tank

tank

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English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tæŋk/
    • (æ-tensing) IPA(key): [ˈtʰeɪŋk]
  • Rhymes: -æŋk

Etymology 1

From Portuguese tanque (“tank, liquid container”), from an Indo-Aryan language such as Gujarati ટાંકી (ṭā̃kī, “cistern”) or Marathi टांकी (ṭāṅkī). Compare the Arabic verb اِسْتَنْقَعَ (istanqaʕa, “to become stagnant, to stagnate”).

In the sense of armoured vehicle, first attested in 1915, prototypes were described as tanks for carrying water to disguise their nature as well as due to physical resemblance.

Noun

tank (plural tanks)

  1. A closed container for liquids or gases.
  2. An open container or pool for storing water or other liquids.
  3. A pond, pool, or small lake (either natural or artificial).
  4. The fuel reservoir of a vehicle.
  5. The amount held by a container; a tankful.
  6. An armoured fighting vehicle, armed with a gun designed for direct fire, and moving on caterpillar tracks.
  7. (Australia, India) A reservoir or dam.
  8. (botany) A structure of tightly overlapping leaves used by some bromeliads to retain water.
  9. (colloquial) A very muscular and physically imposing person; somebody who is built like a tank.
  10. (UK, slang, dated, by extension) A bouncer or doorman.
  11. (roleplaying games, board games, video games) A unit or character designed primarily around damage absorption and holding the attention of the enemy (as opposed to dealing damage, healing, or other tasks).
  12. (US, slang) A prison cell, or prison generally.
  13. (poker, slang) A metaphorical place where a player goes to contemplate a decision; see in the tank.
  14. (rail transport) Short for tank engine and tank locomotive.
  16. (clothing) Short for tank top.
Synonyms
  • (military fighting vehicle): battle tank, combat tank, armour (mass noun), tango (Canadian military slang)
Antonyms
  • (antonym(s) of “gaming”): glass cannon
Hypernyms
  • (military fighting vehicle): armoured fighting vehicle, armored fighting vehicle, AFV, armoured combat vehicle, armored combat vehicle
Hyponyms
  • (military fighting vehicle): infantry tank (historical), cavalry tank (historical), fast tank (historical), cruiser tank (historical), superheavy tank (historical), tankette (historical), bobbin tank (historical), light tank, medium tank, heavy tank, main battle tank, MBT, flail tank, flame tank, flamethrower tank
Coordinate terms
  • (military fighting vehicle): armoured car, armoured train, armoured personnel carrier, armored personnel carrier, APC, infantry fighting vehicle, IFV, self-propelled gun, SPG, tank destroyer, assault gun
Derived terms
Descendants
Translations

Verb

tank (third-person singular simple present tanks, present participle tanking, simple past and past participle tanked)

  1. To fail or fall (often used in describing the economy or the stock market); to degenerate or decline rapidly; to plummet.
  2. (video games) To attract the attacks of an enemy target in cooperative team-based combat, so that one's teammates can defeat the enemy in question more efficiently.
  3. (transitive) To put (fuel, etc.) into a tank.
  4. To deliberately lose a sports match with the intent of gaining a perceived future competitive advantage.
  5. (fandom slang) To resist damage; to be attacked without being hurt.
  6. (originally poker, slang) To contemplate a decision for a long time; to go in the tank.
  7. To put or keep in a tank.
Derived terms
  • tank up
  • face tank
Translations

References

Etymology 2

Noun

tank (plural tanks)

  1. A small Indian dry measure, averaging 240 grains in weight.
  2. A Bombay weight of 72 grains, for pearls.

References

Etymology 3

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Verb

tank (third-person singular simple present tanks, present participle tanking, simple past and past participle tanked)

  1. (Singapore, informal) To stand; to tolerate.
Related terms
  • buay tank

Further reading

  • tank on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

  • Kant

Alemannic German

Interjection

tank

  1. (Gressoney) thank you

Synonyms

  • dankche
  • fergälts Got
  • merci
  • vrattrus Got
  • wol vergelzgott

References

  • Patuzzi, Umberto, ed., (2013) Luserna / Lusérn: Le nostre parole / Ünsarne börtar / Unsere Wörter [Our Words], Luserna, Italy: Comitato unitario delle isole linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien

Azerbaijani

Etymology

Internationalism. From English tank, from Portuguese tanque, from Gujarati ટાંકી (ṭā̃kī).

Noun

tank (definite accusative tankı, plural tanklar)

  1. tank

Declension

Further reading

  • “tank” in Obastan.com.

Czech

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈtaŋk]
  • Rhymes: -aŋk

Noun

tank m inan

  1. tank, armor

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

  • “tank”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
  • “tank”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

Danish

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English tank.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tanˀk/, [ˈtˢɑŋˀɡ̊]

Noun

tank c (singular definite tanken, plural indefinite tanke)

  1. tank (for storage)
    Synonym: beholder
  2. (informal) filling station, gas station (US), petrol station (UK), service station
    Synonym: tankstation
Declension

References

  • “tank,1” in Den Danske Ordbog

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English tank (but later than the previous word).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /taːnk/, [ˈtˢæːŋɡ̊]

Noun

tank c (singular definite tanken, plural indefinite tanks)

  1. tank (military fighting vehicle)
    Synonym: kampvogn
Declension

References

  • “tank,2” in Den Danske Ordbog

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tanˀk/, [ˈtˢɑŋˀɡ̊]

Verb

tank

  1. imperative of tanke

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • (Belgium) IPA(key): /tɑŋk/
  • (Netherlands) IPA(key): /tɛŋk/
  • Hyphenation: tank
  • (Belgium) Rhymes: -ɑŋk
  • (Netherlands) Rhymes: -ɛŋk

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English tank.

Noun

tank m (plural tanks, diminutive tankje n)

  1. tank (storage reservoir)
  2. tank (armoured fighting vehicle with tracks and direct-fire gun)
    Synonym: vechtwagen
  3. (slang) a muscular, physically imposing man
Derived terms
  • antitankmijn
  • gevechtstank
  • mannelijke tank
  • tankmijn
  • tanktoren
  • tankval
  • vrouwelijke tank
Descendants
  • → Aukan: tenki
  • → Caribbean Javanese: tèng
See also
  • pantserwagen

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

tank

  1. inflection of tanken:
    1. first-person singular present indicative
    2. (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
    3. imperative

Anagrams

  • kant

French

Etymology

English tank.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tɑ̃k/, (Quebec) /taŋk/

Noun

tank m (plural tanks)

  1. tank (military vehicle)
    Synonyms: char, char d’assaut, char de combat
  2. (North America) tank (container)
    Synonym: réservoir

Further reading

  • “tank”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

German

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /taŋk/
  • Rhymes: -aŋk

Verb

tank

  1. singular imperative of tanken
  2. (colloquial) first-person singular present of tanken

Hungarian

Etymology

Borrowed from English tank.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈtɒŋk]
  • Hyphenation: tank
  • Rhymes: -ɒŋk

Noun

tank (plural tankok)

  1. tank (a closed container for liquids or gases)
  2. tank, fuel tank (the fuel reservoir of a vehicle)
    Synonym: üzemanyagtartály
  3. (military) tank, armoured fighting vehicle (military fighting vehicle)
    Synonyms: harckocsi, páncélkocsi, páncélos
  4. (photography) developing tank (a closed container used for developing film in a daylight environment)
    Synonym: előhívó tank

Declension

Derived terms

References

Further reading

  • tank in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

Indonesian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Dutch tank, from English tank, from Portuguese tanque (“tank, liquid container”), originally from Indian vernacular for a large artificial water reservoir, cistern, pool, etc., for example, Gujarati ટાંકી (ṭā̃kī) or Marathi टाकी (ṭākī), from Sanskrit तडग (taḍaga, “pond”). Doublet of tangki.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtɛŋk/, /ˈtaŋ/
  • Hyphenation: tank
  • Homophone: tang (in second pronunciation)

Noun

tank (first-person possessive tankku, second-person possessive tankmu, third-person possessive tanknya)

  1. tank, an armoured fighting vehicle, armed with a gun in a turret, and moving on caterpillar tracks.

Alternative forms

  • tang
  • teng

Synonyms

  • kereta kebal (Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore)

Further reading

  • “tank” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Italian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English tank.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtɛnk/, /ˈtank/
  • Rhymes: -ɛnk, -ank
  • Hyphenation: tànk

Noun

tank m (invariable)

  1. tank (military and container)

References

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

Borrowed from English tank.

Noun

tank m (definite singular tanken, indefinite plural tanker, definite plural tankene)

  1. a tank (container, as below)
  2. (military, nonstandard since 2005) a tank (armoured fighting vehicle) (form removed with the spelling reform of 2005; superseded by tanks)
    Synonym: stridsvogn

Derived terms

References

  • “tank” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Anagrams

  • kant

Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tank/

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English tank.

Noun

tank m (definite singular tanken, indefinite plural tankar, definite plural tankane)

  1. a tank (closed container for liquids or gases)
  2. (military, nonstandard since 2005) a tank (armoured fighting vehicle) ((pre-2005) alternative form of tanks)
    Synonym: stridsvogn
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Verb

tank

  1. imperative of tanka

References

  • “tank” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Anagrams

  • kant

Swedish

Noun

tank c

  1. tank (container for liquids)

Declension

Related terms

See also

  • dunk
  • tanke

Anagrams

  • kant

Turkish

Etymology

From English tank.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtɑŋk/
  • Rhymes: -ɑŋk

Noun

tank (definite accusative tankı, plural tanklar)

  1. tank

Declension

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