pétrolière
French, noun\pe.tʁɔ.ljɛʁ\
pétrolière is a French feminine noun meaning “oil company” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a feminine singular of pétrolier. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Société productrice de pétrole”.
What does pétrolière mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineoil company
adjective
- 1
femininefeminine singular of pétrolier
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Société productrice de pétrole.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of pétrolière
- pétrolières plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce pétrolière?
- \pe.tʁɔ.ljɛʁ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is pétrolière in French?
pétrolière appears 3.7 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).