tanker

See also: tänker

English

Etymology

tank +‎ -er

Pronunciation

Rhymes: -æŋkə(r)

Noun

tanker (plural tankers)

An oil tanker

(nautical) A tank ship, a vessel used to transport large quantities of liquid.
(automotive, US) A tank truck.
(automotive, Britain) A fuel tanker, petrol tanker, road tanker.
(rail transport) A tank car
(military) Member of a tank crew, or of an armoured unit.
(surfing slang) A longboard.
I swung the tanker around just in time to take off with the lip

Synonyms

(military): tankman, tankist
(military): trooper, crewman, armoured soldier, armored soldier
(military): zipperhead (Canadian military slang)

Derived terms

oil tanker
supertanker
petrol tanker (truck with a container for transporting fuel) (UK)

Translations

vessel

Chinese:
Mandarin: 油船 (zh) (yóuchuán)
Czech: tanker (cs) m
Danish: tankskib n, tanker c
Finnish: tankkeri (fi), tankkilaiva, säiliölaiva, säiliöalus
French: navire-citerne (fr) m, pétrolier (fr) m, tanker (fr) m
German: Tanker (de) m, Tankschiff (de) n
Italian: nave cisterna f, petroliera (it) f
Japanese: タンカー (tankā)
Korean: 탱커 (taengkeo)

Norwegian:
Bokmål: tankskip n, tankbåt m, tanker (no) m

Nynorsk: tankskip n, tankbåt m, tankar m
Polish: tankowiec (pl) m, zbiornikowiec (pl) m
Portuguese: navio-tanque m
Russian: та́нкер (ru) m (tánker), наливно́е су́дно n (nalivnóje súdno)
Spanish: buque cisterna m (tanker ship), camión cisterna m (tank truck), avión cisterna m (tanker plane)
Ukrainian: та́нкер m (tánker)
Volapük: cubanaf

tank truck

Chinese:
Mandarin: 油車 (zh), 油车 (zh) (yóuchē)
Danish: tankbil c, tankvogn c
Finnish: säiliöauto (fi)
French: camion-citerne (fr) m
German: Tanklaster (de) m, Tanklastwagen m

Italian: autocisterna (it) f
Polish: cysterna (pl) f
Portuguese: camião-cisterna m (Portugal), caminhão-tanque m (Brazil)
Russian: бензово́з (ru) m (benzovóz), автоцисте́рна (ru) f (avtocistɛ́rna)
Spanish: camión cisterna m
Ukrainian: бензово́з (uk) m (benzovóz)

member of a tank crew

Czech: tankista (cs) m
Finnish: panssarimies (fi)
French: tankiste (fr) m or f
German: Panzersoldat m
Hungarian: páncélos (hu)

Italian: carrista (it) m
Polish: czołgista (pl) m, czołgistka f
Portuguese: tanqueiro m
Russian: танки́ст (ru) m (tankíst), танки́стка (ru) f (tankístka)
Ukrainian: танкі́ст m (tankíst), танкі́стка f (tankístka)

Verb

tanker (third-person singular simple present tankers, present participle tankering, simple past and past participle tankered)

(transitive) To transport (oil, etc.) in a tanker.

Anagrams

Kanter

Danish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /tankər/, [ˈtˢɑnɡ̊ɐ̯]

Etymology 1

tanker c

plural indefinite of tanke

Etymology 2

From English tanker

Noun

tanker c (definite singular tankeren, indefinite plural tankere, definite plural tankerne)

a tanker (a ship fitted with tanks for carrying liquid cargoes)

Synonyms

tankskib

Verb

tanker

present of tanke

Norwegian Bokmål

Tankeren "Flanders Loyalty"

Etymology 1

From English tanker

Noun

tanker m (definite singular tankeren, indefinite plural tankere, definite plural tankerne)

(nautical) a tanker

Synonyms

tankbåt, tankskip

Derived terms

oljetanker

Etymology 2

Noun

tanker m

indefinite plural of tank
indefinite plural of tanke

Etymology 3

Verb

tanker

present of tanke

References

“tanker” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
“tanker” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /tǎnker/
Hyphenation: tan‧ker

Noun

tànker m (Cyrillic spelling та̀нкер)

tanker (vessel used to transport large quantities of liquid)

Declension

Declension of tanker

	singular	plural
nominative	tanker	tankeri
genitive	tankera	tankera
dative	tankeru	tankerima
accusative	tanker	tankere
vocative	tankeru	tankeri
locative	tankeru	tankerima
instrumental	tankerom	tankerima

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