Kerosene

:This article is about lighting and cooking fuel. For the tractor fuel known as power kerosene, see tractor vaporising oil.

Common names

• Coal oil
• Kerosene or ...sine (United States and Australia) The name is derived from Greek "keros" (κερωσ, wax).
• Paraffin or Paraffin oil (United Kingdom and South Africa)
• Turbosina (Spanish)
• Petroleum (German - The German name for Jet engine fuel is Kerosin and the German word for the English petroleum is Mineralöl.)
• Fotogen (Swedish)
• Parafin (Norwegian)
• ?? - Touyu (lamp oil) (Japanese)