jerrycan

English

Jerrycan for petrol

Etymology

From Jerry (“a German”) +‎ can, from its use by German troops in World War II.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒɛɹiˌkæn/, /ˈd͡ʒɛɹɪˌkæn/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Noun

jerrycan (plural jerrycans)

1. A robust fuel container often made from pressed steel.
   • 1987, Michael Swanwick, Vacuum Flowers, New York: Arbor House, →ISBN, page 46:

     The police fell back, swatting and cursing. At the gateway, somebody grabbed a jerrycan of water from Jonamon's hut and flung its contents at the swarm.

   • 2022, Liam McIlvanney, The Heretic, page 259:

     Anyone with half a brain and a jerrycan of fertilizer's got an army.

Alternative forms

• jerican, jerrican, jerry can, jerry-can

Descendants

• → Dutch: jerrycan
  • → Indonesian: jeriken
    • → Petjo: djerriegen
• → Finnish: jerrykannu
• → French: jerricane, jerrican
• → Japanese: ジェリカン (jerikan)
• → Korean: 제리캔 (jerikaen)
• → Kurtöp: ཇར་ཀན (jarkan), ཇར་ཀིན (jarkin)
• → Norwegian: jerrykanne
• → Hebrew: ג'ריקן (jerikan)

Translations

pressed-steel fuel container

• Armenian: կանիստր (hy) (kanistr)
• Belarusian: кані́стра (kanístra)
• Bulgarian: туба f (tuba)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 汽油罐 (qìyóu guàn), 油罐 (zh) (yóuguàn)

• Czech: kanystr (cs) m
• Danish: jerrycan c, benzindunk (da) c
• Dutch: jerrycan (nl) c
• Esperanto: please add this translation if you can
• Finnish: jerrykannu (fi), kanisteri (fi)
• French: jerricane (fr) m, jerrican (fr) m, bidon (fr) m
• Georgian: კანისტრა (ḳanisṭra)
• German: Benzinkanister (de) m, Kanister (de) m
• Greek: κάνιστρο (el) n (kánistro)
• Hebrew: גֶ'רִיקָן m
• Hungarian: please add this translation if you can
• Indonesian: jeriken (id)
• Italian: tanica (it) f
• Japanese: ジェリカン (jerikan)
• Korean: 제리캔 (jerikaen)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: jerrykanne m or f

  Nynorsk: jerrykanne f

• Polish: kanister (pl) m
• Portuguese: galão (pt) m
• Russian: кани́стра (ru) f (kanístra)
• Spanish: bidón (es) m
• Swahili: jerikeni
• Swedish: jeepdunk c, jerrykanna c (Finland)
• Turkish: bidon (tr)
• Ukrainian: кані́стра f (kanístra)

Further reading

• jerrycan on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English jerrycan.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʒɛriˌkɛn/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Hyphenation: jer‧ry‧can

Noun

jerrycan m (plural jerrycans, diminutive jerrycannetje n)

1. a jerrycan or similar container, used for fuel or other liquids (especially drinking water) and made of plastic or metal

Descendants

• → Indonesian: jeriken
  • → Petjo: djerriegen