Polyglot Dictionary

diesel

/ˈdisel/

el noun B2

el (masc.) la (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
diesels

Meaning

  1. diesel

    • Mi coche es diésel.

      My car is diesel.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

gasoil

diesel and gasoil are close synonyms for "diesel fuel," a regional variant; gasoil is more common in Spain.

Similar in other languages

German

Diesel

Diesel is the German word for the same thing — both mean "diesel."

Practice

1 What does diesel mean?

2 Which fingerprint chart matches diesel?

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