Originally Posted By: bexter
Originally Posted By: Tromboniator
the English word for petroleum


uh our word for petroleum is petrol (shortened from petroleum)...we also have diesel...oil is the crude oil resource that you get petrol from...
Or cooking oils such as olive oil, sunflower oil etc


Both Oxford and Cambridge dictionaries define petroleum as crude oil, with no regional or national distinctions, from which petrol is derived, both as a substance and as a word. I think oil (crude) and petroleum are universally interchangeable, but I might be on a thin limb.