バレル

also: バーレル

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Common wordFreq.FrequencyTop 20,000

Meanings

barrel; barrel as a unit of volume

A unit of volume, especially familiar in contexts such as oil prices and production figures. It is a unit noun used after numbers, as in 1バレル or 一日あたり何万バレル.

原げん油ゆ価か格かくは一いち時じ、1バレル80ドルを超こえた。
Crude oil prices briefly exceeded 80 dollars per barrel.
その油ゆ田でんは一いち日にちに約やく五ご万まんバレルを生せい産さんしている。
That oil field produces about fifty thousand barrels a day.

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Usage patterns

〈数かず〉バレルX barrels (of oil, etc.)
この油ゆ田でんは一いち日にちに十じゅう万まんバレルの原げん油ゆを生せい産さんしている。
This oil field produces one hundred thousand barrels of crude oil per day.
1いちバレル〈数かず〉ドルX dollars per barrel (price of oil)
原げん油ゆ価か格かくは一いちバレル八はち十じゅうドルまで上じょう昇しょうした。
The price of crude oil rose to eighty dollars per barrel.

Related words

リットルN2
リットル is the general metric unit of volume used in everyday contexts, while バレル is a specialized unit mainly used for oil and other commodities.
樽たるN1
バレル is a loanword used mainly for oil drums or industrial contexts, while 樽 is the native Japanese term for traditional wooden barrels like those used for sake.

Don't confuse with

樽たるN1
樽 refers to an actual physical barrel or cask, whereas バレル in this entry is the abstract unit of volume, not the container itself.

Word family

バレルロール
barrel roll
バレルオルガン
barrel organ

Written forms

バレルUsage85%
Common katakana spelling for the volume unit; this is the higher-priority form.
バーレルUsage15%
Long-vowel variant given; also used for the same unit.

Etymology

Katakana term for the volume unit 'barrel'; no borrowing language or detailed etymology is specified.