biodiesel

B3I1O1D2I1E1S1E1L1

noun

Fuel for diesel engines made from renewable organic raw materials, as opposed to fossil hydrocarbons.

Similar
bioderv
OriginEnglish diesel ← German Diese ← Ancient Greek βῐο- (bĭo-) →
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Meanings

nounbiodiesel (countable and uncountable, plural biodiesels)

plural biodiesels

  1. countableuncountableFuel for diesel engines made from renewable organic raw materials, as opposed to fossil hydrocarbons.

    Biodiesel is a technologically feasible alternative to petrodiesel, but nowadays biodiesel costs 1.5 to 3 times more than fossil diesel in developed countries.

    2007, Ayhan Demirbas, Biodiesel: A Realistic Fuel Alternative for Diesel Engines, Springer Science & Business Media, →ISBN, page 197
    1 more example

    Biodiesel is an increasingly popular alternative fuel because it's made by refining oil. Thinner than vegetable oil, biodiesel can power diesel engines without further conversion.

    2006 November 21, Jessica Seid Dickler, “Make your own gas”, in CNN Money, archived from the original on 12 Feb 2025

    Synonyms: bioderv

Synonyms & antonyms

nounFuel for diesel engines made from renewable organic raw materials, as opposed to fossil hydrocarbons.

Similar
bioderv
Also see
biodervgreen diesel

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*gʷeyh₃-
  2. Ancient Greekβῐ́ος (bĭ́os)
  3. Ancient Greekβῐο- (bĭo-)
  4. Englishbio-
  5. GermanDiese
  6. Englishdiesel
  7. Englishbiodiesel

From bio- + diesel.

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Translations

Chinese Mandarin 生物柴油, 生質柴油 /生质柴油
  • 生物柴油 (shēngwù cháiyóu)fuel
  • 生質柴油 /生质柴油 (shēngzhì cháiyóu)fuel
Dutch biodiesel
  • biodieselfuel
Estonian biodiisel, biodiislikütus
  • biodiiselfuel
  • biodiislikütusfuel
Finnish biodiesel
  • biodieselfuel
French biodiésel
  • biodiéselfuel
German Biodiesel
  • Biodieselfuel
Hungarian biodízel
  • biodízelfuel
Lithuanian biodyzeli̇̀nas
  • biodyzeli̇̀nasfuel
Norwegian Bokmål biodiesel
  • biodieselfuel
Polish biodiesel
  • biodieselfuel
Portuguese biodiesel
  • biodieselfuel
Russian биоди́зель
  • биоди́зель (biodízelʹ)fuel
Spanish biodiésel
  • biodiéselfuel
Ukrainian біоди́зель
  • біоди́зель (biodýzelʹ)fuel
Cite this entry
APA

biodiesel. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/biodiesel

MLA

“biodiesel.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/biodiesel. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “biodiesel,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/biodiesel.

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