Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

dieselization

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
dieseliza-tion
IPA
23
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
2
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The conversion of a petrol engine to run on diesel fuel

Countable; Uncountable

noun

The replacement of petrol engines with diesel engines

Countable; Uncountable

noun

The replacement of steam (or, more rarely, electric) locomotives with diesel locomotives.

Countable; Uncountable

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Etymology

Etymology tree German Dieselbor. English diesel Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ationbor. Middle English -acioun English -ation English -ization English dieselization From diesel + -ization.

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Questions

What does dieselization mean?
The conversion of a petrol engine to run on diesel fuel
Where does dieselization come from?
Etymology tree German Dieselbor. English diesel Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ationbor. Middle English -acioun English -ation English -ization English dieselization From diesel + -ization.

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