tanker
French, noun\tɑ̃.kɛʁ\
tanker is spelled T-A-N-K-E-R (6 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written French, the 64,346th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Tanker is a French masculine noun meaning “tanker (vessel)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Navire-citerne pour le transport du pétrole”.
What does tanker mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinetanker (vessel)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Navire-citerne pour le transport du pétrole.
verb: 1. Encaisser des dégâts.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of tanker
- tankers plural
- avoir tanké infinitive past
- en tankant gerund present
- en ayant tanké gerund past
- tankant participle present
- tanké participle past
- je tanke indicative present
- tu tankes indicative present
- il/elle/on tanke indicative present
- nous tankons indicative present
- vous tankez indicative present
- ils/elles tankent indicative present
- j’ai tanké indicative past multiword-construction
- tu as tanké indicative past multiword-construction
- il/elle/on a tanké indicative past multiword-construction
- nous avons tanké indicative past multiword-construction
- vous avez tanké indicative past multiword-construction
- ils/elles ont tanké indicative past multiword-construction
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce tanker?
- \tɑ̃.kɛʁ\
- \tɑ̃.ke\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to tanker
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is tanker in French?
tanker appears about once in every 4 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).