FromGerman Diesel , named after inventor Rudolf Diesel , who developed a heavy-duty engine in Germany (1892–1897) and perfected it throughout his life.
diesel (countable anduncountable ,plural diesels )
Afuel derived frompetroleum (or other oils) but heavier thangasoline /petrol . Used to powerdiesel engines which burn this fuel using the heat produced whenair iscompressed . ( countable ) Avehicle powered by adiesel 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 todiesels - a circumstance shared with many an engine north of the border.
1980 ,Kye Fleming andFred Foster , ""Smoky Mountain Rain ":Thumbed adiesel down, outside a cafe.( cycling , slang ) A rider who has an evenenergy output , without bursts of speed.( UK , slang ) Synonym ofsnakebite and black .( slang ) A particularcannabis hybrid .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:Cantonese:油渣 ( jau4 zaa1 ) 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 Marathi:डिझेल n ( ḍijhel ) 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 m ,gasóleo m ,dísel m 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
cycling: rider with an even energy output
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-ignitioninternal combustion engine to continue running after the electrical current to thespark 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 adiesel engine .The only reason the VW bug has a solenoid is to prevent it fromdieseling .
diesel m inan
diesel Declension ofdiesel (hard masculine inanimate )
“diesel ”, inInternetová jazyková příručka (in Czech),2008–2025 Backformed from early compounds likedieselmotor . Named afterRudolf Diesel .
diesel m (uncountable )
diesel FromGerman Diesel .
diesel
diesel car ,diesel ( automobile powered with a diesel motor ) diesel motor ,diesel engine diesel ,diesel fuel diesel m (plural diesels )
Alternative form ofdiésel diesel m (invariable )
diesel (engine; vehicle)Named afterDr. Rudolph Diesel
diesel m (definite singular dieselen ,indefinite plural diesler ,definite plural dieslene )
diesel ( fuel ) adiesel ( diesel engine ) Named afterDr. Rudolph Diesel
diesel m (definite singular dieselen ,indefinite plural dieselar ,definite plural dieselane )
diesel ( fuel ) adiesel ( diesel engine ) Unadapted borrowing fromGerman Diesel , named after German inventor Rudolf Diesel (1858–1913).
diesel m inan
( automotive ) diesel ( fuel ) ( automotive ) diesel ( vehicle ) Synonym: ropniak Antonyms: ( colloquial ) benzyniak ,( colloquial ) benzynowiec ,samochód benzynowy diesel inWielki słownik języka polskiego , Instytut Języka Polskiego PANdiesel in Polish dictionaries at PWNUnadapted borrowing fromEnglish diesel , fromGerman Diesel , fromRudolf Diesel , German inventor of the Diesel engine.
diesel m (plural diesels )
Alternative form ofdísel Borrowed fromGerman Diesel .
diesel n (uncountable )
diesel diesel m (uncountable )
diesel diesel c
diesel ; a fueldiesel ; a vehicle