refinery

English

Etymology

From refine +‎ -ry.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /rɪˈfaɪnərɪ/

• Audio (US):

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Noun

refinery (plural refineries)

1. A building, or a mass of machinery, used to produce refined products such as sugar, oil, or metals.

Derived terms

• oil refinery

Related terms

• refine
• refinement

Translations

building used to produce refined products

• Arabic: مِصْفَاة f (miṣfāh)
• Bulgarian: рафинерия f (rafinerija)
• Catalan: refineria f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 精煉廠／精炼厂 (zh) (jīngliànchǎng)

• Czech: rafinérie (cs) f
• Danish: raffinaderi n
• Dutch: raffinaderij (nl) f
• Finnish: jalostamo (fi)
• French: raffinerie (fr) f
• German: Raffinerie (de) f
• Greek: διυλιστήριο (el) n (diylistírio)
• Hungarian: finomító (hu)
• Indonesian: kilang (id)
• Italian: raffineria (it) f
• Japanese: 精錬所 (せいれんしょ, seirensho)
• Malay: loji penapis
• Maltese: raffinerija f
• Persian: پالایشگاه (fa) (pâlâyešgâh)
• Polish: rafineria (pl) f
• Portuguese: refinaria (pt) f
• Romanian: rafinărie (ro) f
• Russian: (oil) нефтеперераба́тывающий заво́д m (neftepererabátyvajuščij zavód), нефтезаво́д (ru) m (neftezavód), НПЗ (ru) m (NPZ), (sugar) са́харный заво́д (sáxarnyj zavód)
• Sicilian: riffinirìa f
• Spanish: refinería f
• Swedish: raffinaderi (sv) n
• Turkish: arıtımevi (tr), rafineri (tr), tasfiyehane (tr)
• Volapük: rafinükamöp (vo), (sugar) juegirafinükamöp
• Welsh: purfa f