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See also: Panzer
English
Etymology
First attested in 1940. Borrowed from German Panzer, from Middle High German Panzer (“armour”), from Old French panciere (“coat of mail”), from Latin pantex (“paunch”).
Pronunciation
Noun
panzer (plural panzers)
- A tank, especially a German one of World War II.
- (attributive, sometimes capitalized) 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, […]
Derived terms
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French
Pronunciation
Noun
panzer m (plural panzers)
Further reading
- “panzer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Romanian
Etymology
Noun
panzer n (plural panzere)
Declension
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpanθeɾ/ [ˈpãn̟.θeɾ] (Spain)
- IPA(key): /ˈpanseɾ/ [ˈpãn.seɾ] (Latin America, Philippines)
- Rhymes: -anθeɾ (Spain)
- Rhymes: -anseɾ (Latin America, Philippines)
- Syllabification: pan‧zer
Noun
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