A huge tanker cast off just now.
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Tanker
//ˈtæŋkə(ɹ)//
Synonyms for "tanker" (67 found)
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12 entriesTranslations
96 translations across 37 languages.
Arabic
1 entries- نَاقِلة noun (vessel)
Armenian
1 entries- հեղուկանավ noun (vessel)
Belarusian
3 entries- та́нкер noun (vessel)
- танкі́ст noun (member of a tank crew)
- танкі́стка noun (member of a tank crew)
Bulgarian
3 entries- та́нкер noun (vessel)
- танки́ст noun (member of a tank crew)
- цисте́рна noun (tank truck)
Chinese Mandarin
3 entries- 油船 noun (vessel)
- 油車 /油车 noun (tank truck)
- 液貨船 /液货船 noun (vessel)
Czech
2 entries- tanker noun (vessel)
- tankista noun (member of a tank crew)
Danish
4 entries- tankbil noun (tank truck)
- tanker noun (vessel)
- tankskib noun (vessel)
- tankvogn noun (tank truck)
Estonian
1 entries- tanker noun (vessel)
Finnish
4 entries- panssarimies noun (member of a tank crew)
- säiliöalus noun (vessel)
- säiliöauto noun (tank truck)
- säiliölaiva noun (vessel)
French
4 entries- camion-citerne noun (tank truck)
- navire-citerne noun (vessel)
- pétrolier noun (vessel)
- tanker noun (vessel)
Georgian
1 entries- ტანკერი noun (vessel)
German
4 entries- Panzersoldat noun (member of a tank crew)
- Tanker noun (vessel)
- Tanklaster noun (tank truck)
- Tanklastwagen noun (tank truck)
Greek
1 entries- δεξαμενόπλοιο noun (vessel)
Hindi
1 entries- टैंकर noun (vessel)
Hungarian
3 entries- páncélos noun (member of a tank crew)
- tartálykocsi noun (tank truck)
- üzemanyag-szállító jármű noun (tank truck)
Italian
4 entries- autocisterna noun (tank truck)
- carrista noun (member of a tank crew)
- nave cisterna noun (vessel)
- petroliera noun (vessel)
Japanese
1 entries- タンカー noun (vessel)
Kazakh
1 entries- танкер noun (vessel)
Korean
1 entries- 탱커 noun (vessel)
Kyrgyz
1 entries- танкер noun (vessel)
Latvian
2 entries- tankists noun (member of a tank crew)
- tankkuģis noun (vessel)
Lithuanian
3 entries- tanki̇̀stas noun (member of a tank crew)
- tanki̇̀stė noun (member of a tank crew)
- tanklaivis noun (vessel)
Macedonian
1 entries- танкер noun (vessel)
Norwegian Bokmål
3 entries- tankbåt noun (vessel)
- tanker noun (vessel)
- tankskip noun (vessel)
Norwegian Nynorsk
3 entries- tankar noun (vessel)
- tankbåt noun (vessel)
- tankskip noun (vessel)
Polish
4 entries- beczkowóz noun (tank truck)
- cysterna noun (tank truck)
- czołgista noun (member of a tank crew)
- czołgistka noun (member of a tank crew)
Portuguese
4 entries- caminhão-tanque noun (tank truck)
- camião-cisterna noun (tank truck)
- navio-tanque noun (vessel)
- tanqueiro noun (member of a tank crew)
Romanian
3 entries- autocisternă noun (tank truck)
- petrolier noun (vessel)
- tanc petrolier noun (vessel)
Russian
4 entries- автоцисте́рна noun (tank truck)
- бензово́з noun (tank truck)
- наливно́е су́дно noun (vessel)
- та́нкер noun (vessel)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- tànker noun (vessel)
- та̀нкер noun (vessel)
Slovak
2 entries- tanker noun (vessel)
- tankista noun (member of a tank crew)
Slovene
1 entries- tanker noun (vessel)
Spanish
4 entries- avión cisterna noun (vessel)
- buque cisterna noun (vessel)
- camión cisterna noun (vessel)
- camión cisterna noun (tank truck)
Swedish
2 entries- tanker noun (vessel)
- tankfartyg noun (vessel)
Tagalog
1 entries- tangkista noun (member of a tank crew)
Ukrainian
4 entries- бензово́з noun (tank truck)
- та́нкер noun (vessel)
- танкі́ст noun (member of a tank crew)
- танкі́стка noun (member of a tank crew)
Volapük
1 entries- cubanaf noun (vessel)
Sample sentences
17 total sentences available.
A tanker is a ship carrying oil.
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The tanker has only a small crew on board.
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The tanker has a small crew.
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