querosene
Portuguese
Alternative forms
- kerosene (obsolete)
Etymology
Borrowed from French kérosène (“kerosene”), from Ancient Greek κηρός (kērós, “wax”) + -ene.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: que‧ro‧se‧ne
Noun
querosene m (plural querosenes)
- kerosene (fuel oil)
Related terms
- querosenagem
- querosenar
Descendants
- Kadiwéu: giliojeenio
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /keɾoˈsene/ [ke.ɾoˈse.ne]
- Rhymes: -ene
- Syllabification: que‧ro‧se‧ne
Noun
querosene m (plural querosenes)
- Alternative form of queroseno
Further reading
- “querosene”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014