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):

  (file)

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, […]

Derived terms

• panzer ace
• wankpanzer

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɑ̃.zɛʁ/, /pɑ̃d.zœʁ/, /pɑ̃t.sœʁ/

• Audio (France (Somain)):

  (file)

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

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	panzer	panzerul	panzere	panzerele
genitive-dative	panzer	panzerului	panzere	panzerelor
vocative	panzerule		panzerelor

Spanish

Pronunciation

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

Noun

panzer m (plural panzers or panzer)

1. panzer