hangar

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).

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

Noun

hangar c (singular definite hangaren, plural indefinite hangarer)

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

Declension

References

“hangar” in Den Danske Ordbog

Dutch

Pronunciation

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Noun

hangar m (plural hangars, diminutive hangartje n)

  1. hangar, a garage like building for aircraft.

French

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • (aspirated h) IPA(key): /ɑ̃.ɡaʁ/
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Noun

hangar m (plural hangars)

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

Descendants

Further reading

Italian

Noun

hangar m (invariable)

  1. hangar

Norman

Etymology

Borrowed from French hangar, from Frankish *haimgard.

Noun

hangar m (plural hangars)

  1. (Jersey) shed

Polish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈxan.ɡar/
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Noun

hangar m inan

  1. hangar

Declension

Portuguese

Noun

hangar m (plural hangares)

  1. hangar (large structure where aircraft are kept)

Spanish

Noun

hangar m (plural hangares)

  1. hangar

Swedish

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
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