Phrase guide

oil tanker

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

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noun

Meaning 1

A ship that transports oil (petroleum), such as crude oil or bunker oil.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: nautical, transport

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: petroleum tanker, oiler

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: tanker

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noun

Meaning 2

a cargo ship designed to carry crude oil in bulk

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: oiler, tanker, tank ship

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: cargo ship, cargo vessel

Narrower terms: supertanker

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

59 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: olietenkskip — a ship that transports oil (petroleum)
  • Arabic: نَاقِلَةُ نِفْط (nāqilatu nifṭ) — a ship that transports oil (petroleum)
  • Arabic: نَاقِلَةُ نَفْط (nāqilatu nafṭ) — a ship that transports oil (petroleum)
  • Azerbaijani: neft tankeri — a ship that transports oil (petroleum)
  • Basque: petrolio-ontz — a ship that transports oil (petroleum)
  • Belarusian: на́фтавы та́нкер (náftavy tánkjer) — a ship that transports oil (petroleum)
  • Bulgarian: петро́лен та́нкер (petrólen tánker) — a ship that transports oil (petroleum)
  • Burmese: ရေနံတင်သင်္ဘော (renamtangsangbhau:) — a ship that transports oil (petroleum)
  • Catalan: petrolier — a ship that transports oil (petroleum)
  • Chinese Cantonese: 油輪 /油轮 (jau4 leon4) — a ship that transports oil (petroleum)
  • Chinese: 油輪 /油轮 (iû-lûn) — a ship that transports oil (petroleum)
  • Chinese Mandarin: 油輪 /油轮 (yóulún) — a ship that transports oil (petroleum)
  • Czech: ropný tanker — a ship that transports oil (petroleum)
  • Danish: olietankskib — a ship that transports oil (petroleum)
  • Dutch: olietanker — a ship that transports oil (petroleum)
  • Esperanto: naftoŝipo — a ship that transports oil (petroleum)
  • Estonian: naftatanker — a ship that transports oil (petroleum)
  • Finnish: öljytankkeri — a ship that transports oil (petroleum)
  • French: pétrolier — a ship that transports oil (petroleum)
  • Galician: petroleiro — a ship that transports oil (petroleum)
  • German: Öltanker — a ship that transports oil (petroleum)
  • Greek: πετρελαιοφόρο (petrelaiofóro) — a ship that transports oil (petroleum)
  • Hebrew: מְכָלִית נֵפְט (mekhalít neft) — a ship that transports oil (petroleum)
  • Hungarian: tankhajó — a ship that transports oil (petroleum)
  • Hungarian: olajszállító hajó — a ship that transports oil (petroleum)
  • Hungarian: tanker — a ship that transports oil (petroleum)
  • Hungarian: tartályhajó — a ship that transports oil (petroleum)
  • Icelandic: olíuskip — a ship that transports oil (petroleum)
  • Indonesian: kapal tanker minyak — a ship that transports oil (petroleum)
  • Italian: petroliera — a ship that transports oil (petroleum)
  • Japanese: 石油タンカー (sekiyu tankā) — a ship that transports oil (petroleum)
  • Korean: 유조선 (yujoseon) — a ship that transports oil (petroleum)
  • Latin: navis petrolearia — a ship that transports oil (petroleum)
  • Luxembourgish: Pëtrolstanker — a ship that transports oil (petroleum)
  • Macedonian: нафтен танкер — a ship that transports oil (petroleum)
  • Malay: kapal tangki — a ship that transports oil (petroleum)
  • Marathi: तेलवाहू जहाज (telvāhū jahāj) — a ship that transports oil (petroleum)
  • Norman: navithe à pétrole — a ship that transports oil (petroleum)
  • Norwegian Bokmål: oljetanker — a ship that transports oil (petroleum)
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: oljetankar — a ship that transports oil (petroleum)
  • Occitan: petrolier — a ship that transports oil (petroleum)
  • Iranian Persian: نَفْتْکِش (naftkeš) — a ship that transports oil (petroleum)
  • Polish: tankowiec — a ship that transports oil (petroleum)
  • Polish: zbiornikowiec — a ship that transports oil (petroleum)
  • Portuguese: petroleiro — a ship that transports oil (petroleum)
  • Romanian: petrolier — a ship that transports oil (petroleum)
  • Romanian: tanc petrolier — a ship that transports oil (petroleum)
  • Russian: нефтяно́й та́нкер (neftjanój tánker) — a ship that transports oil (petroleum)
  • Russian: нефтета́нкер (neftetánker) — a ship that transports oil (petroleum)
  • Slovak: ropný tanker — a ship that transports oil (petroleum)
  • Slovene: naftni tanker — a ship that transports oil (petroleum)
  • Spanish: petrolero — a ship that transports oil (petroleum)
  • Spanish: carrotanque — a ship that transports oil (petroleum)
  • Swedish: oljetanker — a ship that transports oil (petroleum)
  • Turkish: petrol tankeri — a ship that transports oil (petroleum)
  • Ukrainian: нафто́вий та́нкер (naftóvyj tánker) — a ship that transports oil (petroleum)
  • Ukrainian: на́фтовий та́нкер (náftovyj tánker) — a ship that transports oil (petroleum)
  • Ukrainian: нафтота́нкер (naftotánker) — a ship that transports oil (petroleum)
  • Welsh: tancer olew — a ship that transports oil (petroleum)