tanque
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈtɐ̃.ki/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈtɐ̃.ke/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈtɐ̃.k(ɨ)/
- Hyphenation: tan‧que
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Gujarati ટાંકી (ṭā̃kī, “cistern, underwater water reservour”), from Marathi टाकी (ṭākī), ultimately from Sanskrit तडग (taḍaga, “pond”).[1]
Noun
tanque m (plural tanques)
- tank
- cistern
- a sink used for laundry
Derived terms
- tanquinho
Descendants
- → English: tank (see there for further descendants)
- → Malay: tangki
- → Spanish: tanque
- → Cebuano: tangke
- → Tagalog: tangke
Etymology 2
Reborrowed from English tank (“tank vehicle”), from Portuguese tanque. Tanks were originally disguised as moving water tanks.
Noun
tanque m (plural tanques)
- tank (vehicle)
References
- Douglas Harper (2001–2023), “tank”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
Spanish
Etymology
From Portuguese tanque (“tank”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈtanke/ [ˈt̪ãŋ.ke]
- Rhymes: -anke
- Syllabification: tan‧que
Noun
tanque m (plural tanques)
- tank (military vehicle)
- tank (a closed container for liquids or gases)
- large glass (for drinking)
- 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, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014