EuroLex/E/Tank 2

tank2


 * Original language: English
 * Original form and meaning: 2 'a heavy armoured fighting vehicle carrying guns and and moving on a tracked carriage; 6 'platform shoes' (Belgian only)

(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: < 2: skriðdreki; Romanian: tanc [tank], mid20c, via French/German, meaning: 2, status: not (or no longer) recognized as English; Russian: tank, beg20c, meaning: 2, status: not (or no longer) recognized as English; Bulgarian: tank, beg20c, meaning: 2, status: fully accepted, but still marked as English; mid20c, meaning: 6, status: not (or no longer) recognized as English; Albanian: tank, beg20c, meaning: 2, status: fully accepted, but still marked as English; Greek: tank(s), beg20c, meaning: 2, status: fully accepted, but still marked as English;

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