Grammatical class

Noun

pétrole

petroleum

Details

Syllables

pé-tro-le

Phonetics

pe.tʁɔl

Grammatical class

Noun

Freq. (books)

3593

Freq. (movies)

2988

Freq. (news)

1455

Sentences

Achète du pétrole.

Buy oil.

A1

Le pétrole est onéreux.

Oil is expensive.

A1

L'Algérie a du pétrole.

Algeria has oil.

A1

Ce pays est riche en pétrole.

This country is rich in oil.

A1

L'Algérie a des champs de pétrole.

Algeria has oil fields.

A2

Ce pays doit sa richesse au pétrole.

That country's wealth comes from its oil.

A2

Le pétrole abonde en Arabie.

Arabia abounds in oil.

B1

L'Algérie exporte le pétrole.

Algeria is exporting oil.

B1

La Chine achète le pétrole algérien.

China buys Algeria's oil.

B1

L'Amérique a du pétrole en abondance.

America abounds in oil.

B1

Ils chargent du pétrole brut sur le navire.

They're loading crude oil onto the ship.

B2

Ils substituèrent du pétrole au charbon.

They replaced coal with oil.

C1