refuel
/ɹiːˈfjuːəl/verb, noun
refuel is a verb meaning “To refill with fuel” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled R-E-F-U-E-L and has 3 syllables, and it appears about once in every 1 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).
What does refuel mean?
verb
- 1
To refill with fuel.
noun
- 1
An act or instance of refilling with fuel.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce refuel?
- /ɹiːˈfjuːəl/
- /ɹiːˈfjuːl/
As a noun (“An act or instance of refilling with fuel”): /ˈɹiːfjuːəl/, /ˈɹiːfjuːl/.
Refuel has 3 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-refuel.wav, LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-refuel2.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of refuel
- refuels present, singular, he/she/it, plural
- refueling US, participle, present
- refuelling UK, participle, present
- refueled US, participle, past
- refuelled UK, participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is refuel?
Refuel appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 35,320th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Refuel in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense to refill with fuel:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | faire le plein, ravitailler |
| German | tanken, auftanken |
| Spanish | repostar, llenar el tanque |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does refuel come from?
From re- + fuel.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).