refuel

English

Etymology

re- +‎ fuel

Pronunciation

• (verb)
  • IPA^(key): /ɹiːˈfjuːəl/, /ɹiːˈfjuːl/

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  • Rhymes: -uːəl, -uːl
• (noun) IPA^(key): /ˈɹiːfjuːəl/, /ˈɹiːfjuːl/

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Verb

refuel (third-person singular simple present refuels, present participle (US) refueling or refuelling, simple past and past participle (US) refueled or refuelled)

1. (transitive, intransitive) To refill with fuel.

Usage notes

• Refuelled and refuelling are mainly British spellings.

Derived terms

• hot refuel

Translations

to refill with fuel

• Bulgarian: зареждам с гориво (zareždam s gorivo)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 補充燃料／补充燃料 (bǔchōng ránliào), 加油 (zh) (jiāyóu)

• Finnish: tankata (fi)
• French: faire le plein (fr), ravitailler (fr)
• German: tanken (de), auftanken (de)
• Hungarian: (transitively) feltankol (hu), megtankol (hu), (intransitively) tankol (hu), (esp. of an aircraft) üzemanyagot vesz fel
• Japanese: 給油する (きゅうゆする; kyūyu suru)
• Russian: (transitive) дозаправля́ть (ru) impf (dozapravljátʹ), дозапра́вить (ru) pf (dozaprávitʹ), (intransitive) дозаправля́ться (ru) impf (dozapravljátʹsja), дозапра́виться (ru) pf (dozaprávitʹsja) (forms without "до-" prefix mean "to FILL with fuel")
• Spanish: repostar (es), llenar el tanque
• Swedish: tanka (sv)

Noun

refuel (plural refuels)

1. An act or instance of refilling with fuel.

Derived terms

• hot refuel

Anagrams

• ferule, fueler