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

Translations
snakebite and black — see snakebite and black

Verb

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

  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

Further reading

Anagrams

Dutch

Etymology

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

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

Noun

diesel m (uncountable)

  1. diesel

Derived terms

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
instructive — dieselein
abessive dieselittä dieseleittä
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of diesel (type paperi)
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
instructive — —
abessive dieselittäni dieseleittäni
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
instructive — —
abessive dieselittäsi dieseleittäsi
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
instructive — —
abessive dieselittämme dieseleittämme
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
instructive — —
abessive dieselittänne dieseleittänne
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
instructive — —
abessive dieselittään
dieselittänsä		 dieseleittään
dieseleittänsä
comitative — dieseleineen
dieseleinensä

Synonyms

Anagrams

French

Noun

diesel m (plural diesels)

  1. Alternative form of diésel

Further reading

Italian

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

Noun

diesel m (invariable)

  1. diesel (engine; vehicle)

References
  1. diesel in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

Anagrams

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

References

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

References

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
noun

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

Portuguese

Alternative forms
  • dísel (uncommon)

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 (uncountable)

  1. diesel (fuel)
    Synonyms: gasóleo, (Brazil) óleo diesel

Romanian

Etymology

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
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