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diesel

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See also: Diesel and diésel

English

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Etymology

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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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Noun

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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.

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Verb

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

  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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Czech

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Noun

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diesel m inan

  1. diesel

Declension

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Declension of diesel (hard masculine inanimate)
singular plural
nominative diesel diesely
genitive dieselu dieselů
dative dieselu dieselům
accusative diesel diesely
vocative diesele diesely
locative dieselu dieselech
instrumental dieselem diesely

Further reading

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  • “diesel”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)

Dutch

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Etymology

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

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Noun

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diesel m (uncountable)

  1. diesel

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Finnish

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Etymology

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From German Diesel.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈdiːs(ː)el/, [ˈdiːs̠(ː)e̞l]
  • Rhymes: -iːsel
  • Hyphenation(key): die‧sel

Noun

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diesel

  1. diesel car, diesel (automobile powered with a diesel motor)
  2. diesel motor, diesel engine
  3. diesel, diesel fuel

Declension

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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
abessive dieselittä dieseleittä
instructive — dieselein
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of diesel (Kotus type 6/paperi, no gradation)
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
abessive dieselittäni dieseleittäni
instructive — —
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
abessive dieselittäsi dieseleittäsi
instructive — —
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
abessive dieselittämme dieseleittämme
instructive — —
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
abessive dieselittänne dieseleittänne
instructive — —
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
abessive dieselittään
dieselittänsä 		dieseleittään
dieseleittänsä
instructive — —
comitative — dieseleineen
dieseleinensä

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French

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Noun

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diesel m (plural diesels)

  1. Alternative form of diésel

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Italian

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Noun

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diesel m (invariable)

  1. diesel (engine; vehicle)

References

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

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Norwegian Bokmål

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Norwegian Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia no

Etymology

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Named after Dr. Rudolph Diesel

Noun

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diesel m (definite singular dieselen, indefinite plural diesler, definite plural dieslene)

  1. diesel (fuel)
  2. a diesel (diesel engine)

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Norwegian Nynorsk Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia nn

Etymology

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Named after Dr. Rudolph Diesel

Noun

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diesel m (definite singular dieselen, indefinite plural dieselar, definite plural dieselane)

  1. diesel (fuel)
  2. a diesel (diesel engine)

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Polish

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Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia pl

Etymology

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Unadapted borrowing from German Diesel, named after German inventor Rudolf Diesel (1858–1913).

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Noun

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diesel m inan

  1. (automotive) diesel (fuel)
  2. (automotive) diesel (vehicle)
    Synonym: ropniak
    Antonyms: (colloquial) benzyniak, (colloquial) benzynowiec, samochód benzynowy

Declension

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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

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adjectives
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Further reading

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

Portuguese

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Etymology

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Unadapted borrowing from English diesel, from German Diesel, from Rudolf Diesel, German inventor of the Diesel engine.

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Noun

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diesel m (plural diesels)

  1. Alternative form of dísel

Romanian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from German Diesel.

Noun

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diesel n (uncountable)

  1. diesel

Declension

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singular only indefinite definite
nominative-accusative diesel dieselul
genitive-dative diesel dieselului
vocative dieselule

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Noun

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diesel m (uncountable)

  1. diesel

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Noun

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diesel c

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

Declension

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Declension of diesel
nominative genitive
singular indefinite diesel diesels
definite dieseln dieselns
plural indefinite dieslar dieslars
definite dieslarna dieslarnas
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