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# pétrole — French to English

How French *pétrole* is translated into English in open, checked parallel texts: 4 translations with example sentences.

The Elamur Dictionary has no French section yet; the English translations below link to their meanings where it has them.

Sentence pairs counted, by form: pétrole (32 124), pétroles (171). By style: everyday 75 · parliamentary 2 890 · legal and administrative 6 352 · UN documents 22 978.

## oil

Used about 13 307 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 72 · parliamentary ≈ 2 563 · legal and administrative ≈ 1 337 · UN documents ≈ 9 335). Forms: oil, oils. Meaning: [oil in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/oil/).

- L'Algérie est riche en **pétrole**.
  Algeria is **oil**-rich.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by always and Amastan · checked, community translation · [\#7861245](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/7861245) [\#12495101](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/12495101))

- Deuxièmement, le **pétrole** arrive à sa fin.
  Secondly, we are running out of **oil**.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1175245)

- Production d’électricité nette des centrales thermiques classiques utilisant le **pétrole**
  Net electricity production from conventional thermal power generation using **oil**
  ([DGT-TM v2021](https://joint-research-centre.ec.europa.eu/language-technology-resources/dgt-translation-memory_en) · Source: European Commission, DGT-TM (Steinberger et al. 2012), re-used under Commission Decision 2011/833/EU; the Commission keeps ownership of the data · checked, professional translation · segment 5034699)

- A. Raffineries de **pétrole**
  A. Mineral **oil** refineries
  ([United Nations Parallel Corpus v1.0](https://conferences.unite.un.org/UNCorpus) · Source: United Nations, United Nations Parallel Corpus v1.0 (Ziemski, Junczys-Dowmunt and Pouliquen 2016) · checked, professional translation · segment 5082814)

- Le prix du **pétrole** a augmenté.
  The price of **oil** went up.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by lbdx and Hybrid · checked, community translation · [\#5346495](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5346495) [\#11942174](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11942174))

## crude

Used about 9 285 times in the texts (legal and administrative ≈ 669 · UN documents ≈ 8 617). Meaning: [crude in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/crude/).

- production de **pétrole** brut et de gaz naturel;
  production of **crude** oil and natural gas;
  ([DGT-TM v2021](https://joint-research-centre.ec.europa.eu/language-technology-resources/dgt-translation-memory_en) · Source: European Commission, DGT-TM (Steinberger et al. 2012), re-used under Commission Decision 2011/833/EU; the Commission keeps ownership of the data · checked, professional translation · segment 2575150)

- **Pétroles** bruts lourds et sables asphaltiques
  Heavy **crude** and tar sands
  ([United Nations Parallel Corpus v1.0](https://conferences.unite.un.org/UNCorpus) · Source: United Nations, United Nations Parallel Corpus v1.0 (Ziemski, Junczys-Dowmunt and Pouliquen 2016) · checked, professional translation · segment 1551009)

- Matières premières, intrant: **Pétrole** brut (Crude oil) (règles 2, 4, 5)
  Raw material, Input: **Crude** oil (Rules 2,4,5)
  ([DGT-TM v2021](https://joint-research-centre.ec.europa.eu/language-technology-resources/dgt-translation-memory_en) · Source: European Commission, DGT-TM (Steinberger et al. 2012), re-used under Commission Decision 2011/833/EU; the Commission keeps ownership of the data · checked, professional translation · segment 2843303)

- **pétroles** bruts et autres huiles brutes
  - **Crude** petroleum and other crude oils
  ([United Nations Parallel Corpus v1.0](https://conferences.unite.un.org/UNCorpus) · Source: United Nations, United Nations Parallel Corpus v1.0 (Ziemski, Junczys-Dowmunt and Pouliquen 2016) · checked, professional translation · segment 7557728)

- Transport maritime et côtier de **pétrole** brut par navires-citernes
  Sea and coastal water transport services of **crude** oil by tankers
  ([DGT-TM v2021](https://joint-research-centre.ec.europa.eu/language-technology-resources/dgt-translation-memory_en) · Source: European Commission, DGT-TM (Steinberger et al. 2012), re-used under Commission Decision 2011/833/EU; the Commission keeps ownership of the data · checked, professional translation · segment 1545643)

## petroleum

Used about 8 175 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 2 · parliamentary ≈ 109 · legal and administrative ≈ 4 235 · UN documents ≈ 3 830). Meaning: [petroleum in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/petroleum/).

- La fin de l'ère du **pétrole** est en vue.
  The end of the era of **petroleum** is in sight.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Scorpionvenin14 and AlanF\_US · checked, community translation · [\#4128279](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/4128279) [\#4130222](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/4130222))

- La raréfaction du **pétrole** rend les activités d'exploitation et d'extraction offshores en eau profonde indispensables.
  Offshore exploitation and extraction in deep water are essential for the rarefaction of **petroleum**.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1411397)

- **Pétrole** (**pétrole** brut et produits pétroliers)
  Oil (crude oil and **petroleum** products)
  ([DGT-TM v2021](https://joint-research-centre.ec.europa.eu/language-technology-resources/dgt-translation-memory_en) · Source: European Commission, DGT-TM (Steinberger et al. 2012), re-used under Commission Decision 2011/833/EU; the Commission keeps ownership of the data · checked, professional translation · segment 5034450)

- Société nationale des **pétroles** de Chine
  China National **Petroleum** Corporation Denmark
  ([United Nations Parallel Corpus v1.0](https://conferences.unite.un.org/UNCorpus) · Source: United Nations, United Nations Parallel Corpus v1.0 (Ziemski, Junczys-Dowmunt and Pouliquen 2016) · checked, professional translation · segment 2335979)

- Un règlement modifiant le règlement de 2002 est entré en vigueur en octobre 2003, interdisant le transport des **pétroles** lourds dans des pétroliers à simple coque à destination ou au départ des ports relevant de la juridiction d'un état membre de l'Union européenne.
  In October 2003, a Regulation came into force partially replacing the 2002 Regulation, forbidding the transportation of **petroleum** in single-hull tanker ships into and out of ports under the jurisdiction of EU Member States.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 897818)

## gas

Used about 109 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 109). Meaning: [gas in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/gas/).

- Cela implique que, contrairement au **pétrole**, il n'y a pas de marché libre du gaz en Europe.
  This means that unlike petroleum, there is no free market for **gas** in Europe.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1199524)

- Il en va de même pour le transport de CO2 par bateau par rapport au transport par bateau de gaz naturel liquéfié ou de gaz de **pétrole** liquéfié.
  The same would seem to be true for ship transport of CO2 as compared with ship transport of liquefied natural **gas** or liquefied petroleum gas.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1182952)

## More sentences

Sentence pairs with the word where no single translation was found: it may be translated by a phrase, or left out.

- Le prix du **pétrole** est la plupart du temps le résultat de décisions politico-stratégiques.
  The price of petrol is, most of the time, a result of strategic political decisions.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and sejb · checked, community translation · [\#6489605](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6489605) [\#6488543](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6488543))

- Cette fois, les protestations et les persécutions se sont intensifiées après l'annonce d'une augmentation de 500 % des prix du **pétrole** suite au retrait des subventions de l'État.
  This time the protests and persecution intensified following a 500% rise in the cost of fuel due to the government withdrawing its subsidy.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 963028)

- Qu'en est-il de la hausse des prix des carburants (du gazole et en particulier du **pétrole**)?
  What about the rising fuel prices (diesel and especially petrol)?
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1115825)

## Grammar

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