Meanings
nouninternal combustion engine (plural internal combustion engines)
plural internal combustion engines
- A heat engine in which intermittent or the continuous burning of a fuel takes place inside a combustion chamber; the resulting pressurized gas acts directly on the engine to do useful work, such as a piston engine, gas turbine, jet engine or rocket.
Translations
Afrikaans binnebrandenjin
- binnebrandenjina piston or a rotary heat engine
Arabic مُحَرِّك اِحْتِرَاق دَاخِلِيّ
- مُحَرِّك اِحْتِرَاق دَاخِلِيّ (muḥarrik iḥtirāq dāḵiliyy)a piston or a rotary heat engine
Basque barne-errekuntzako motor
- barne-errekuntzako motora piston or a rotary heat engine
Bengali অন্তর্দহন ইঞ্জিন
- অন্তর্দহন ইঞ্জিন (ontordohon injin)a piston or a rotary heat engine
Bulgarian двигател с вътрешно горене
- двигател с вътрешно горене (dvigatel s vătrešno gorene)a piston or a rotary heat engine
Catalan motor de combustió interna
- motor de combustió internaa piston or a rotary heat engine
Chinese Mandarin 內燃機 /内燃机
- 內燃機 /内燃机 (nèiránjī)a piston or a rotary heat engine
Czech motor s vnitřním spalováním, spalovací motor
- motor s vnitřním spalováníma piston or a rotary heat engine
- spalovací motora piston or a rotary heat engine
Danish forbrændingsmotor
- forbrændingsmotora piston or a rotary heat engine
Dutch interne verbrandingsmotor
- interne verbrandingsmotora piston or a rotary heat engine
Esperanto eksplodmotoro
- eksplodmotoroa piston or a rotary heat engine
Estonian sisepõlemismootor
- sisepõlemismootora piston or a rotary heat engine
Finnish polttomoottori
- polttomoottoria piston or a rotary heat engine
French moteur à combustion interne, moteur à explosion
- moteur à combustion internea piston or a rotary heat engine
- moteur à explosiona piston or a rotary heat engine
German Verbrennungsmotor
- Verbrennungsmotora piston or a rotary heat engine
Greek μηχανή εσωτερικής καύσης, κινητήρας εσωτερικής καύσης
- μηχανή εσωτερικής καύσης (michaní esoterikís káfsis)a piston or a rotary heat engine
- κινητήρας εσωτερικής καύσης (kinitíras esoterikís káfsis)a piston or a rotary heat engine
Hebrew מנוע בעירה פנימית
- מנוע בעירה פנימיתa piston or a rotary heat engine
Hindi अन्तर्दहन इंजन
- अन्तर्दहन इंजन (antardahan iñjan)a piston or a rotary heat engine
Hungarian belső égésű motor
- belső égésű motora piston or a rotary heat engine
Icelandic sprengihreyfill
- sprengihreyfilla piston or a rotary heat engine
Indonesian mesin pembakaran dalam, motor bakar pembakaran dalam
- mesin pembakaran dalama piston or a rotary heat engine
- motor bakar pembakaran dalama piston or a rotary heat engine
Irish inneall dócháin inmheánaigh
- inneall dócháin inmheánaigha piston or a rotary heat engine
Italian motore a combustione interna, motore a scoppio
- motore a combustione internaa piston or a rotary heat engine
- motore a scoppioa piston or a rotary heat engine
Japanese 内燃機関
- 内燃機関 (nainen kikan)a piston or a rotary heat engine
Korean 내연 기관
- 내연 기관 (naeyeon gigwan)a piston or a rotary heat engine
Latvian iekšdedzes dzinējs
- iekšdedzes dzinējsa piston or a rotary heat engine
Lithuanian vidaus degimo variklis
- vidaus degimo variklisa piston or a rotary heat engine
Malay enjin pembakaran dalam
- enjin pembakaran dalama piston or a rotary heat engine
Māori mīhini tahu o roto
- mīhini tahu o rotoa piston or a rotary heat engine
Norwegian Bokmål forbrenningsmotor
- forbrenningsmotora piston or a rotary heat engine
Persian درونسوز, موتور درونسوز
- درونسوزa piston or a rotary heat engine
- موتور درونسوزa piston or a rotary heat engine
Polish silnik o spalaniu wewnętrznym
- silnik o spalaniu wewnętrznyma piston or a rotary heat engine
Portuguese motor a explosão, motor de combustão interna
- motor a explosãoa piston or a rotary heat engine
- motor de combustão internaa piston or a rotary heat engine
Punjabi ਅੰਦਰੂਨੀ ਦਹਿਨ ਇੰਜਣ
- ਅੰਦਰੂਨੀ ਦਹਿਨ ਇੰਜਣ (andarūnī dahin iñjaṇ)a piston or a rotary heat engine
Romanian motor cu ardere internă
- motor cu ardere internăa piston or a rotary heat engine
Russian дви́гатель вну́треннего сгора́ния
- дви́гатель вну́треннего сгора́ния (dvígatelʹ vnútrennevo sgoránija)a piston or a rotary heat engine
Slovak motor s vnútorným spaľovaním
- motor s vnútorným spaľovaníma piston or a rotary heat engine
Spanish motor de combustión interna
- motor de combustión internaa piston or a rotary heat engine
Swedish förbränningsmotor
- förbränningsmotora piston or a rotary heat engine
Tagalog loob-liyabing likhisog
- loob-liyabing likhisoga piston or a rotary heat engine
Tamil உள் எரி பொறி
- உள் எரி பொறி (uḷ eri poṟi)a piston or a rotary heat engine
Thai เครื่องยนต์สันดาปภายใน
- เครื่องยนต์สันดาปภายในa piston or a rotary heat engine
Turkish içten yanmalı motor
- içten yanmalı motora piston or a rotary heat engine
Ukrainian двигу́н вну́трішнього згоря́ння
- двигу́н вну́трішнього згоря́ння (dvyhún vnútrišnʹoho zhorjánnja)a piston or a rotary heat engine
Urdu اندرونی احتراقی محرکیہ
- اندرونی احتراقی محرکیہa piston or a rotary heat engine
Vietnamese động cơ đốt trong
- động cơ đốt tronga piston or a rotary heat engine
Welsh peiriant tanio mewnol
- peiriant tanio mewnola piston or a rotary heat engine
Yiddish אינטערנל קאָמבאַסטשען ענזשין
- אינטערנל קאָמבאַסטשען ענזשין (internl kombastshen enzhin)a piston or a rotary heat engine
Cite this entry
APA
internal combustion engine. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/internal%20combustion%20engine
MLA
“internal combustion engine.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/internal%20combustion%20engine. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “internal combustion engine,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/internal%20combustion%20engine.
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