different between panzer vs patzer

English

Etymology

Borrowed from German Panzer [1940], from Middle High German Panzer (“armour”), from Old French panciere (“coat of mail”), from Latin pantex (“paunch”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?pænts?(?)/, /?pænz?(?)/, /?p??nts?(?)/

Noun

panzer (plural panzers)

1. A tank, especially a German one of World War II.
2. (attributive, sometimes capitalized) Of or relating to the armoured units employed by the German forces in World War II.
   • 1940, Al Williams, Airpower, New York: Coward-McCann.

     A Panzer division is composed of 12,000 to 14,000 men, with 3,150 motorized vehicles of all descriptions, ranging from tanks to antitank guns, antiaircraft batteries, motorized supply units transporting food,  […]

Romanian

Etymology

From German Panzer

Noun

panzer n (plural panzere)

1. panzer

Declension

Spanish

Noun

panzer m (plural panzers or panzer)

1. panzer

English

Alternative forms

• potzer

Etymology

Of uncertain origin, but probably from German Patzer (“bungler”), from patzen.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?pats?/

Noun

patzer (plural patzers)

1. (chess, informal, derogatory) Synonym of woodpusher: a bad player.
   • 2004, Nigel Short, The Sunday Telegraph, 5 Sep 2004:

     If you have learned the principle that it is inadvisable to move the same piece twice in the opening you would probably imagine that these guys are patzers.