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tankette

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
tan-kette
IPA
12
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An early, very small, lightly armoured tank, with a crew of one or two, equipped with machine guns.

Etymology

Etymology tree Prakrit 𑀝𑀁𑀓 (ṭaṃka) Gujarati ટાંકી (ṭā̃kī)bor. Portuguese tanquebor. English tank English -ette English tankette From tank + -ette.

Inflected Forms

tankettes (plural)

Questions

What does tankette mean?
An early, very small, lightly armoured tank, with a crew of one or two, equipped with machine guns.
Where does tankette come from?
Etymology tree Prakrit 𑀝𑀁𑀓 (ṭaṃka) Gujarati ટાંકી (ṭā̃kī)bor. Portuguese tanquebor. English tank English -ette English tankette From tank + -ette.

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