Contents

• 1 English
  • 1.1 Etymology
  • 1.2 Pronunciation
  • 1.3 Noun
    • 1.3.1 Synonyms
    • 1.3.2 Derived terms
    • 1.3.3 Hypernyms
    • 1.3.4 Hyponyms
    • 1.3.5 Coordinate terms
    • 1.3.6 Translations
  • 1.4 Verb
  • 1.5 Anagrams
• 2 Czech
  • 2.1 Noun
• 3 Dutch
  • 3.1 Verb
  • 3.2 Noun
• 4 French
  • 4.1 Etymology
  • 4.2 Pronunciation
  • 4.3 Noun
    • 4.3.1 Synonyms
• 5 Italian
  • 5.1 Etymology
  • 5.2 Noun

English

Etymology

From Portuguese tanque (“‘tank, liquid container’”), originally from Indian vernacular for a large artificial water reservoir, cistern, pool, etc., for example, Gujarati (taku), or Marathi (take). Compare the Arabic verb استنقع (istanqáʕa), “‘to become stagnant, to stagnate’”).

In the sense of armoured vehicle, to disguise their nature, prototypes were described as tanks for carrying water (1915).

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -æŋk

Noun

tank (plural tanks)

1. A container for liquids or gases, typically with a volume of several cubic metres.
2. An armoured fighting vehicle, armed with a gun in a turret, and moving on caterpillar tracks.
3. (Australian and Indian English), a reservoir or dam.
4. (American SouthWest English, esp Texas), a large metal container, usually placed near a wind-driven water pump, in an animal pen or field. By extension a small pond for the same purpose.
5. (slang) A very muscular and physically imposing person. Somebody who is built like a tank.
6. In USA scuba divers' usage, a compressed air or gas cylinder.
7. (gaming, video games, online gaming) In online and offline role-playing games, a character designed primarily around damage absorption and holding the attention of the enemy with offensive power as a close secondary consideration.

Synonyms

• (military fighting vehicle): battle tank, combat tank, armour (mass noun), tango (military, slang, Canada)

Derived terms

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), tankette (historical), light tank, medium tank, heavy tank, main battle tank, MBT, 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, tank destroyer, assault gun

Verb

to 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. (Online RPG) To attract the attacks of a monster, so that the other people in the group can defeat the monster in question more efficiently.
3. To put fuel into a tank

Anagrams

• Anagrams of aknt
• Kant

Czech

Noun

tank m.

1. tank, armor

Dutch

Verb

tank

1. The first-person singular present tense of tanken.
2. The imperative of tanken.

Noun

tank m. (plural tanks)

1. tank (military fighting vehicle)
2. tank (storage)

French

Etymology

From English tank.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /tɑ̃k/
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Noun

tank m. (plural tanks)

1. tank (military vehicle)
2. tank (container)

Synonyms

military tank

• char

Italian

Etymology

English

Noun

tank m. inv.

1. tank (military and container)

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