jerrycan

From Jerry (“a German”) +‎ can, from its use by German troops in World War II.^[1]

• IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒɛɹiˌkæn/, /ˈd͡ʒɛɹɪˌkæn/

• Audio (Southern England):

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jerrycan (plural jerrycans)

2. A robust container for fuel or water, of a certain more or less rectangular shape, often made from pressed steel.

   Alternative forms: jerican, jerrican, jerry can, jerry-can

   • 1987, Michael Swanwick, Vacuum Flowers, New York: Arbor House, →ISBN, page 46:

     The police fell back, swatting and cursing. At the gateway, somebody grabbed a jerrycan of water from Jonamon's hut and flung its contents at the swarm.

   • 2022, Liam McIlvanney, The Heretic, page 259:

     Anyone with half a brain and a jerrycan of fertilizer's got an army.

• → Dutch: jerrycan
  • → Indonesian: jeriken
    • → Petjo: djerriegen
  • → North Moluccan Malay: jergen
• → Finnish: jerrykannu
• → French: jerricane, jerrican
• → Japanese: ジェリカン (jerikan)
• → Korean: 제리캔 (jerikaen)
• → Kurtöp: ཇར་ཀན (jarkan), ཇར་ཀིན (jarkin)
• → Norwegian: jerrykanne
• → Hebrew: ג׳ריקן (jerikan)

• jerrycan on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Borrowed from English jerrycan.

• IPA^(key): /ˈʒɛriˌkɛn/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: jer‧ry‧can

jerrycan m (plural jerrycans, diminutive jerrycannetje n)

1. a jerrycan or similar container, used for fuel or other liquids (especially drinking water) and made of plastic or metal

• → Indonesian: jeriken
  • → Petjo: djerriegen
• → North Moluccan Malay: jergen