panzer

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈpæntsə(ɹ)/, /ˈpænzə(ɹ)/, /ˈpɑːntsə(ɹ)/

• Audio (US):

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Noun

panzer (plural panzers)

1. A tank, especially a German one of World War II.
2. (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, […]

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɑ̃.zɛʁ/

Noun

panzer m (plural panzers)

1. panzer

Further reading

• “panzer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from German Panzer.

Noun

panzer n (plural panzere)

1. panzer

Declension

Declension of panzer

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) panzer	panzerul	(niște) panzere	panzerele
genitive/dative	(unui) panzer	panzerului	(unor) panzere	panzerelor
vocative	panzerule		panzerelor

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /ˈpanθeɾ/ [ˈpãn̟.θeɾ]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /ˈpanseɾ/ [ˈpãn.seɾ]
• (Spain) Rhymes: -anθeɾ
• (Latin America) Rhymes: -anseɾ
• Syllabification: pan‧zer

Noun

panzer m (plural panzers or panzer)

1. panzer