diesel
French, noun
diesel is spelled D-I-E-S-E-L (6 letters) and appears 11 times per million words in written French, the 6,181st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Diesel is a French masculine noun meaning “alternative form of diésel” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With an accent, diésel is a different word: “diesel”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Carburant destiné aux moteurs Diesel”.
What does diesel mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinealternative form of diésel
adjective
- 1
diesel
noun
- 1
masculinediesel
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Carburant destiné aux moteurs Diesel. 2. Moteur Diesel. 3. Véhicule propulsé par un moteur Diesel.
adjective: 1. Polluant.
noun: 1. Variante orthographique de diesel
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of diesel
- diesels plural
- diésels plural
- diésel
- dieselle singular feminine
- dieselles plural feminine
- diesel
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to diesel
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is diesel in French?
diesel appears 11 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).