bensin

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See also: Bensin and bensín

Bislama

Etymology

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]

Noun

bensin

  1. gasoline, petrol

References

  1. ^ Terry Crowley, Beach-la-Mar to Bislama: the emergence of a national language in Vanuatu (1990), page 137.

Faroese

Pronunciation

Noun

bensin n (genitive singular bensins, uncountable)

  1. gasoline, petrol

Declension

Declension of bensin (singular only)
n3s singular
indefinite definite
nominative bensin bensinið
accusative bensin bensinið
dative bensini bensininum
genitive bensins bensinsins

Indonesian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: bèn‧sin

Noun

bènsin (first-person possessive bensinku, second-person possessive bensinmu, third-person possessive bensinnya)

  1. gasoline (US), petrol (UK)

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Norwegian Bokmål

Norwegian Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia no

Noun

bensin m (definite singular bensinen, uncountable)

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

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Norwegian Nynorsk Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia nn

Noun

bensin m (definite singular bensinen, uncountable)

  1. petrol (UK), gasoline (US)

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Swedish

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Wikipedia sv

Etymology

From German Benzin, from Benzoe + -in.

Pronunciation

Noun

bensin c

  1. gasoline, petrol
    Synonym: (colloquial) soppa

Declension

Declension of bensin 
Uncountable
Indefinite Definite
Nominative bensin bensinen — —
Genitive bensins bensinens — —

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Tok Pisin

Etymology

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]

Noun

bensin

  1. gasoline, petrol

References

  1. ^ Terry Crowley, Beach-la-Mar to Bislama: the emergence of a national language in Vanuatu (1990), page 137.
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