Phrase guide

armored personnel carrier

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

An armored vehicle for carrying infantry soldiers in combat.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

(military) an armored vehicle (usually equipped with caterpillar treads) that is used to transport infantry

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: armoured personnel carrier, APC

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: armored vehicle, armoured vehicle

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

41 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: ناقلَة جنود مدرعَة — armored vehicle for carrying infantry soldiers in combat
  • Armenian: զրահավոր փոխադրիչ մեքենա (zrahavor pʻoxadričʻ mekʻena) — armored vehicle for carrying infantry soldiers in combat
  • Armenian: զրահատրանսպորտյոր (zrahatransportyor) — armored vehicle for carrying infantry soldiers in combat
  • Armenian: ԶՓՄ (ZPʻM) — armored vehicle for carrying infantry soldiers in combat
  • Azerbaijani: zirehli şəxsi heyət daşıyıcısı — armored vehicle for carrying infantry soldiers in combat
  • Azerbaijani: zirehli personal daşıyıcısı — armored vehicle for carrying infantry soldiers in combat
  • Azerbaijani: ZPT — armored vehicle for carrying infantry soldiers in combat
  • Azerbaijani: zirehli transportyor — armored vehicle for carrying infantry soldiers in combat
  • Azerbaijani: ZTR — armored vehicle for carrying infantry soldiers in combat
  • Bulgarian: бронетранспортьо́р (bronetransportjór) — armored vehicle for carrying infantry soldiers in combat
  • Catalan: transport blindat de personal — armored vehicle for carrying infantry soldiers in combat
  • Chinese Mandarin: 裝甲運兵車 /装甲运兵车 (zhuāngjiǎ yùnbīngchē) — armored vehicle for carrying infantry soldiers in combat
  • Danish: pansret mandskabsvogn — armored vehicle for carrying infantry soldiers in combat
  • Esperanto: kirasita transportilo — armored vehicle for carrying infantry soldiers in combat
  • Estonian: soomustransportöör — armored vehicle for carrying infantry soldiers in combat
  • Finnish: panssaroitu miehistönkuljetusajoneuvo — armored vehicle for carrying infantry soldiers in combat
  • Finnish: kuljetuspanssarivaunu — armored vehicle for carrying infantry soldiers in combat
  • French: véhicule de transport de troupes — armored vehicle for carrying infantry soldiers in combat
  • French: VTT — armored vehicle for carrying infantry soldiers in combat
  • Georgian: ქვეითი ჯარის ჯავშანტრანსპორტიორი (kveiti ǯaris ǯavšanṭransṗorṭiori) — armored vehicle for carrying infantry soldiers in combat
  • German: Transportpanzer — armored vehicle for carrying infantry soldiers in combat
  • Hebrew: נגמ״ש (nagmásh) — armored vehicle for carrying infantry soldiers in combat
  • Hungarian: páncélautó — armored vehicle for carrying infantry soldiers in combat
  • Hungarian: páncélozott csapatszállító harcjármű — armored vehicle for carrying infantry soldiers in combat
  • Irish: iompróir armúrtha pearsanra — armored vehicle for carrying infantry soldiers in combat
  • Italian: carro armato — armored vehicle for carrying infantry soldiers in combat
  • Mongolian: хуягт тээвэрлэгч (xujagt teeverlegč) — armored vehicle for carrying infantry soldiers in combat
  • Norwegian Bokmål: pansret personellkjøretøy — armored vehicle for carrying infantry soldiers in combat
  • Polish: transporter opancerzony — armored vehicle for carrying infantry soldiers in combat
  • Portuguese: carro blindado de transporte de pessoal — armored vehicle for carrying infantry soldiers in combat
  • Romanian: transportor blindat — armored vehicle for carrying infantry soldiers in combat
  • Romanian: autovehicul blindat — armored vehicle for carrying infantry soldiers in combat
  • Russian: бронетранспортёр (bronetransportjór) — armored vehicle for carrying infantry soldiers in combat
  • Russian: БТР (BTR) — armored vehicle for carrying infantry soldiers in combat
  • Slovak: obrnený transportér — armored vehicle for carrying infantry soldiers in combat
  • Spanish: transporte blindado de personal / plantel — armored vehicle for carrying infantry soldiers in combat
  • Spanish: tanqueta — armored vehicle for carrying infantry soldiers in combat
  • Swedish: splitterskyddat trupptransportfordon — armored vehicle for carrying infantry soldiers in combat
  • Turkish: zırhlı personel taşıyıcı — armored vehicle for carrying infantry soldiers in combat
  • Ukrainian: бронетранспорте́р (bronetransportér) — armored vehicle for carrying infantry soldiers in combat
  • Ukrainian: БТР (BTR) — armored vehicle for carrying infantry soldiers in combat