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).

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

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/
  • (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

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

Noun

hangar m (plural hangars)

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

Descendants

Further reading

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈan.ɡar/
  • Rhymes: -anɡar
  • Hyphenation: hàn‧gar

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

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

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈxaŋ.ɡar/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -aŋɡar
  • Syllabification: han‧gar

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

Derived terms

verb
  • hangarować impf

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

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ɐ̃ˈɡaʁ/ [ɐ̃ˈɡah]
    • (São Paulo) IPA(key): /ɐ̃ˈɡaɾ/
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ɐ̃ˈɡaʁ/ [ɐ̃ˈɡaχ]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ɐ̃ˈɡaɻ/
 
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ɐ̃ˈɡaɾ/
    • (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /ɐ̃ˈɡa.ɾi/

  • 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

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from French hangar.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /anˈɡaɾ/ [ãŋˈɡaɾ]
  • 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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