hangar

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See also: Hangar and hangár

English

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Etymology

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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.

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Noun

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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

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

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Translations

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Verb

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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.

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Danish

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Etymology

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From French hangar.

Noun

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hangar c (singular definite hangaren, plural indefinite hangarer)

  1. hangar, a garage-like building for aircraft

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Dutch

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Etymology

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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

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

Noun

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hangar m (plural hangars, diminutive hangartje n)

  1. hangar, a garage-like building for aircraft

Descendants

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  • Indonesian: hanggar

French

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Etymology

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From Frankish *haimgard (enclosure around a home).

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Noun

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hangar m (plural hangars)

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

Descendants

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Further reading

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Italian

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Noun

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hangar m (invariable)

  1. hangar

Norman

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French hangar, from Frankish *haimgard.

Noun

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hangar m (plural hangars)

  1. (Jersey) shed

Norwegian Bokmål

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Norwegian Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia no

Etymology

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From French hangar via English hangar.

Noun

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

  1. (aviation) a hangar

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology

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From French hangar via English hangar.

Noun

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

  1. (aviation) a hangar

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Polish

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Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia pl

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Noun

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hangar m inan

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

Declension

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Derived terms

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verb

Further reading

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

Portuguese

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French hangar.

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: han‧gar

Noun

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hangar m (plural hangares)

  1. hangar (large structure where aircraft are kept)

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Romanian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French hangar.

Noun

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hangar n (plural hangare)

  1. hangar

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Spanish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French hangar.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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hangar m (plural hangares)

  1. hangar

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Swedish

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Etymology

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From French hangar.

Noun

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hangar c

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

Declension

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

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