refuel

English

Etymology

Pronunciation

(verb)
- IPA^(key): /ɹiːˈfjuːəl/, /ɹiːˈfjuːl/
- Audio (Southern England) (file)
- Rhymes: -uːəl, -uːl
(noun) IPA^(key): /ˈɹiːfjuːəl/, /ˈɹiːfjuːl/
- Audio (Southern England) (file)

Verb

refuel (third-person singular simple present refuels, present participle (US) refueling or refuelling, simple past and past participle (US) refueled or refuelled)

(transitive, intransitive) To refill with fuel.

Usage notes

Refuelled and refuelling are mainly British spellings.

Derived terms

hot refuel

Translations

to refill with fuel

Bulgarian: зареждам с гориво (zareždam s gorivo)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 補充燃料／补充燃料 (bǔchōng ránliào), 加油 (zh) (jiāyóu)
Dutch: bijtanken (nl)
Finnish: tankata (fi)
French: faire le plein (fr), ravitailler (fr)
German: tanken (de), auftanken (de)
Hungarian: (transitively) feltankol (hu), megtankol (hu), (intransitively) tankol (hu), (esp. of an aircraft) üzemanyagot vesz fel
Japanese: 給油する (きゅうゆする; kyūyu suru)
Russian: (transitive) дозаправля́ть (ru) impf (dozapravljátʹ), дозапра́вить (ru) pf (dozaprávitʹ), (intransitive) дозаправля́ться (ru) impf (dozapravljátʹsja), дозапра́виться (ru) pf (dozaprávitʹsja) (forms without "до-" prefix mean "to FILL with fuel")
Spanish: repostar (es), llenar el tanque
Swedish: tanka (sv)

Noun

refuel (plural refuels)

An act or instance of refilling with fuel.

Derived terms

hot refuel

Anagrams

ferule, fueler

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