Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

dieselise

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: dieselise
IPA

10

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

1

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

Alternative form of dieselize.

British usage

Example Sentences

"In the United States, where the railways are 90 per cent. dieselised today, diesel-electric power is the unvarying rule for independent locomotive units, and the only motive power exceptions are the highly successful 600-h.p. diesel-hydraulic railcars of the Budd "RDC" type, of which between 300 and 400 are now at work."
"In conjunction, much freight traffic was to be dieselised under the W.R. scheme."

Etymology

From diesel + -ise.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: diesel

Usage

British usage

Inflected Forms

dieselises (present, singular) dieselising (participle, present) dieselised (participle, past) dieselised (past)

Frequently Paired Words

dieselisation

Questions

What does dieselise mean?: Alternative form of dieselize.
Where does dieselise come from?: From diesel + -ise.

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