diesel locomotive

English

Noun

diesel locomotive (plural diesel locomotives)

1. (rail transport) a locomotive powered by a diesel engine, often in a genset-like arrangement (i.e., diesel-electric).

   Synonyms: diesel (elliptical), diesel engine (UK), diesel loco

   Hypernym: locomotive

   Hyponym: diesel-electric (elliptical)

   Coordinate terms: electric locomotive, steam locomotive

Translations

type of locomotive

• Finnish: dieselveturi (fi)
• Hebrew: קַטַּר דִּיזֶל (he) m (katar dizel)
• Swedish: diesellok (sv) n