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English

Etymology

tank +? -er

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?tæ?k?(r)/
• Rhymes: -æ?k?(r)

Noun

tanker (plural tankers)

1. (nautical) A tank ship, a vessel used to transport large quantities of liquid.
2. (automotive, US) A tank truck.
3. (automotive, Britain) A fuel tanker, petrol tanker, road tanker.
4. (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.

5. (aviation, firefighting) An aircraft built or modified to carry water and/or fire retardant for dropping on wildfires.

6. (rail transport) A tank car
7. (military) Member of a tank crew, or of an armoured unit.
   • 2014, Michael Green, American Tanks & AFVs of World War II, Bloomsbury Publishing (?ISBN), page 70:

     On February 19, 1943, American tankers felt the full wrath of the German Army in North Africa when its tank-led spearhead punched a 2-mile-wide hole through American lines at Faid Pass in Tunisia, […]

8. (surfing slang) A longboard.

   I swung the tanker around just in time to take off with the lip

Synonyms

• (military): tankman, tankist
• (military): trooper, crewman, armoured soldier, armored soldier
• (military): zipperhead (Canadian military slang)

Derived terms

• air tanker
• oil tanker
• supertanker

Translations

Verb

tanker (third-person singular simple present tankers, present participle tankering, simple past and past participle tankered)

1. (transitive) To transport (oil, etc.) in a tanker.
2. (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): /tank?r/, [?t??n????]

Etymology 1

Noun

tanker c

1. indefinite plural of tanke

Etymology 2

From English tanker

Noun

tanker c (definite singular tankeren, indefinite plural tankere, definite plural tankerne)

1. a tanker (a ship fitted with tanks for carrying liquid cargoes)

Synonyms

• tankskib

Verb

tanker

1. present of tanke

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English tanker.

Pronunciation

• (Netherlands) IPA^(key): /?t??.k?r/
• Hyphenation: tan?ker
• Rhymes: -??k?r

Noun

tanker m (plural tankers, diminutive tankertje n)

1. A tanker (type of cargo ship).

   Synonym: tankschip

Derived terms

• gastanker
• mammoettanker
• olietanker

French

Noun

tanker m (plural tankers)

1. tanker (vessel)

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

From English tanker

Noun

tanker m (definite singular tankeren, indefinite plural tankere, definite plural tankerne)

1. (nautical) a tanker

Synonyms

• tankbåt, tankskip

Derived terms

• oljetanker

See also

• tankar (Nynorsk)

Etymology 2

Noun

tanker m

1. indefinite plural of tank
2. indefinite plural of tanke

Etymology 3

Verb

tanker

1. present of tanke

References

• “tanker” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “tanker” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t?nker/
• Hyphenation: tan?ker

Noun

tànker m (Cyrillic spelling ???????)

1. tanker (vessel used to transport large quantities of liquid)

Declension

English

Etymology

The military sense of the word was imported from German into English during World War II. Other senses came from Scots, possibly related to bunk.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /?b??k?/
• Rhymes: -??k?(r)

Noun

bunker (plural bunkers)

1. (military) A hardened shelter, often buried partly or fully underground, designed to protect the inhabitants from falling bombs or other attacks.
2. (Britain) A large container or bin for storing coal, often built outside in the yard of a house. Now rare, as different types of fuels and energy sources are being used.
3. (nautical) A container for storing coal or fuel oil for a ship's engine. [Also, by extension] the quantity of fuel needed to replenish that container.
4. (rail transport) the coal compartment on a tank engine.
5. (golf) A sand-filled hollow on a golf course.
6. (paintball) An obstacle used to block an opposing player's view and field of fire.
7. (Scotland) A sort of chest or box, as in a window, the lid of which serves for a seat.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Jamieson to this entry?)

8. (Scotland, slang) A kitchen worktop.
9. (Britain, slang) One who bunks off; a truant from school.
10. Certain fish, menhaden.

Derived terms

• bunkering
• bunker fuel
• bunker oil

Translations

Verb

bunker (third-person singular simple present bunkers, present participle bunkering, simple past and past participle bunkered)

1. (nautical) To load a vessel with oil or coal for the engine.
2. (golf) To hit a golf ball into a bunker.
3. (paintball) To fire constantly at a hiding opponent, preventing them from firing at other players and trapping them behind the barrier. This can also refer to eliminating an opponent behind cover by rushing the position and firing at extremely close range as the player becomes exposed.

Derived terms

• bunkerage
• bunkerer
• bunkering

Translations

References

• “bunker” in the Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries.
• “bunker”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.

Anagrams

• Brunke

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English bunker.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?b??.k?r/
• Hyphenation: bun?ker
• Rhymes: -??k?r

Noun

bunker m (plural bunkers, diminutive bunkertje n)

1. bunker (low-lying fortification built into the landscape)

   Synonym: kazemat

2. (golf) bunker (hole with a surface of sand or dirt, placed on a golf course as a barrier)
3. bunker, cargo hold, storage room

Derived terms

• atoombunker
• bunkeren
• rukbunker

Descendants

• ? Indonesian: bunker

French

Etymology 1

Borrowed from German Bunker

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bu?.k??/, /bu?.kœ?/

Noun

bunker m (plural bunkers)

1. (military) bunker

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English bunker

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bœ?.kœ?/

Noun

bunker m (plural bunkers)

1. (golf) bunker

Further reading

• “bunker” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch bunker, from English bunker, from German Bunker.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?b??k?r]
• Hyphenation: bung?kêr

Noun

bunker (plural bunker-bunker, first-person possessive bunkerku, second-person possessive bunkermu, third-person possessive bunkernya)

1. bunker
   1. (military) a hardened shelter, often buried partly or fully underground, designed to protect the inhabitants from falling bombs or other attacks.
   2. (nautical) a container for storing coal or fuel oil for a ship's engine.

Alternative forms

• bunker, bangker, banker

Further reading

• “bunker” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

Noun

bunker m

1. indefinite plural of bunke

Etymology 2

From English bunker

Noun

bunker m (definite singular bunkeren, indefinite plural bunkere, definite plural bunkerne)

1. bunker (storage for fuel on a ship)
2. bunker (reinforced shelter)
3. bunker (on a golf course)

Derived terms

• bunkerolje
• bunkre

Related terms

• bunkers (fuel oil, military bunker)

References

• “bunker” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From English bunker

Noun

bunker m (definite singular bunkeren, indefinite plural bunkerar, definite plural bunkerane)

1. bunker (storage for fuel on a ship)
2. bunker (reinforced shelter)
3. bunker (on a golf course)

Derived terms

• bunkre

Related terms

• bunkers (fuel oil, militsry bunker)

References

• “bunker” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Portuguese

Noun

bunker m (plural bunkeres)

1. bunker

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /b?nker/
• Hyphenation: bun?ker

Noun

bùnker m (Cyrillic spelling ???????)

1. bunker (hardened shelter)
2. bunker (container for storing coal or fuel oil for a ship's engine)

Declension

Spanish

Noun

bunker m (plural bunkers)

1. bunker