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Diesel

Diesel

See also: diesel and diésel

German

Proper noun

Diesel

  1. A surname.

Noun

Diesel m (genitive Diesel or Diesels, plural Diesel)

  1. (fuel or automobile) diesel

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See also: Diesel and diésel

English

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. A vehicle powered by a diesel engine.
  3. (cycling, slang) A rider who has an even energy output, without bursts of speed.
  4. (Britain, slang) Snakebite and black.
  5. (slang) A particular cannabis hybrid.

Translations

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.

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Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdi.zəl/

Noun

diesel m (uncountable)

  1. diesel

Finnish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdiːsel/

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 dieseleineen

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French

Noun

diesel m (plural diesels)

  1. Alternative form of diésel

Italian

Noun

diesel m (invariable)

  1. diesel (engine; vehicle)

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Portuguese

Noun

diesel m (uncountable)

  1. diesel (fuel)

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Spanish

Noun

diesel m (plural diesels)

  1. diesel

Swedish

Noun

diesel c

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

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