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biodiesel

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

Fuel for diesel engines made from renewable organic raw materials, as opposed to fossil hydrocarbons.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: bioderv

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gweyh3-der. Ancient Greek βῐ́ος (bĭ́os) Ancient Greek βῐο- (bĭo-)der. English bio- German Dieselbor. English diesel English biodiesel From bio- + diesel.

Across languages

Translations

20 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Chinese Mandarin: 生物柴油 (shēngwù cháiyóu) — fuel
  • Chinese Mandarin: 生質柴油 /生质柴油 (shēngzhì cháiyóu) — fuel
  • Dutch: biodiesel — fuel
  • Estonian: biodiisel — fuel
  • Estonian: biodiislikütus — fuel
  • Finnish: biodiesel — fuel
  • French: biodiésel — fuel
  • Galician: biodiésel — fuel
  • German: Biodiesel — fuel
  • Hungarian: biodízel — fuel
  • Lithuanian: biodyzeli̇̀nas — fuel
  • Macedonian: би́одизел (bíodizel) — fuel
  • Norwegian Bokmål: biodiesel — fuel
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: biodiesel — fuel
  • Polish: biodiesel — fuel
  • Portuguese: biodiesel — fuel
  • Russian: биоди́зель (biodízelʹ) — fuel
  • Serbo-Croatian: biodizel — fuel
  • Spanish: biodiésel — fuel
  • Ukrainian: біоди́зель (biodýzelʹ) — fuel