diesel engine

English

Etymology

Named after Rudolf Diesel.

Noun

diesel engine (plural diesel engines)

1. (automotive) an internal combustion engine which operates using diesel fuel
2. (rail transport) a diesel locomotive

Synonyms

• diesel motor

Translations

type of engine

• Czech: dieselový motor m
• Danish: dieselmotor (da) c
• Dutch: dieselmotor (nl)
• Esperanto: dizelmotoro
• Finnish: dieselmoottori (fi)
• German: Dieselmotor (de) m, Diesel (de) m
• Hebrew: מְנוֹעַ דִּיזֶל‎ (he) m (menoa dizel)
• Japanese: ディーゼルエンジン (dīzeru-enjin)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: dieselmotor m

  Nynorsk: dieselmotor m

• Polish: silnik wysokoprężny m, silnik o zapłonie samoczynnym
• Portuguese: motor a diesel m
• Romanian: motor diesel (ro) n
• Russian: ди́зельный дви́гатель m (dízelʹnyj dvígatelʹ)
• Serbo-Croatian: dizel motor m
• Spanish: motor diésel m
• Swedish: dieselmotor (sv) c

diesel locomotive — see diesel locomotive

See also

• petrol engine