasy can also mean "grease" or "fat". |
| Malay | The word "minyak" also has metaphorical meanings in Malay, such as "charm" or "allure". |
| Malayalam | In Malayalam, the word "എണ്ണ" also refers to a specific type of medicinal oil applied to the head and body for therapeutic purposes. |
| Maltese | While "żejt" usually means "oil", it can also refer to a "lamp" or a "torch". |
| Maori | In Maori, the word "hinu" also refers to the liquid fat of animals or marine mammals. |
| Marathi | The word "तेल" can also refer to a type of tree or the oil extracted from it, known as "castor oil." |
| Mongolian | The word "тос" in Mongolian also means "fat" or "grease". |
| Myanmar (Burmese) | The word "ဆီ" can also mean "fat" in Myanmar (Burmese). |
| Nepali | The word तेल (oil) originates from the Sanskrit word 'tailam' which means 'sesame oil' or 'fat'. |
| Norwegian | The Norwegian word "olje" is derived from the Old Norse word "olegja," meaning "to anoint," and is cognate with the English word "oil" and the German word "Öl." |
| Nyanja (Chichewa) | The word "mafuta" in Nyanja (Chichewa) is also used to refer to fat or grease. |
| Pashto | The word "غوړ" in Pashto can also refer to a specific type of lamp used for cooking. |
| Persian | "روغن" also refers to butter, unguent, or grease in Persian. |
| Polish | The word "olej" also derives from the Greek word "elaion" and refers to a holy oil used in religious ceremonies. |
| Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) | In Portuguese, "óleo" can also refer to paint or canvas, deriving from the Latin "oleum" meaning "olive oil". |
| Punjabi | "ਤੇਲ" is the Punjabi word for "oil", derived from the Sanskrit word "taila" meaning "liquid fat". |
| Romanian | In Romanian, the word "ulei" can also refer to other oily or greasy substances such as paint. |
| Russian | "Масло" can mean "butter" as well as "oil" in Russian, reflecting the fact that butter was used for lighting and cooking before the advent of electricity and refined oils. |
| Samoan | "Suʻauʻu" can also mean an ointment |
| Scots Gaelic | Scots Gaelic "ola" is cognate with Irish "ola" and Welsh "olew", and possibly derives from the Proto-Celtic word "*olēw". |
| Serbian | The word "уље" (oil) in Serbian originates from the Proto-Slavic word "*olьjь", which also means "fat" or "grease". |
| Sesotho | The word "oli" can also refer to ointment or grease. |
| Shona | Mafuta can also be used to refer to traditional remedies |
| Sindhi | The Sindhi word "تيل" also means "sesame" and is derived from the Sanskrit word "tila". |
| Sinhala (Sinhalese) | The word "තෙල්" (oil) is derived from the Sanskrit word "taila" and is related to the English word "tallow". |
| Slovak | In Slovak, the word "olej" can also refer to a type of fat extracted from plants or animals. |
| Slovenian | The Slovenian word "olje" is derived from the Latin word "oleum", which also means "oil" in English. |
| Somali | Somali word 'saliid' derives most likely from the Arabic word 'sayl' meaning 'flowing water' or 'flood'. |
| Spanish | The word 'petróleo' derives from the Latin 'petra' (rock) and 'oleum' (oil), referring to the rock oil found in geological formations. |
| Sundanese | In addition to its primary meaning of 'oil', the Sundanese word 'minyak' can also refer to 'lubricant' or 'grease'. |
| Swahili | The Swahili word mafuta also has the alternate meaning of 'fat', which is the solid form of oil. |
| Swedish | The Swedish word 'olja' originally referred to olive oil but now refers to all types of oils including mineral and lubricating oils. |
| Tagalog (Filipino) | "Langis" (oil) in Tagalog also refers to cooking oil, machine oil, or any viscous liquid. |
| Tajik | The word "ravghan" comes from the Persian word "ravn", meaning "butter" or "fat". It can also refer to other types of fats, such as ghee or lard. |
| Tamil | The Tamil word "எண்ணெய்" is also used to refer to 'fat' and 'grease', highlighting the close relationship between these substances. |
| Telugu | In Old Tamil, 'ennai' meant 'fat', and its use shifted to 'oil' only in the 14th century. |
| Thai | น้ำมัน derives from Sanskrit नैर्मन (nairmana), 'made up from fat or oil' |
| Turkish | In Turkish, "sıvı yağ" refers not only to cooking oil but also to hydraulic fluid. |
| Ukrainian | The Ukrainian word "олія" not only means "oil" but also "olive oil" specifically. |
| Urdu | The word "تیل" in Urdu is derived from the Sanskrit word "tailam", which means oil or fat |
| Uzbek | In the Turkic languages, the word "moy" can refer to "oil", "fat", or "ointment", depending on the context. |
| Vietnamese | Dầu is a Sino-Vietnamese word derived from the Chinese 油, referring to various types of oil or fats as well as the concept of "greasiness" |
| Welsh | In astronomy, 'olew' can refer to a red star, and in astrology it is often associated with the planet Mars. |
| Xhosa | The word "oyile" in Xhosa can also refer to "fat" or "grease". |
| Yiddish | The Yiddish word "ייל" also means "arrow" and has an etymology related to the verb "shoot." |
| Yoruba | The Yoruba word "epo" also means "fat" and "grease". |
| Zulu | The word "uwoyela" comes from the word "ukwoyela," which means "to rub oil on." |
| English | The Middle English term 'oyl' originated from the Latin 'oleum', itself derived from the Greek 'elaia'. In Old English, 'ele' or 'olewe' referred to both 'oil' and the 'olive tree'. |