diesel
English edit
Etymology edit
From German Diesel, named after inventor Rudolf Diesel, who developed a heavy-duty engine in Germany (1892–1897) and perfected it throughout his life.
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diesel (countable and uncountable, plural diesels)
- 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.
- (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.
- 1959, Steam's Finest Hour, edited by David P. Morgan, Kalmbach Publishing Co., referring to Mexico's last new steam locomotives.
- (cycling, slang) A rider who has an even energy output, without bursts of speed.
- (UK, slang) Synonym of snakebite and black.
- (slang) A particular cannabis hybrid.
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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-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.
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Czech edit
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diesel m inan
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- diesel in Internetová jazyková příručka
Dutch edit
Etymology edit
Backformed from early compounds like dieselmotor. Named after Rudolf Diesel.
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diesel m (uncountable)
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Finnish edit
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diesel
- diesel car, diesel (automobile powered with a diesel motor)
- diesel motor, diesel engine
- diesel, diesel fuel
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Inflection of diesel (Kotus type 6/paperi, no gradation) | ||||
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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. |
Synonyms edit
- (diesel car): dieselauto
- (diesel motor): dieselmoottori
- (diesel fuel): dieselöljy, dieselpolttoaine, nafta
Further reading edit
- “diesel”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][1] (online dictionary, continuously updated, in Finnish), Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02
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diesel m (plural diesels)
- Alternative form of diésel
Further reading edit
- “diesel”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Italian edit
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diesel m (invariable)
- diesel (engine; vehicle)
References edit
- ^ diesel in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
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Norwegian Bokmål edit
Etymology edit
Named after Dr. Rudolph Diesel
Noun edit
diesel m (definite singular dieselen, indefinite plural diesler, definite plural dieslene)
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- “diesel” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Etymology edit
Named after Dr. Rudolph Diesel
Noun edit
diesel m (definite singular dieselen, indefinite plural dieselar, definite plural dieselane)
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- “diesel” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Polish edit
Etymology edit
Unadapted borrowing from German Diesel, named after German inventor Rudolf Diesel (1858–1913).
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diesel m inan
- (automotive) diesel (fuel)
- (automotive) diesel (vehicle)
- Synonym: ropniak
- Antonyms: (colloquial) benzyniak, (colloquial) benzynowiec, samochód benzynowy
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Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
Unadapted borrowing from English diesel, from German Diesel, from Rudolf Diesel, German inventor of the Diesel engine.
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diesel m (plural diesels)
- Alternative form of dísel
Romanian edit
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diesel n (uncountable)
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singular | ||
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n gender | indefinite articulation | definite articulation |
nominative/accusative | (un) diesel | dieselul |
genitive/dative | (unui) diesel | dieselului |
vocative | dieselule |
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diesel m (uncountable)
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diesel c
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Declension of diesel | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | diesel | dieseln | dieslar | dieslarna |
Genitive | diesels | dieselns | dieslars | dieslarnas |