Meanings
plural diesel engines
- engineeringAn internal combustion engine of piston engine type that operates using the Diesel cycle, with diesel fuel being sprayed into the hot, high-pressure air in the combustion chamber at the end of the compression stroke.
Two Voith-North British hydraulic transmissions are fitted, each connected through a Hardy Spicer cardan shaft to its appropriate diesel engine.
1958 April 28, “British Railways First Main-Line Diesel-Hydraulic Locomotive”, in Railway Magazine, page 265Synonyms: diesel motor
- rail transporta diesel locomotive.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounAn internal combustion engine of piston engine type that operates using the Diesel cycle, with diesel fuel being sprayed into the hot, high-pressure air in the combustion chamber at the end of the compression stroke.
nounSuch an engine that burns diesel (diesel fuel).
More synonyms by meaning
nounan internal-combustion engine that burns heavy oil
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Named after Rudolf Diesel. More in Wikipedia at diesel engine § History.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Afrikaans dieselenjin
- dieselenjintype of engine
Arabic محرك ديزل
- محرك ديزلtype of engine
Bulgarian дизелов двигател
- дизелов двигател (dizelov dvigatel)type of engine
Catalan motor dièsel
- motor dièseltype of engine
Chinese Mandarin 柴油引擎
- 柴油引擎type of engine
Czech dieselový motor, vznětový motor
- dieselový motortype of engine
- vznětový motortype of engine
Danish dieselmotor
- dieselmotortype of engine
Dutch dieselmotor
- dieselmotortype of engine
Esperanto dizelmotoro
- dizelmotorotype of engine
Estonian diiselmootor
- diiselmootortype of engine
Finnish dieselmoottori
- dieselmoottoritype of engine
French moteur Diesel
- moteur Dieseltype of engine
German Dieselmotor, Diesel
- Dieselmotortype of engine
- Dieseltype of engine
Greek κινητήρας ντίζελ
- κινητήρας ντίζελ (kinitíras ntízel)type of engine
Hebrew מְנוֹעַ דִּיזֶל
- מְנוֹעַ דִּיזֶל (menoa dizel)type of engine
Hindi डीज़ल इंजन
- डीज़ल इंजन (ḍīzal iñjan)type of engine
Hungarian dízelmotor
- dízelmotortype of engine
Icelandic dísilvél
- dísilvéltype of engine
Indonesian mesin diesel
- mesin dieseltype of engine
Irish inneall díosail
- inneall díosailtype of engine
Italian motore Diesel
- motore Dieseltype of engine
Japanese ディーゼルエンジン
- ディーゼルエンジン (dīzeru-enjin)type of engine
Latvian dīzeļdzinējs
- dīzeļdzinējstype of engine
Lithuanian dýzelis, dyzeli̇̀nis vari̇̀klis
- dýzelistype of engine
- dyzeli̇̀nis vari̇̀klistype of engine
Malay enjin diesel
- enjin dieseltype of engine
Norwegian Bokmål dieselmotor
- dieselmotortype of engine
Persian موتور دیزل
- موتور دیزلtype of engine
Polish silnik wysokoprężny, silnik o zapłonie samoczynnym
- silnik wysokoprężnytype of engine
- silnik o zapłonie samoczynnymtype of engine
Portuguese motor a diesel
- motor a dieseltype of engine
Romanian motor diesel
- motor dieseltype of engine
Russian ди́зельный дви́гатель
- ди́зельный дви́гатель (dízelʹnyj dvígatelʹ)type of engine
Slovak naftový motor
- naftový motortype of engine
Spanish motor diésel
- motor diéseltype of engine
Swedish dieselmotor
- dieselmotortype of engine
Tamil டீசல் பொறி
- டீசல் பொறி (ṭīcal poṟi)type of engine
Thai เครื่องยนต์ดีเซล
- เครื่องยนต์ดีเซลtype of engine
Turkish dizel motoru
- dizel motorutype of engine
Ukrainian дизельний двигун
- дизельний двигун (dyzelʹnyj dvyhun)type of engine
Urdu ڈیزل انجن
- ڈیزل انجنtype of engine
Cite this entry
diesel engine. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/diesel%20engine
“diesel engine.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/diesel%20engine. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “diesel engine,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/diesel%20engine.
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