oil spill

English

Noun

oil spill (plural oil spills)

1. An escape or (accidental) discharge of oil, usually into the sea.

Related terms

• oilpatch
• oil slick
• oil spot
• oily

 

Translations

oil spill

• Finnish: öljyvuoto (fi)
• French: marée noire (fr) f
• Maori: tārutunga hinu, rukenga hinu
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: oljeutslipp n

• Polish: wyciek ropy (naftowej) m
• Spanish: derrame de petróleo m, marea negra (es) f
• Swedish: oljeutsläpp (sv) n

References

• “oil spill”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.