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Definition 2024
Diesel
Diesel
diesel
diesel
English
Noun
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.
- A vehicle powered by a diesel engine.
- (cycling, slang) A rider who has an even energy output, without bursts of speed.
- (Britain, slang) Snakebite and black.
- (slang) A particular cannabis hybrid.
Translations
fuel
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Verb
diesel (third-person singular simple present diesels, present participle dieseling, simple past and past participle dieseled)
- 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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Finnish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈdiːsel/
Noun
diesel
- diesel car, diesel (automobile powered with a diesel motor)
- diesel motor, diesel engine
- diesel, diesel fuel
Declension
| Inflection of diesel (Kotus type 6/paperi, no gradation) | |||
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| nominative | diesel | dieselit | |
| genitive | dieselin | dieselien dieseleiden dieseleitten |
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| partitive | dieseliä | dieseleitä dieselejä |
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| illative | dieseliin | dieseleihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | diesel | dieselit | |
| accusative | nom. | diesel | dieselit |
| gen. | dieselin | ||
| genitive | dieselin | dieselien dieseleiden dieseleitten |
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| partitive | dieseliä | dieseleitä dieselejä |
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| 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 | |
Synonyms
- (diesel car): dieselauto
- (diesel motor): dieselmoottori
- (diesel fuel): dieselöljy, dieselpolttoaine, nafta