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olefiant

olefiant adjective: that produces oil.

Adjective

olefiant (not comparable)

  1. That produces oil

Origin of olefiant

From French gaz oléfiant, from olé (“oil”) + -fiant (“producer”), present participle of -fier (“-fy”).

Words formed from olefiant

Questions about olefiant

What does olefiant mean?
Olefiant means that produces oil.
What part of speech is olefiant?
Olefiant is an adjective.

Words near olefiant in the dictionary

  1. olecranonectomy
  2. olecranons
  3. olecronon
  4. OLED
  5. OLEDs
  6. olefiant
  7. olefiant gas
  8. olefin
  9. olefin metathesis
  10. olefinated
  11. olefination

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