panzer

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”).

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

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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, […]

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

panzer m (plural panzers)

1. panzer

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

Borrowed from German Panzer.

panzer n (plural panzere)

1. panzer

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

panzer m (plural panzers or panzer)

1. panzer