tanque
التعريفات والمعاني
== Chavacano ==
=== Etymology ===
Inherited from Spanish tanque (“tank”).
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ˈtanke/, [ˈt̪ãŋ.ke]
Hyphenation: tan‧que
=== Noun ===
tanque
tank; cistern
tank (military vehicle)
== Portuguese ==
=== Pronunciation ===
Rhymes: -ɐ̃ki, -ɐ̃kɨ
Hyphenation: tan‧que
=== Etymology 1 ===
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.
==== Noun ====
tanque m (plural tanques)
tank; cistern
a sink used for laundry
Hypernym: pia
tank (military vehicle)
Synonyms: carro de combate, tanque de guerra
===== Derived terms =====
===== Related terms =====
===== Descendants =====
→ Bengali: টাংকি (ṭaṅki)
→ English: tank (see there for further descendants)
→ Hunsrik: Dank
→ Malay: tangki> Indonesian: tangki (inherited)→ Min Nan: 澢弆 / 𭰎弆 (tàng-kí)→ Tausug: tangki
→ Spanish: tanque→ Cebuano: tangke→ Tagalog: tangke→ Tausug: tangki
=== Etymology 2 ===
==== Verb ====
tanque
inflection of tancar:
first/third-person singular present subjunctive
third-person singular imperative
=== References ===
=== Further reading ===
“tanque”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
“tanque”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
“tanque”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
“tanque”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN
== Spanish ==
=== Etymology ===
Borrowed 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)
(Andes Mountains, Canary Islands, Caribbean, Central America, Colombia, Mexico, Paraguay, Rioplatense) tank (fuel reservoir of a vehicle)
==== Derived terms ====
==== Descendants ====
→ Cebuano: tangke
→ Tagalog: tangke
→ Tausug: tangki
=== Further reading ===
“tanque”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025
“tanque”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010
“tanque”, in Diccionario Básico de Canarismos [Basic Dictionary of Canarianisms] (in Spanish), Canarian Academy of the Language [Spanish: Academia Canaria de La Lengua], 2010