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See also:Tank,tänk,andtànk

English

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A military tank.

Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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FromPortuguesetanque(“tank, liquid container”), from anIndo-Aryan language such asGujaratiટાંકી(ṭā̃kī,“cistern”) orMarathiटांकी(ṭāṅkī). Compare the Arabic verbاِسْتَنْقَعَ(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

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tank (pluraltanks)

  1. A closed container for liquids or gases.
    The propane is stored in thesetanks.
    Thetank contains unfiltered water. You really shouldn't drink from that.
    • 1938, Norman Lindsay,Age of Consent, 1st Australian edition, Sydney, N.S.W.:Ure Smith, published1962,→OCLC, page29:
      The other room was a kitchen, with an open fireplace, a safe, a dresser and a tin sink, with a tap from thetank outside.
  2. An open container or pool for storing water or other liquids.
    The contractors installed a newtank with gorgeous fish and corals.
    The ore slurries are directed into an opentank outside the excavation site.
  3. A pond, pool, or small lake (either natural or artificial).[1]
  4. The fuel reservoir of a vehicle.
    We have brought the van to a garage after we found a leak in thetank.
  5. The amount held by a container; atankful.
    I burned threetanks of gas on the drive to New York.
  7. Anarmoured fighting vehicle, armed with a gun designed fordirect fire, and moving oncaterpillar tracks.
    The journalist mistook the self-propelled artillery vehicle for atank.
    Few remember the femaletanks that were produced between the World Wars.
  8. (Australia, India) Areservoir or dam.
  9. (botany) A structure of tightly overlapping leaves used by somebromeliads to retainwater.
  10. (colloquial) A very muscular and physically imposing person; somebody who isbuilt like a tank.
  11. (UK, slang, dated, by extension) Abouncer ordoorman.
  12. (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).
    The paladin can make for a decenttank, but I recommend that you get a class with better taunting skills.
  13. (US, slang) Aprison cell, orprison generally.
    The sheriff threw us in thetank without charges!
    • 1985 April 13, Philip Brasfield, “Echoes Inside of What's Outside”, inGay Community News, page 4:
      By the nature of imprisonment, one is perceived by free society as something subhuman. By the nature of being on a protective custodytank, a "gaytank", everyone there is seen as members of the lowest caste in the system.
    • 1987,Shane MacGowan,Jem Finer, “Fairytale of New York”, inIf I Should Fall from Grace with God, performed byThe Pogues ft.Kirsty MacColl:
      It was Christmas Eve, babe, in the drunktank / An old man said to me, “Won't see another one”
  14. (poker, slang) A metaphorical place where a player goes to contemplate a decision; seein the tank.
  15. (rail transport)Short fortank engineandtank locomotive.
    • 1941 September, “The Why and the Wherefore: The Longest Tank Locomotives”, inRailway Magazine, pages431–432:
      Before their conversion to 4-6-0 tender locomotives, the L.B. & S.C.R. Baltic tank engines Nos. 330 to 334 measured 50 ft. 5 in. over buffers; the nearest present approach to this figure is the 49 ft. 10½ in. of the remainingex-Lancashire & Yorkshire Hughes type 4-cylinder 4-6-4tanks of the L.M.S.R. The Furness and G. & S.W.R. 4-6-4tanks of the same company, all now scrapped, were, respectively, 49 ft. 1½ in. and 47 ft. 8 in. long.
    • 1952 February, R. A. H. Weight, “A Railway Recorder in Wessex”, inRailway Magazine, page133:
      Representing the older types now are some Stroudley 0-6-0tanks, while a Drummond "C14" 0-4-0tank might still be pottering about on the Town Quays as of yore.
  17. (clothing)Short fortank top.
    • 1990 November 18, “Earl’s Reebok Sale for the Holidays”, inGranite City Press-Record Journal, volume 6, number46, Granite City, Ill.,→OCLC,page 8A:
      T-BACK COTTONTANK
    • 2008,Nora Roberts,Tribute, New York, N.Y.:G. P. Putnam’s Sons,→ISBN,page206:
      It pleased her more than she could say to know she walked on her own land, over dewed grass, wearing atank and cotton pajama pants.
    • 2022, Robyn Henderson-Espinoza,Body Becoming: A Path to Our Liberation, Minneapolis, Minn.: Broadleaf Books,1517 Media,→ISBN:
      I was wearing atank and some cotton pants.
    • 2023 August 9, Brooke Kato, “Gen Z loves the ‘wife beater’ tee — but they’re canceling the name”, inNew York Post‎[1], New York, N.Y.:News Corp,→ISSN,→OCLC, archived fromthe original on2023-08-10:
      On TikTok, #wifepleaser boasts more than 11.4 million views, while #wifepleasertank has racked up 13.9 million.[…] Thanks to TikTok, there has been a mass adoption of the term “wife pleaser” in an attempt to rebrand thetank.
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Terms derived fromtank (noun)
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Descendants
Translations
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closed container for fluids
open container for liquids
pond, pool, or small lake, natural or artificial
fuel reservoir
tankful—seetankful
armoured fighting vehicle
reservoir or dam—seereservoir,‎dam
large metal container for water
small pond in an animal pen
muscular and physically imposing person
role playing character

Verb

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tank (third-person singular simple presenttanks,present participletanking,simple past and past participletanked)

  1. Tofail orfall (often used in describing the economy or the stock market); todegenerate ordecline rapidly; toplummet.
    • 2008 October, Davy Rothbart, “How I caught up with dad”, inMen's Health, volume23, number 8,→ISSN, page112:
      He told me about all the odd jobs he'd taken after I was born, when Michigan's economy wastanking. For one, he crisscrossed the Midwest buying old carpets from dentists' offices.
    • 2022 October 5, “Network News: Private sector's role in a publicly-owned railway”, inRAIL, number967, page16:
      "[...] If the economy hastanked... then we don't want to over-promise and under-deliver."
  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.
    • 1913, Geoffrey Martin,Industrial and manufacturing chemistry:
      Sometimes oils aretanked for months or years at a time (e.g., linseed oil).
  4. Todeliberatelylose asportsmatch with the intent of gaining a perceived future competitiveadvantage.
    • 2006 March 6, Michael Farber, “Swede Success”, in(Please provide the book title or journal name)‎[2], Sports Illustrated, archived fromthe original on4 November 2012:
      Beforehand, Swedish [national ice hockey team] coach Bengt-Ake Gustafsson had ruminated abouttanking against Slovakia to avoid powerful Canada or the Czechs in the quarters [i.e., quarterfinals of the 2006 Winter Olympic tournament], telling Swedish television, "One is cholera, the other the plague."
  5. (fandomslang) Toresistdamage; to beattacked without beinghurt.
    • 2015 March 1, DudeFuckMath, “Bane[DC] vs Iron Fist[Marvel]”, inReddit (r/whowouldwin)‎[3], retrieved2017-06-19:
      Unless Bane cantank Helicarrier-busting explosions I'm not sure how he stands a chance.
    • 2016 June 2, MercinWithAMouth, “Superman Stongest Feat Ever”, inComic Vine Forums‎[4], retrieved2017-06-19:
      A weakened Supermantanked an explosion 50 times larger than the Kepler's Supernova and the electromagnetic shock wave hit him.
    • 2016 July 22, Si-Phon Dom, “Big Barda Vs She Hulk”, inComics Amino‎[5], retrieved2017-06-19:
      Barda could BFR and I doubt She hulk istanking a blow from her rod, so she takes.
  6. (originallypoker, slang) To contemplate a decision for a long time; to goin the tank.
  7. To put or keep in a tank.
    Concrete below ground must be fullytanked to prevent water uptake.
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Translations
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to fail or fall
video games: to attract the attacks of an enemy target in cooperative team-based combat
to put into a tank
to deliberately lose a sports match with the intent of gaining a perceived future competitive advantage.
to resist damage; to be attacked without being hurt.

References

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  1. ^“tank”, inWebster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.:G. & C. Merriam,1913,→OCLC.

Etymology 2

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Noun

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tank (pluraltanks)

  1. A smallIndiandry measure, averaging 240grains in weight.[1]
  2. ABombayweight of 72grains, forpearls.[2]

References

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  1. ^“tank”, inWebster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.:G. & C. Merriam,1913,→OCLC.
  2. ^1858, Peter Lund Simmonds,The Dictionary of Trade Products

Etymology 3

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Verb

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tank (third-person singular simple presenttanks,present participletanking,simple past and past participletanked)

  1. (Singapore, informal) Tostand; totolerate.
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Alemannic German

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Interjection

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tank

  1. (Gressoney)thank you

Synonyms

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Azerbaijani

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Etymology

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Internationalism. FromEnglishtank, fromPortuguesetanque, fromGujaratiટાંકી(ṭā̃kī).

Noun

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tank (definite accusativetankı,pluraltanklar)

  1. tank

Declension

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Declension oftank
singularplural
nominativetanktanklar
definite accusativetankıtankları
dativetankatanklara
locativetankdatanklarda
ablativetankdantanklardan
definite genitivetankıntankların
Possessive forms oftank
nominative
singularplural
mənim(“my”)tankımtanklarım
sənin(“your”)tankıntankların
onun(“his/her/its”)tankıtankları
bizim(“our”)tankımıztanklarımız
sizin(“your”)tankınıztanklarınız
onların(“their”)tankı ortanklarıtankları
accusative
singularplural
mənim(“my”)tankımıtanklarımı
sənin(“your”)tankınıtanklarını
onun(“his/her/its”)tankınıtanklarını
bizim(“our”)tankımızıtanklarımızı
sizin(“your”)tankınızıtanklarınızı
onların(“their”)tankını ortanklarınıtanklarını
dative
singularplural
mənim(“my”)tankımatanklarıma
sənin(“your”)tankınatanklarına
onun(“his/her/its”)tankınatanklarına
bizim(“our”)tankımızatanklarımıza
sizin(“your”)tankınızatanklarınıza
onların(“their”)tankına ortanklarınatanklarına
locative
singularplural
mənim(“my”)tankımdatanklarımda
sənin(“your”)tankındatanklarında
onun(“his/her/its”)tankındatanklarında
bizim(“our”)tankımızdatanklarımızda
sizin(“your”)tankınızdatanklarınızda
onların(“their”)tankında ortanklarındatanklarında
ablative
singularplural
mənim(“my”)tankımdantanklarımdan
sənin(“your”)tankındantanklarından
onun(“his/her/its”)tankındantanklarından
bizim(“our”)tankımızdantanklarımızdan
sizin(“your”)tankınızdantanklarınızdan
onların(“their”)tankından ortanklarındantanklarından
genitive
singularplural
mənim(“my”)tankımıntanklarımın
sənin(“your”)tankınıntanklarının
onun(“his/her/its”)tankınıntanklarının
bizim(“our”)tankımızıntanklarımızın
sizin(“your”)tankınızıntanklarınızın
onların(“their”)tankının ortanklarınıntanklarının

Further reading

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  • “tank” inObastan.com.

Czech

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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tank m inan

  1. tank,armor

Declension

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Declension oftank (velar masculine inanimate)
singularplural
nominativetanktanky
genitivetankutanků
dativetankutankům
accusativetanktanky
vocativetankutanky
locativetankutancích
instrumentaltankemtanky

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Further reading

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

Danish

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Etymology 1

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Borrowed fromEnglishtank.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /tanˀk/,[ˈtˢɑŋˀɡ̊]

Noun

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tank c (singular definitetanken,plural indefinitetanke)

  1. tank(for storage)
    Synonym:beholder
  2. (informal)filling station,gas station (US),petrol station (UK),service station
    Synonym:tankstation
Declension
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Declension oftank
common
gender		singularplural
indefinitedefiniteindefinitedefinite
nominativetanktankentanketankene
genitivetankstankenstankestankenes

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Etymology 2

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DanishWikipedia has an article on:
Wikipediada

Borrowed fromEnglishtank (but later than the previous word).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /taːnk/,[ˈtˢæːŋɡ̊]

Noun

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tank c (singular definitetanken,plural indefinitetanks)

  1. tank(military fighting vehicle)
    Synonym:kampvogn
Declension
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Declension oftank
common
gender		singularplural
indefinitedefiniteindefinitedefinite
nominativetanktankentankstanksene
genitivetankstankenstanks'tanksenes

References

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Etymology 3

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See the etymology of the correspondinglemma form.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /tanˀk/,[ˈtˢɑŋˀɡ̊]

Verb

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tank

  1. imperative oftanke

Dutch

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Borrowed fromEnglishtank.

Noun

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tank m (pluraltanks,diminutivetankje 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
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Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the correspondinglemma form.

Verb

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tank

  1. inflection oftanken:
    1. first-personsingularpresentindicative
    2. (in case ofinversion)second-personsingularpresentindicative
    3. imperative

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French

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Etymology

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Englishtank.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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tank m (pluraltanks)

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

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German

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Pronunciation

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Verb

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tank

  1. singularimperative oftanken
  2. (colloquial)first-personsingularpresent oftanken

Hungarian

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Etymology

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Borrowed fromEnglishtank.[1]

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Noun

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tank (pluraltankok)

  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)developingtank(a closed container used for developing film in a daylight environment)
    Synonym:előhívó tank

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Inflection (stem in-o-, back harmony)
singularplural
nominativetanktankok
accusativetankottankokat
dativetanknaktankoknak
instrumentaltankkaltankokkal
causal-finaltankérttankokért
translativetankkátankokká
terminativetankigtankokig
essive-formaltankkénttankokként
essive-modal——
inessivetankbantankokban
superessivetankontankokon
adessivetanknáltankoknál
illativetankbatankokba
sublativetankratankokra
allativetankhoztankokhoz
elativetankbóltankokból
delativetankróltankokról
ablativetanktóltankoktól
non-attributive
possessive – singular		tankétankoké
non-attributive
possessive – plural		tankéitankokéi
Possessive forms oftank
possessorsingle possessionmultiple possessions
1st person sing.tankomtankjaim
2nd person sing.tankodtankjaid
3rd person sing.tankjatankjai
1st person pluraltankunktankjaink
2nd person pluraltankotoktankjaitok
3rd person pluraltankjuktankjaik

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References

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  1. ^Tótfalusi, István.Idegenszó-tár: Idegen szavak értelmező és etimológiai szótára (’A Storehouse of Foreign Words: an explanatory and etymological dictionary of foreign words’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2005.→ISBN

Further reading

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

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IndonesianWikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology

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Unadapted borrowing fromDutchtank, fromEnglishtank, fromPortuguesetanque(“tank, liquid container”), originally from Indian vernacular for a large artificial water reservoir, cistern, pool, etc., for example, Gujaratiટાંકી(ṭā̃kī) or Marathiटाकी(ṭākī), fromSanskritतडग(taḍaga,“pond”).Doublet oftangki.

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Noun

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tank (pluraltank-tank)

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

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Italian

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Etymology

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Unadapted borrowing fromEnglishtank.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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tank m (invariable)

  1. tank (military and container)

References

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  1. ^tank inLuciano Canepari,Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology

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Borrowed fromEnglishtank.

Noun

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tank m (definite singulartanken,indefinite pluraltanker,definite pluraltankene)

  1. atank(container, as below)
  2. (military, nonstandard since 2005) atank(armoured fighting vehicle) (form removed with thespelling reform of 2005;superseded bytanks)
    Synonym:stridsvogn

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Borrowed fromEnglishtank.

Noun

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tank m (definite singulartanken,indefinite pluraltankar,definite pluraltankane)

  1. atank(closedcontainer forliquids orgases)
  2. (military, nonstandard since 2005) atank(armoured fighting vehicle) ((pre-2005)alternative form oftanks)
    Synonym:stridsvogn
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Etymology 2

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Verb

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tank

  1. imperative oftanka

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Swedish

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tank

Noun

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tank c

  1. tank (container for liquids)

Declension

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Declension oftank
nominativegenitive
singularindefinitetanktanks
definitetankentankens
pluralindefinitetankartankars
definitetankarnatankarnas

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Turkish

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Etymology

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FromEnglishtank.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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tank (definite accusativetankı,pluraltanklar)

  1. tank

Declension

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Declension oftank
singularplural
nominativetanktanklar
definite accusativetankıtankları
dativetankatanklara
locativetanktatanklarda
ablativetanktantanklardan
genitivetankıntankların
Possessive forms
nominative
singularplural
1st singulartankımtanklarım
2nd singulartankıntankların
3rd singulartankıtankları
1st pluraltankımıztanklarımız
2nd pluraltankınıztanklarınız
3rd pluraltanklarıtankları
definite accusative
singularplural
1st singulartankımıtanklarımı
2nd singulartankınıtanklarını
3rd singulartankınıtanklarını
1st pluraltankımızıtanklarımızı
2nd pluraltankınızıtanklarınızı
3rd pluraltanklarınıtanklarını
dative
singularplural
1st singulartankımatanklarıma
2nd singulartankınatanklarına
3rd singulartankınatanklarına
1st pluraltankımızatanklarımıza
2nd pluraltankınızatanklarınıza
3rd pluraltanklarınatanklarına
locative
singularplural
1st singulartankımdatanklarımda
2nd singulartankındatanklarında
3rd singulartankındatanklarında
1st pluraltankımızdatanklarımızda
2nd pluraltankınızdatanklarınızda
3rd pluraltanklarındatanklarında
ablative
singularplural
1st singulartankımdantanklarımdan
2nd singulartankındantanklarından
3rd singulartankındantanklarından
1st pluraltankımızdantanklarımızdan
2nd pluraltankınızdantanklarınızdan
3rd pluraltanklarındantanklarından
genitive
singularplural
1st singulartankımıntanklarımın
2nd singulartankınıntanklarının
3rd singulartankınıntanklarının
1st pluraltankımızıntanklarımızın
2nd pluraltankınızıntanklarınızın
3rd pluraltanklarınıntanklarının
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