tanker

== English == === Etymology === From tank +‎ -er. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈtæŋkə(ɹ)/ Rhymes: -æŋkə(ɹ) === Noun === tanker (plural tankers) (nautical) A tankship, a vessel used to transport large quantities of fluid. Hyponyms: oil tanker, supertanker (automotive, US) A motor truck with a tank to hold bulk liquid (with or without internal baffles). Synonyms: tanker truck, tank truck Coordinate terms: tank car, tank wagon (automotive, UK) A fuel tanker, petrol tanker, road tanker. (aviation, usually military) An aircraft carrying a large supply of jet fuel or avgas for aerial refueling of other aircraft, plus equipment allowing the in-air transfer of fuel. Synonyms: air tanker, tanker aircraft (aviation, firefighting) An aircraft built or modified to carry water and/or fire retardant for dropping on wildfires. (rail transport) A tank car. (military) Member of a tank crew, or of an armoured unit. Synonyms: tankist (uncommon), zipperhead (Canadian military slang) Hypernyms: crewmember, trooper Hyponym: tankman (surfing slang) A longboard. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== (military): crewman === 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. (aviation) To carry more fuel than necessary for a flight, in order to avoid having to refuel at a destination where fuel is more expensive or in short supply. === Anagrams === Kanter == Danish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /tankər/, [ˈtˢɑnɡ̊ɐ̯] === Etymology 1 === ==== Noun ==== tanker c indefinite plural 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 == Dutch == === Etymology === Borrowed from English tanker. === Pronunciation === (Netherlands) IPA(key): /ˈtɛŋ.kər/ Hyphenation: tan‧ker Rhymes: -ɛŋkər === Noun === tanker m (plural tankers, diminutive tankertje n) tank ship Synonym: tankschip ==== Derived terms ==== gastanker mammoettanker olietanker == French == === Pronunciation === === Noun === tanker m (plural tankers) tanker (vessel) === Further reading === “tanker”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Indonesian == === Etymology === Borrowed from English tanker. === Pronunciation === (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /ˈtankər/ [ˈt̪an.kər] Rhymes: -ankər Syllabification: tan‧ker === Noun === tanker (plural tanker-tanker) (nautical) tanker Synonym: kapal tangki ==== Alternative forms ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “tanker”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016 == Norwegian Bokmål == === 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 ==== See also ==== tankar (Nynorsk) === 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 inan (Cyrillic spelling та̀нкер) tanker (vessel used to transport large quantities of liquid) ==== Declension ==== == Swedish == === Etymology === Borrowed from English tanker. === Noun === tanker c (nautical) tanker Synonym: tankfartyg ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== gastanker jättetanker oljetanker supertanker tankerflotta === Further reading === tanker in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker === Anagrams === nektar