EuroLex/E/Tank 1

tank1


 * Original language: English
 * Original form and meaning: 1 'a large receptacle or storage chamber usual for liquid or gas', 1a 'such a receptacle for petrol'

(Note: If the status is not specifically indicated then the word is stylistically neutral and generally used; if earlier meaning and status equals current use the former may be expressed by writing "dito". Cf. also the project guidelines.)


 * Annotations: * DEA = Dictionary of European Anglicisms by Manfred Görlach (2001), Oxford: OUP.; ** CODEE = The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology by T.F. Hoad (1986), Oxford: Clarendon.


 * Information on Other Languages: Icelandic: tankur [thauŋkyr], beg/mid20c, via Danish, meaning: same as in English, status: not (or no longer) recognized as English, = creat geymir; Romanian: tanc [tank], mid20c, via French/German, meaning: same as in English, status: not (or no longer) recognized as English (technical) < rezervor; Russian: tank, end 19c, meaning: same as in English, status: restricted use: technical; Albanian: tank, the same as in English, status: not (or no longer) recognized as English (technical) < rezervuar;

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