EuroLex/E/Tank 3

tank3


 * Original language: English
 * Original form and meaning: 1 'fill the tank (of a vehicle etc.) with fuel', 2 'drink heavily, become drunk'

(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: Romanian: tanca [tanka], 20c, via German?, meaning: 1, status: not (or no longer) recognized as English (rare);

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