legaz
masculine
/ɡaz/
#1897 of 5,000 Core 5000
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
Gendermasculine
Pluralgazirregular
Examples
.
There is a smell of gas in the kitchen.
.
The price of gas has risen again this winter.
' .
Don't forget to turn off the gas before leaving.
' l'essence.
The car runs on gas rather than petrol.
usines rejettent l'atmosphère.
These factories release too much gas into the atmosphere.
Add to review queue
Track this word in your spaced-repetition queue and be tested on it at the right interval.
Go to my review queueThis word is part of lesson 38.