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bensin

See also: Bensin and bensín

Bislama

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Etymology

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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

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bensin

  1. gasoline, petrol

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

Faroese

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Pronunciation

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bensin n (genitive singular bensins, uncountable)

  1. gasoline, petrol

Declension

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n3s singular
indefinite definite
nominative bensin bensinið
accusative bensin bensinið
dative bensini bensininum
genitive bensins bensinsins

Indonesian

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈbɛnsɪn]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: bèn‧sin

Noun

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bènsin (plural bensin-bensin)

  1. gasoline (US), petrol (UK)

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Norwegian Bokmål

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bensin m (definite singular bensinen, uncountable)

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

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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bensin m (definite singular bensinen, uncountable)

  1. petrol (UK), gasoline (US)

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Swedish

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Etymology

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From German Benzin, from Benzoe + -in.

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bensin c

  1. gasoline, petrol
    Synonym: (colloquial) soppa

Declension

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Declension of bensin
nominative genitive
singular indefinite bensin bensins
definite bensinen bensinens
plural indefinite — —
definite — —
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Tok Pisin

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Etymology

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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

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bensin

  1. gasoline, petrol

References

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