diesel
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/
Audio (AU) (file) - Rhymes: -iːzəl
Noun
diesel (countable and uncountable, plural diesels)
- 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.
- (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.
- Their effective service life was cut short by an almost simultaneous switch to diesels - a circumstance shared with many an engine north of the border.
- 1980, Kye Fleming and Fred Foster, ""Smoky Mountain Rain":
- Thumbed a diesel down, outside a cafe.
- 1959, Steam's Finest Hour, edited by David P. Morgan, Kalmbach Publishing Co., referring to Mexico's last new steam locomotives.
- (cycling, slang) A rider who has an even energy output, without bursts of speed.
- (UK, slang) Synonym of snakebite and black.
- (slang) A particular cannabis hybrid.|
Derived terms
Translations
fuel
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vehicle
cycling: rider with an even energy output
snakebite and black — see snakebite and black
Verb
diesel (third-person singular simple present diesels, present participle dieseling or dieselling, simple past and past participle dieseled or dieselled)
- To ignite a substance by using the heat generated by compression.
- (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.
- The only reason the VW bug has a solenoid is to prevent it from dieseling.
Czech
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈdiːzl̩]
Declension
Further reading
- diesel in Internetová jazyková příručka
Dutch
Etymology
Backformed from early compounds like dieselmotor. Named after Rudolf Diesel.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈdi.zəl/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: die‧sel
- Rhymes: -izəl
Derived terms
Finnish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈdiːsel/, [ˈdiːs̠e̞l]
Noun
diesel
- diesel car, diesel (automobile powered with a diesel motor)
- diesel motor, diesel engine
- diesel, diesel fuel
Declension
| Inflection of diesel (Kotus type 6/paperi, no gradation) | ||||
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| nominative | diesel | dieselit | ||
| genitive | dieselin | dieselien dieseleiden dieseleitten | ||
| partitive | dieseliä | dieseleitä dieselejä | ||
| illative | dieseliin | dieseleihin | ||
| singular | plural | |||
| nominative | diesel | dieselit | ||
| accusative | nom. | diesel | dieselit | |
| gen. | dieselin | |||
| genitive | dieselin | dieselien dieseleiden dieseleitten | ||
| partitive | dieseliä | dieseleitä dieselejä | ||
| inessive | dieselissä | dieseleissä | ||
| elative | dieselistä | dieseleistä | ||
| illative | dieseliin | dieseleihin | ||
| adessive | dieselillä | dieseleillä | ||
| ablative | dieseliltä | dieseleiltä | ||
| allative | dieselille | dieseleille | ||
| essive | dieselinä | dieseleinä | ||
| translative | dieseliksi | dieseleiksi | ||
| abessive | dieselittä | dieseleittä | ||
| instructive | — | dieselein | ||
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | |||
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Synonyms
- (diesel car): dieselauto
- (diesel motor): dieselmoottori
- (diesel fuel): dieselöljy, dieselpolttoaine, nafta
Derived terms
compounds
Further reading
- “diesel”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish] (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
French
Further reading
- “diesel”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈdi.zel/[1]
- Rhymes: -izel
References
- diesel in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
Anagrams
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
Named after Dr. Rudolph Diesel
Derived terms
References
- “diesel” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
Named after Dr. Rudolph Diesel
Derived terms
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/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -izɛl
- Syllabification: die‧sel
Noun
diesel m inan
- (automotive) diesel (fuel)
- (automotive) diesel (vehicle)
- Synonym: ropniak
- Antonyms: (colloquial) benzyniak, (colloquial) benzynowiec, samochód benzynowy
Declension
Derived terms
adjectives
- dieslowski
- dieslowy
noun
- dieselizacja
Portuguese
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from English diesel, from German Diesel, from Rudolf Diesel, German inventor of the Diesel engine.
Romanian
Spanish
Swedish
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