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/ɡaz/
Translation
gas
Word origin
Coined in the early seventeenth century by the Flemish chemist Van Helmont, based on the Greek khaos ('chaos, void'). French borrowed the term from this scientific coinage. The same source gives English 'gas'.
- Origin
- Greek
- Root
- khaos
- English cognates
- gas
Grammar
Examples
.
There is a smell of gas in the kitchen.
cet .
The price of gas has risen again this winter.
' .
Don't forget to turn off the gas before leaving.
au ' l'.
The car runs on gas rather than petrol.
rejettent l'.
These factories release too much gas into the atmosphere.
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