diesel

diesel

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English

Etymology

From German Diesel, named after inventor Rudolf Diesel, who developed a heavy-duty engine in Germany (1892–1897) and perfected it throughout his life.

Pronunciation

  • enPR: dē'zəl, IPA(key): /ˈdiːzəl/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈdisəl/, /ˈdizəl/
  • Rhymes: -iːzəl

Noun

diesel (countable and uncountable, plural diesels)

  1. A fuel derived from petroleum (or other oils) but heavier than gasoline/petrol. Used to power diesel engines which burn this fuel using the heat produced when air is compressed.
  2. (countable) A vehicle powered by a diesel engine.
    • 1959, Steam's Finest Hour, edited by David P. Morgan, Kalmbach Publishing Co., referring to Mexico's last new steam locomotives.
    • 1980, Kye Fleming and Fred Foster, ""Smoky Mountain Rain":
      Thumbed a diesel down, outside a cafe.
  3. (cycling, slang) A rider who has an even energy output, without bursts of speed.
  4. (UK, slang) Synonym of snakebite and black.
  5. (slang) A particular cannabis hybrid.

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

diesel (third-person singular simple present diesels, present participle dieseling or dieselling, simple past and past participle dieseled or dieselled)

  1. To ignite a substance by using the heat generated by compression.
  2. (automotive) For a spark-ignition internal combustion engine to continue running after the electrical current to the spark plugs has been turned off. This occurs when there's enough heat in the combustion chamber to ignite the air and fuel mixture without a spark, the same way that heat and pressure cause ignition in a diesel engine.

See also

  • derv
  • diesel engine
  • diesel knock
  • diesel locomotive
  • diesel multiple unit

Further reading

  • diesel on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

  • Seidel, ediles, elides, ideles, sedile, seidel

Czech

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈdiːzl̩]

Noun

diesel m inan

  1. diesel

Declension

Further reading

  • “diesel”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

Dutch

Etymology

Backformed from early compounds like dieselmotor. Named after Rudolf Diesel.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdi.zəl/
  • Hyphenation: die‧sel
  • Rhymes: -izəl

Noun

diesel m (uncountable)

  1. diesel

Derived terms

  • dieselauto
  • dieselgate
  • diesellocomotief
  • dieselmotor
  • dieselolie
  • dieseltrein

Finnish

Etymology

From German Diesel.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdiːs(ː)el/, [ˈdiːs̠(ː)e̞l]
  • Rhymes: -iːsel
  • Hyphenation(key): die‧sel

Noun

diesel

  1. diesel car, diesel (automobile powered with a diesel motor)
  2. diesel motor, diesel engine
  3. diesel, diesel fuel

Declension

Synonyms

  • (diesel car): dieselauto
  • (diesel motor): dieselmoottori
  • (diesel fuel): dieselöljy, dieselpolttoaine, nafta

Derived terms

Further reading

  • “diesel”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02

Anagrams

  • Liedes, edelsi

French

Noun

diesel m (plural diesels)

  1. Alternative form of diésel

Further reading

  • “diesel”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdi.zel/
  • Rhymes: -izel

Noun

diesel m (invariable)

  1. diesel (engine; vehicle)

References

Anagrams

  • sedile

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

Named after Dr. Rudolph Diesel

Noun

diesel m (definite singular dieselen, indefinite plural diesler, definite plural dieslene)

  1. diesel (fuel)
  2. a diesel (diesel engine)

Derived terms

  • biodiesel
  • dieselmotor
  • dieselmotorvogn

References

  • “diesel” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

Named after Dr. Rudolph Diesel

Noun

diesel m (definite singular dieselen, indefinite plural dieselar, definite plural dieselane)

  1. diesel (fuel)
  2. a diesel (diesel engine)

Derived terms

  • biodiesel
  • dieselmotor
  • dieselmotorvogn

References

  • “diesel” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Polish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from German Diesel, named after German inventor Rudolf Diesel (1858–1913).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdi.zɛl/
  • Rhymes: -izɛl
  • Syllabification: die‧sel

Noun

diesel m inan

  1. (automotive) diesel (fuel)
  2. (automotive) diesel (vehicle)
    Synonym: ropniak
    Antonyms: (colloquial) benzyniak, (colloquial) benzynowiec, samochód benzynowy

Declension

Derived terms

Related terms

Further reading

  • diesel in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • diesel in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English diesel, from German Diesel, from Rudolf Diesel, German inventor of the Diesel engine.

Pronunciation

Noun

diesel m (plural diesels)

  1. Alternative form of dísel

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from German Diesel.

Noun

diesel n (uncountable)

  1. diesel

Declension

Spanish

Noun

diesel m (uncountable)

  1. diesel

Swedish

Noun

diesel c

  1. diesel; a fuel
  2. diesel; a vehicle

Declension

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