tanque

Portuguese

tanque

Etymology

Borrowed from Gujarati ટાંકી (ṭā̃kī, “cistern, underwater water reservour”). Sense 3 is a semantic loan from English tank (“armoured fighting vehicle”), see there for the sense development.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈtɐ̃.ki/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈtɐ̃.ki/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈtɐ̃.ke/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈtɐ̃.kɨ/

• Hyphenation: tan‧que

Noun

tanque m (plural tanques)

1. tank; cistern
2. a sink used for laundry
4. tank (military vehicle)

Derived terms

• tanquinho

Descendants

• → Bengali: টাংকি (ṭaṅki)
• → English: tank (see there for further descendants)
• → Malay: tangki
• → Spanish: tanque
  • → Cebuano: tangke
  • → Tagalog: tangke

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese tanque (“tank”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtanke/ [ˈt̪ãŋ.ke]
• Rhymes: -anke
• Syllabification: tan‧que

Noun

tanque m (plural tanques)

1. tank (military vehicle)
2. tank (a closed container for liquids or gases)
3. large glass (for drinking)
4. tank (a very muscular and physically imposing person)

Derived terms

• antitanque
• cazatanques
• tanque de gas
• tanque de pensamiento

 

Descendants

• → Cebuano: tangke
• → Tagalog: tangke

Further reading

• “tanque”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 23rd edition, Royal Spanish Academy, 2014 October 16