English

Image:US_Army_M1A1_Abrams_main_battle_tank.jpg|thumb|right|A military tank.

Etymology

Indian vernacular word (eg. Gujarati taku, or Marathi take (please improve these transliterations or replace them by the proper words)) for a large artificial water reservoir (cistern, pool, etc.), via Portuguese tanque, "tank", "liquid container". Also, Arabic has a verb istanqa`a = "it (= a liquid) collected and became stagnant".

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

Pronunciation

Noun

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. a very muscular and physically intense person
6. In USA scuba divers' usage, a compressed air or gas cylinder.
7. In online and offline role-playing games, a character designed primarily around damage absorption with offensive power as a close secondary consideration.
8. For uses as a name, see w:Tank|tank in Wikipedia.

Translations

• Finnish: säiliö, tankki
• German: {{t-|de|Tank|m}}
• Hebrew: מיכל
• Interlingua: tank
• Japanese: タンク(たんく, tanku)
• Norwegian:

• Polish: zbiornik
• Portuguese: {{t+|pt|tanque|m}}
• Russian: бак (bak)
• Swedish:
• Ukrainian: {{t-|uk|бак|m|tr=bak|sc=Cyrl|xs=Ukrainian}}

• Czech: {{t+|cs|tank|m}}
• Dutch: {{t+|nl|tank|m}}
• Finnish: panssarivaunu, tankki
• German: {{t+|de|Panzer|m}}
• Hebrew: {{t+|he|טנק|m|sc=Hebr}}
• Interlingua: tank
• Japanese: 戦車(せんしゃ, sensha)

• Norwegian: panservogn
• Polish: {{t+|pl|czołg|m}}
• Portuguese: {{t+|pt|tanque|m}}
• Russian: {{t+|ru|танк|m|tr=tank|sc=Cyrl}}
• Swedish: pansarvagn
• Ukrainian: {{t-|uk|танк|m|tr=tank|sc=Cyrl|xs=Ukrainian}}

• Ukrainian: {{t|uk|водоймище|n|tr=vodójmyšče|sc=Cyrl|xs=Ukrainian}}, {{t|uk|водосховище|n|tr=vodosxóvyšče|sc=Cyrl|xs=Ukrainian}}, {{t|uk|резервуар|m|tr=rezervuár|sc=Cyrl|xs=Ukrainian}}

• Finnish: tankki

• Swedish:

• Finnish: kaappi (slang)

• Swedish: muskelknutte

Translations to be checked

Verb

1. To fail or fall (often used in describing the economy or the stockmarket); 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

Category:Military vehicles Category:Portuguese derivations

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Czech

Noun

{{infl|cs|noun|g=m}}

1. #English|tank, armor

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Dutch

Verb

tank

1. {{nl-verb-form|p=first|n=singular|t=present tense|tanken}}

Noun

{{infl|nl|noun|g=m|plural|tanks}}

1. #English|tank (military fighting vehicle)
2. #English|tank (storage)

zh-min-nan:tank cs:tank de:tank el:tank fr:tank ko:tank io:tank it:tank lo:tank hu:tank nl:tank pl:tank ru:tank sl:tank fi:tank sv:tank ta:tank tt:tank te:tank vi:tank tr:tank