hangar

See also Hangar, and hangár

English

Etymology

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”). More at home, yard.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈhaŋə/

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• Rhymes: -æŋə(r)

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.

Translations

a large garage-like structure where aircraft are kept

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 飛機庫 (cmn), 飞机库 (cmn) (fēijīkù), 飛機棚 (cmn), 飞机棚 (cmn) (fēijīpéng), 機庫 (cmn), 机库 (cmn) (jīkù)

• Czech: hangár (cs) m
• Esperanto: hangaro (eo), aeroplanejo (eo)
• Finnish: hangaari, lentokonehalli, lentokonesuoja
• French: hangar (fr) m
• German: Hangar (de) m
• Greek: υπόστεγο (el) (ypóstego) n
• Interlingua: hangar
• Italian: hangar (it)

• Japanese: 格納庫 (ja) (かくのうこ, kakunōko), ハンガー (ja) (hangā)
• Norwegian: hangar (no)
• Polish: hangar (pl) m
• Portuguese: hangar (pt) m
• Romanian: hangar (ro) n
• Russian: анга́р (ru) (angár) m
• Serbo-Croatian: hangar (sh) m
• Spanish: hangar (es)
• Swedish: hangar (sv) c
• Volapük: garadaflitöm

Usage notes

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

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French

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• ^{(aspirated h)} IPA: /ɑ̃ɡaʁ/

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Noun

hangar m (plural hangars)

1. shed, barn, warehouse
2. hangar

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Italian

Noun

hangar m (invariable)

1. hangar

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Jèrriais

Etymology

From French hangar, of Germanic origins.

Noun

hangar m (plural hangars)

1. shed

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Polish

Pronunciation

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Noun

hangar m

1. hangar

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

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Spanish

Noun

hangar m (plural hangares)

1. hangar

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Swedish

Noun

hangar c

1. hangar, a garage like building for aircraft.

Declension

Declension of hangar

	singular		plural
Common	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	hangar	hangaren	hangarer	hangarerna
genitive	hangars	hangarens	hangarers	hangarernas