diesel

See also: Diesel and diésel

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)

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.

     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.

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

• biodiesel
• dieseldom
• diesel dyke
• diesel-electric
• diesel exhaust fluid
• diesel generator
• diesel-hydraulic
• dieselization, dieselisation
• diesel laundering
• diesel particulate filter
• diesel-powered
• diesel therapy
• diesel tree
• e-diesel
• green diesel
• red diesel
• sour diesel
• suck diesel

 

Translations

fuel

• Arabic: دِيزَل m (dīzal), دِيزِل m (dīzel), سُولَار m (sōlār)
• Basque: gasolio
• Belarusian: ды́зельнае па́ліва n (dýzjelʹnaje páliva), ды́зель m (dýzjelʹ), саля́рка f (saljárka)
• Bulgarian: ди́зелово гори́во n (dízelovo gorívo), ди́зел m (dízel)
• Catalan: dièsel (ca) m, gasoil (ca), gasoli (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 柴油 (zh) (cháiyóu)

• Czech: motorová nafta f
• Danish: diesel (da) c
• Dutch: diesel (nl) m
• Esperanto: dizelo
• Estonian: diisel
• Finnish: diesel (fi), dieselöljy (fi)
• French: diésel (fr) m, gazole (fr) m
• Galician: diésel (gl) m
• Georgian: დიზელი (dizeli), საწვავი (sac̣vavi), დიზელის საწვავი (dizelis sac̣vavi)
• German: Diesel (de) m
• Greek: ντίζελ (el) n or f (ntízel)
• Hausa: gas (ha)
• Hebrew: סוֹלֶר (he) m (sóler)
• Hindi: डीज़ल m (ḍīzal)
• Hungarian: dízel (hu), gázolaj (hu)
• Interlingua: diesel
• Irish: díosal m
• Italian: diesel (it) m, gasolio (it) m
• Japanese: 軽油 (ja) (けいゆ, keiyu)
• Kazakh: дизель (dizel)
• Khmer: ម៉ាស៊ូត (maasuut), ប្រេងម៉ាស៊ូត (preeng maasuut)
• Korean: 경유(輕油) (ko) (gyeong'yu)
• Kyrgyz: дизель (ky) (dizel)
• Latvian: dīzelis
• Macedonian: дизел m (dizel), нафта f (nafta)
• Malay: diesel
• Maori: tīhara, hinuheu
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: diesel (no) m

  Nynorsk: diesel m

• Persian: گازوئیل (fa) (gâzo'il)
• Polish: diesel (pl) m, ropa (pl)
• Portuguese: diesel (pt) m, óleo diesel m
• Romanian: motorină (ro) f
• Russian: ди́зель (ru) m (dízelʹ), соля́рка (ru) f (soljárka), ди́зельное то́пливо (ru) n (dízelʹnoje tóplivo)
• Scottish Gaelic: dìosal m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: ди́зел m

  Roman: dízel (sh) m

• Slovak: motorová nafta f
• Slovene: dizelsko olje n
• Spanish: diésel (es) m, gasoil, gasóleo
• Swahili: dizeli
• Swedish: diesel (sv) c
• Turkish: mazot (tr), motorin (tr)
• Ukrainian: ди́зельне па́льне n (dýzelʹne pálʹne), ди́зель m (dýzelʹ), соля́рка f (soljárka)
• Urdu: ڈِیزِل m (ḍīzal)
• Welsh: disel m, dîsl m

vehicle

• Finnish: diesel (fi), dieselajoneuvo
• Galician: diésel (gl) m
• Greek: ντίζελ (el) n or f (ntízel)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: diesel (no) m

  Nynorsk: diesel m

• Persian: دیزل (fa) (dizel)
• Polish: diesel (pl) m
• Turkish: dizel (tr)

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)

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.

   The only reason the VW bug has a solenoid is to prevent it from dieseling.

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

Declension of diesel (hard masculine inanimate)

	singular	plural
nominative	diesel	diesely
genitive	dieselu	dieselů
dative	dieselu	dieselům
accusative	diesel	diesely
vocative	diesele	diesely
locative	dieselu	dieselech
instrumental	dieselem	diesely

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

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• 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): /ˈdiːsel/, [ˈdiːs̠e̞l]

Noun

diesel

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

Declension

Inflection of diesel (Kotus type 6/paperi, no gradation)
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.

Possessive forms of diesel (Kotus type 6/paperi, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative dieselini dieselini accusative nom. dieselini dieselini gen. dieselini genitive dieselini dieselieni dieseleideni dieseleitteni partitive dieseliäni dieseleitäni dieselejäni inessive dieselissäni dieseleissäni elative dieselistäni dieseleistäni illative dieseliini dieseleihini adessive dieselilläni dieseleilläni ablative dieseliltäni dieseleiltäni allative dieselilleni dieseleilleni essive dieselinäni dieseleinäni translative dieselikseni dieseleikseni abessive dieselittäni dieseleittäni instructive — — comitative — dieseleineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative dieselisi dieselisi accusative nom. dieselisi dieselisi gen. dieselisi genitive dieselisi dieseliesi dieseleidesi dieseleittesi partitive dieseliäsi dieseleitäsi dieselejäsi inessive dieselissäsi dieseleissäsi elative dieselistäsi dieseleistäsi illative dieseliisi dieseleihisi adessive dieselilläsi dieseleilläsi ablative dieseliltäsi dieseleiltäsi allative dieselillesi dieseleillesi essive dieselinäsi dieseleinäsi translative dieseliksesi dieseleiksesi abessive dieselittäsi dieseleittäsi instructive — — comitative — dieseleinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative dieselimme dieselimme accusative nom. dieselimme dieselimme gen. dieselimme genitive dieselimme dieseliemme dieseleidemme dieseleittemme partitive dieseliämme dieseleitämme dieselejämme inessive dieselissämme dieseleissämme elative dieselistämme dieseleistämme illative dieseliimme dieseleihimme adessive dieselillämme dieseleillämme ablative dieseliltämme dieseleiltämme allative dieselillemme dieseleillemme essive dieselinämme dieseleinämme translative dieseliksemme dieseleiksemme abessive dieselittämme dieseleittämme instructive — — comitative — dieseleinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative dieselinne dieselinne accusative nom. dieselinne dieselinne gen. dieselinne genitive dieselinne dieselienne dieseleidenne dieseleittenne partitive dieseliänne dieseleitänne dieselejänne inessive dieselissänne dieseleissänne elative dieselistänne dieseleistänne illative dieseliinne dieseleihinne adessive dieselillänne dieseleillänne ablative dieseliltänne dieseleiltänne allative dieselillenne dieseleillenne essive dieselinänne dieseleinänne translative dieseliksenne dieseleiksenne abessive dieselittänne dieseleittänne instructive — — comitative — dieseleinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative dieselinsä dieselinsä accusative nom. dieselinsä dieselinsä gen. dieselinsä genitive dieselinsä dieseliensä dieseleidensä dieseleittensä partitive dieseliään dieseliänsä dieseleitään dieselejään dieseleitänsä dieselejänsä inessive dieselissään dieselissänsä dieseleissään dieseleissänsä elative dieselistään dieselistänsä dieseleistään dieseleistänsä illative dieseliinsä dieseleihinsä adessive dieselillään dieselillänsä dieseleillään dieseleillänsä ablative dieseliltään dieseliltänsä dieseleiltään dieseleiltänsä allative dieselilleen dieselillensä dieseleilleen dieseleillensä essive dieselinään dieselinänsä dieseleinään dieseleinänsä translative dieselikseen dieseliksensä dieseleikseen dieseleiksensä abessive dieselittään dieselittänsä dieseleittään dieseleittänsä instructive — — comitative — dieseleineen dieseleinensä

Synonyms

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

Derived terms

• dieselöidä

 

compounds

• biodiesel
• dieselajoneuvo
• dieselauto
• dieseljuna
• dieselkäyttöinen
• dieselmoottori
• dieselpolttoaine
• dieselvero
• dieselveturi
• dieselvoimala
• dieselöljy

 

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)

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/

• Audio

  (file)

• 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

Declension of diesel

	singular	plural
nominative	diesel	diesle
genitive	diesla	diesli
dative	dieslowi	dieslom
accusative	diesel	diesle
instrumental	dieslem	dieslami
locative	dieslu	dieslach
vocative	dieslu	diesle

Derived terms

adjectives

• dieslowski
• dieslowy

 

noun

• dieselizacja

 

Related terms

noun

• biodiesel

 

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

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒi.zew/ [ˈd͡ʒi.zeʊ̯]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈdi.zɛl/ [ˈdi.zɛɫ]

Noun

diesel m (plural diesels)

1. Alternative form of dísel

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from German Diesel.

Noun

diesel n (uncountable)

1. diesel

Declension

declension of diesel (singular only)

	singular
n gender	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) diesel	dieselul
genitive/dative	(unui) diesel	dieselului
vocative	dieselule

Spanish

Noun

diesel m (uncountable)

1. diesel

Swedish

Noun

diesel c

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

Declension

Declension of diesel
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	diesel	dieseln	dieslar	dieslarna
Genitive	diesels	dieselns	dieslars	dieslarnas