diesel

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

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

• Audio (General Australian):

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• Rhymes: -iːzəl

diesel (countable and uncountable, plural diesels)

2. 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.

   Hypernyms: fuel oil < oil; fuel

   Coordinate term: heating oil

3. (countable) A vehicle powered by a diesel engine.

   Hyponyms: diesel-electric < diesel locomotive

   His next truck will be a diesel.

   • 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.

5. Ellipsis of diesel engine.

   Hypernym: engine

   Their next engine design will be a diesel.

   • 1980, Kye Fleming and Fred Foster, ""Smoky Mountain Rain":

     Thumbed a diesel down, outside a cafe.

6. (cycling, slang) A rider who has an even energy output, without bursts of speed.

   Hypernyms: rider, cyclist, bicyclist < person

8. (UK, slang) Synonym of snakebite and black.
10. (slang) A particular cannabis hybrid.

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.

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

• diesel on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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

• IPA^(key): [ˈdiːzl̩]

diesel m inan

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

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈdi.zəl/

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• Hyphenation: die‧sel
• Rhymes: -izəl

diesel m (uncountable)

1. diesel

From German Diesel.

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

diesel

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

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

• “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 2 July 2023

• Liedes, edelsi

diesel m (plural diesels)

1. alternative form of diésel

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈdi.zel/^[1]
• Rhymes: -izel

diesel m (invariable)

1. diesel (engine; vehicle)

• sedile

Named after Dr. Rudolph Diesel

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

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

• biodiesel
• dieselmotor
• dieselmotorvogn

• “diesel” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Named after Dr. Rudolph Diesel

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

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

• biodiesel
• dieselmotor
• dieselmotorvogn

• “diesel” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈdi.zɛl/

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• Rhymes: -izɛl
• Syllabification: die‧sel

diesel m inan

1. (automotive) diesel (fuel)
2. (automotive) diesel (vehicle)

   Synonym: ropniak

   Antonyms: (colloquial) benzyniak, (colloquial) benzynowiec, samochód benzynowy

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

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

diesel m (plural diesels)

1. alternative form of dísel

Borrowed from German Diesel.

diesel n (uncountable)

1. diesel

diesel m (uncountable)

1. diesel

diesel c

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