fuel

See also:fül

English

Etymology

FromMiddle Englishfewell,fromOld Frenchfouaille,feuaille(“firewood, kindling”),fromfeu(“fire”),fromLate Latinfocus(“fire”),fromLatinfocus(“hearth”).Cognate withSpanishfuego(“fire”),andPortuguesefogo(“fire”).Doubletoffocus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/ˈfjuːəl/,/ˈfjʊəl/,/ˈfjuːl/,/ˈfɪu̯(ə)l/
  • (US)IPA^(key):[ˈfjuwəɫ](some speakers)

  • Audio(UK):

    (file)

• Rhymes:-ʊəl

Noun

fuel(countableanduncountable,pluralfuels)

1. Substanceconsumed to provideenergythroughcombustion,or throughchemicalornuclear reaction.
   • 2006,Edwin Black,chapter 2, inInternal Combustion‎^[1]:

     More than a mere source of Promethean sustenance to thwart the cold and cook one's meat, wood was quite simply mankind's first industrial and manufacturingfuel.

2. Substance that provides nourishment for a living organism;food.
   • 2021February 16,Charlie BerensandDudeDad,The 5 People on the Ski Slopes:

     A littlefuelto get down the mountain.

3. (figuratively)Something that stimulates, encourages or maintains an action.

   His books werefuelfor the revolution.

   Money is thefuelfor economy.

   That film was nightmarefuel!

   • 2006June 15, “Ammunition: the fuel of conflict”, inOxfam International‎^[2]:

     Small arms ammunition is thefuelthat keeps many of the world’s conflicts raging.

Derived terms

Terms derived fromfuel

• add fuel to fire
• add fuel to the fire
• add fuel to the flame
• alternative fuel
• aviation fuel
• biofuel
• biological fuel cell
• bunker fuel
• caramel fuel
• e-fuel
• enzymatic fuel cell
• fossil fuel
• fuel cap
• fuel cell
• fuel cell vehicle
• fuel economy
• fuel filter
• fuel gauge
• fuelie
• fuel injection
• fuel line
• fuel load
• fuel molecule
• fuel-poor
• fuel poverty
• fuel pump
• fuel rod
• fuel station
• fuel tank
• fuel up
• hog fuel
• jet fuel
• microbial fuel cell
• nightmare fuel
• nuclear fuel
• patent fuel
• pour fuel on the fire
• solid fuel
• specific fuel consumption
• suifuel
• top fuel

Translations

substance consumed to provide energy

• Albanian:karburant(sq)m
• Arabic:وَقُودm(waqūd)
• Armenian:վառելիք(hy)(vaṙelikʻ)
• Assamese:ইন্ধন(indhon)
• Azerbaijani:yanacaq(az)
• Bashkir:яғыулыҡ(yağıwlıq)
• Basque:erregai
• Belarusian:па́ліваn(páliva)
• Bengali:জ্বালানি(bn)(jalani),ইন্ধন(bn)(indhon)
• Bulgarian:го́риво(bg)n(górivo)
• Burmese:လောင်စာ(my)(laungca)
• Catalan:carburant(ca)m,combustible(ca)m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin:Nhiên liệu(zh)(ránliào)

• Czech:palivo(cs)n
• Danish:brændstofn,brændseln
• Dutch:brandstof(nl)morf
• Esperanto:brulaĵo
• Estonian:kütus
• Finnish:polttoaine(fi)
• French:carburant(fr)m,combustible(fr)
• Georgian:საწვავი(sac̣vavi)
• German:Brennstoff(de)m(for a fire),Treibstoff(de)m(for an engine)
• Greek:καύσιμο(el)n(káfsimo)
• Hebrew:דֶּלֶק(he)m(délek)
• Hindi:ईंधन(hi)m(īndhan),इंधन(hi)m(indhan)
• Hungarian:tüzelőanyag(hu),üzemanyag(hu)
• Icelandic:eldsneyti(is)n
• Ido:fuelo(io),kombusteblajo(io),karburanto(io)
• Indonesian:bahan bakar(id)
• Interlingua:combustibile
• Irish:breosla(ga)m
• Italian:carburante(it)m,combustibile(it)m
• Japanese:Nhiên liệu(ja)(ねんりょう, nenryō)
• Kazakh:отын(otyn),жанармай(kk)(janarmai)
• Khmer:ឥន្ធនៈ(km)(ʼənthĕəʼnĕəʼ),សមិន្ធន៍(km)(saʼmɨn)
• Korean:연료( nhiên liệu )(ko)(yeollyo)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish:sotemenî(ku)

• Kyrgyz:отун(ky)(otun)
• Lao:ເຊື້ອໄຟ(lo)(sư̄a fai)
• Latvian:kurināmaism
• Lithuanian:kurasm
• Macedonian:горивоn(gorivo),огревm(ogrev)
• Malay:bahan api(ms)
• Malayalam:ഇന്ധനം(ml)(indhanaṁ)
• Maori:kora
• Mongolian:

  Cyrillic:түлш(mn)(tülš)

• Norwegian:

  Bokmål:brennstoff(no)n,brensel(no)n,drivstoff(no)n

  Nynorsk:brennstoffn,brenseln,drivstoffn

• Odia:ଇନ୍ଧନ(indhana)
• Oromo:boba'aa
• Pali:indhana
• Pashto:بالڼm(bāláṇ)
• Persian:سوخت(phát)(suxt)
• Plautdietsch:Brennstoffn
• Polish:paliwo(pl)
• Portuguese:combustível(pt)m
• Romanian:combustibil(ro)m,carburant(ro)m
• Russian:то́пливо(ru)n(tóplivo),горю́чее(ru)n(gorjúčeje)
• Sanskrit:इन्धन(sa)n(indhana),एध(sa)m(edha),समिन्धन(sa)n(samindhana)
• Scottish Gaelic:connadhm
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic:го̏рӣвоn,огревm,^{(pleaseverify)}паливоn,^{(pleaseverify)}топливоn

  Roman:gȍrīvo(sh)n,ogrev(sh)m,^{(pleaseverify)}palivon,^{(pleaseverify)}toplivon

• Sindhi:ٻارڻُ(baarann-u)
• Sinhalese:ඉන්ධන(si)(indhana)
• Slovak:palivon
• Slovene:gorivo(sl)n
• Southern Altai:одырар неме(odïrar neme)
• Spanish:combustible(es)m
• Sundanese:suluh
• Swedish:bränsle(sv)n
• Tagalog:panggatong,pampasiklab,gatong
• Tajik:сӯзишворӣ(süzišvori),сухт(suxt)
• Tatar:ягулык(tt)(yagulıq)
• Thai:เชื้อเพลิง(th)(chʉ́ʉa-pləəng),เชื้อไฟ(th)(chʉ́ʉa-fai)
• Turkish:yakıt(tr)
• Turkmen:ýag
• Ukrainian:па́ливоn(pályvo)
• Urdu:ایندھنm(īndhan)
• Uyghur:يېقىلغۇ(yëqilghu)
• Uzbek:yoqilgʻi(uz)
• Vietnamese:nhiên liệu(vi)(Nhiên liệu(vi))
• Volapük:filamastöf(vo)
• Welsh:tanwydd(cy)m
• West Frisian:brânstof
• Yiddish:ברענשטאָףm(brenshtof)
• Zazaki:veşenek,veşenge

substance that provides nourishment

• Finnish:ravinto(fi)
• Greek:τροφή(el)f(trofí)
• Italian:rifornimento(it)m

figurative: something that stimulates

• Finnish:käyttövoima(fi)

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• Serbo-Croatian:^{(pleaseverify)}gȍrīvo(sh)n
• Lithuanian:^{(pleaseverify)}kurasm(1),^{(pleaseverify)}degalaimpl(2)

Verb

fuel(third-person singular simple presentfuels,present participle(US)fuelingorfuelling,simple past and past participle(US)fueledorfuelled)

1. To provide with fuel.
   • 1959May, “Talking of Trains: By diesel m.u. to Moorgate”, inTrains Illustrated,page235:

     The workings now employ ten twin-units, which arefuelledat Hornsey but return to Cambridge diesel depot for their weekly maintenance; [...].

2. Toexacerbate,to cause to grow or become greater.

Usage notes

• Fuelledandfuellingare Commonwealth spellings.Fueledandfuelingare US spellings and common in Canada.

Translations

to provide with fuel

• Bulgarian:зареждам(bg)(zareždam)
• Dutch:tanken(nl)
• Finnish:tankata(fi),täyttääpolttoaineella
• German:betanken(de)
• Italian:rifornire(it)
• Polish:tankować(pl)
• Portuguese:abastecer(pt)
• Slovak:tankovať
• Spanish:abastecer(es),repostar(es)
• Turkish:doldurmak(tr)
• Ukrainian:заправля́тиimpf(zapravljáty),запра́витиpf(zaprávyty)

to exacerbate, to cause to grow or become greater

• Chinese:

  Mandarin:Tăng mạnh／Tăng mạnh(zh)(jiāqiáng),Kích khởi(zh)(jīqǐ),Kích thích(zh)(cìjī),Trở nên gay gắt(zh)(jīhuà)

• French:alimenter(fr),attiser(fr)
• German:anheizen(de),schüren(de)
• Italian:alimentare(it),fomentare(it)
• Portuguese:atiçar(pt),incitar(pt)

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• Hebrew:^{(pleaseverify)}לתדלק(Le'tad'lek)

Anagrams

• flue,fule

French

Etymology

Unadapted borrowingfromEnglishfuel,itself fromOld Frenchfouaille.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/fjul/

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

fuelm(pluralfuels)

1. Alternative form offioul

Further reading

• “fuel”,inTrésor de la langue française informatisé[Digitized Treasury of the French Language],2012.

Middle English

Noun

fuel

1. Alternative form offewell

Spanish

Etymology

BorrowedfromEnglishfuel.

Noun

fuelm(pluralfueles)

1. fuel oil

Further reading

• “fuel”,inDiccionario de la lengua española,Vigésima tercera edición,Real Academia Española,2014