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tanc
tank (armored military vehicle) /ˈtank/
noun#4180 most common
Also: armored fighting vehicle
Example sentences
Tancul e mare.
The tank is big.
Am văzut un tanc la televizor.
I saw a tank on TV.
Armata folosește tancuri moderne.
The army uses modern tanks.
Tancurile au avansat spre graniță.
The tanks advanced toward the border.
Muzeul militar expune un tanc vechi din al Doilea Război Mondial.
The military museum displays an old tank from World War II.
S-a făcut beat tanc de ziua lui.
He got completely wasted on his birthday.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | tanc | tancuri |
| Genitive | tancului | tancurilor |
| Accusative | tanc | tancuri |
| Vocative | tancule | tancuri |
Word family
Etymology
Romanian borrowed "tanc" in the early twentieth century from French "tank", which in turn took the English word "tank" that the British army used as a deliberate cover name for the armored vehicle during the First World War. The English word itself already existed as a term for a large container or reservoir before it was applied to the machine. Romanian adapted the spelling to "tanc" to fit its own orthography.
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