tanque

Portuguese

tanque

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

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Gujarati ટાંકી (ṭā̃kī, “cistern, underwater water reservour”), from Marathi टाकी (ṭākī), ultimately from Sanskrit तडाग (taḍāga, “pond”).

Noun

tanque m (plural tanques)

1. tank
2. cistern
3. a sink used for laundry

Derived terms

• tanquinho

Descendants

• → Bengali: টাংকি (ṭaṅki)
• → 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)

1. tank (vehicle)

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, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014