hangar

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See also: Hangar and hangár

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French hangar (“shed, hangar”), from Middle French hanghart (“enclosure near a house”), from Old French hangart, *hamgart, from Old Frankish *haimgard (“fence around a group of houses”), from *haim (“home, village, hamlet”) + *gard (“yard”). Cognate with Old High German heimgart (“forum”). More at home, yard.

Pronunciation

Noun

hangar (plural hangars)

  1. A large garage-like structure where aircraft are kept.
    The plane taxied on over to the hangar for repairs.
    • 1919, Ronald Firbank, Valmouth, Duckworth, hardback edition, page 9
      By the side of it ran an open hangar upheld by a score of rough tarred posts.
  2. (obsolete) A covered shed for carriages.

Usage notes

  • Not to be confused with “hanger” (a device for hanging).

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

hangar (third-person singular simple present hangars, present participle hangaring, simple past and past participle hangared)

  1. (transitive) To store (an aircraft) in a hangar.

Anagrams

Danish

Etymology

From French hangar.

Noun

hangar c (singular definite hangaren, plural indefinite hangarer)

  1. hangar, a garage-like building for aircraft

Declension

Declension of hangar
common
gender 		Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative hangar hangaren hangarer hangarerne
genitive hangars hangarens hangarers hangarernes

References

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French hangar (“shed, hangar”), from Middle French hanghart (“enclosure near a house”), from Old French hangart, *hamgart, from Old Frankish *haimgard (“fence around a group of houses”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɦɑŋˈɡaːr/
  • Audio(file)
  • Hyphenation: han‧gar
  • Rhymes: -aːr

Noun

hangar m (plural hangars, diminutive hangartje n)

  1. hangar, a garage-like building for aircraft.

Descendants

  • → Indonesian: hanggar

French

Etymology

From Frankish *haimgard (“enclosure around a home”).

Pronunciation

Noun

hangar m (plural hangars)

  1. shed, barn, warehouse
  2. hangar (aircraft)

Descendants

Further reading

Italian

Pronunciation

Noun

hangar m (invariable)

  1. hangar

Norman

Etymology

Borrowed from French hangar, from Frankish *haimgard.

Noun

hangar m (plural hangars)

  1. (Jersey) shed

Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology

From French hangar via English hangar.

Noun

hangar m (definite singular hangaren, indefinite plural hangarer, definite plural hangarene)

  1. (aviation) a hangar

Derived terms

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From French hangar via English hangar.

Noun

hangar m (definite singular hangaren, indefinite plural hangarar, definite plural hangarane)

  1. (aviation) a hangar

Derived terms

References

Polish

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Wikipedia pl

Etymology

Borrowed from French hangar, from Middle French hangart, hangard, hanghart, hangar, from Old French *hamgart, hangart, hangard, from Frankish *haimgard.

Pronunciation

Noun

hangar m inan

  1. hangar (large garage-like structure where aircraft are kept)
  2. hangar (port building for short-term storage of cargo)

Declension

Declension of hangar
singular plural
nominative hangar hangary
genitive hangaru hangarów
dative hangarowi hangarom
accusative hangar hangary
instrumental hangarem hangarami
locative hangarze hangarach
vocative hangarze hangary

Derived terms

verb

Further reading

  • hangar in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • hangar in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from French hangar.

Pronunciation

 
 

  • Hyphenation: han‧gar

Noun

hangar m (plural hangares)

  1. hangar (large structure where aircraft are kept)

Further reading

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French hangar.

Noun

hangar n (plural hangare)

  1. hangar

Declension

Declension of hangar
singular plural
indefinite articulation definite articulation indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (un) hangar hangarul (niște) hangare hangarele
genitive/dative (unui) hangar hangarului (unor) hangare hangarelor
vocative hangarule hangarelor

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from French hangar.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /anˈɡaɾ/
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: han‧gar

Noun

hangar m (plural hangares)

  1. hangar

Further reading

Swedish

Etymology

From French hangar.

Noun

hangar c

  1. hangar, a garage-like building for aircraft.

Declension

Declension of hangar 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative hangar hangaren hangarer hangarerna
Genitive hangars hangarens hangarers hangarernas

Further reading

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