jar

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Etymology 1 1.2.1 Noun 1.2.1.1 Synonyms 1.2.1.2 Derived terms 1.2.1.3 Translations 1.3 Etymology 2 1.3.1 Verb 1.3.2 Noun 1.3.2.1 Synonyms 1.3.2.2 Derived terms 1.4 Anagrams 2 Croatian 2.1 Etymology 2.2 Noun 3 Old High German 3.1 Etymology 3.2 Noun 4 Slovak 4.1 Etymology 4.2 Noun 5 Tz'utujil 5.1 Alternative spellings 5.2 Article

[edit] English

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[edit] Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -ɑː(r)

[edit] Etymology 1

From French jarre, from Arabic جره (jarrah) ‘earthern receptacle’.

[edit] Noun

jar (plural jars)

1. A small, approximately cylindrical container for food, normally made of glass or clay.

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• pot

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cookie jar jam jar, jamjar

mason jar spice jar

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[edit] Etymology 2

Unknown; perhaps imitative.

[edit] Verb

to jar (third-person singular simple present jars, present participle jarring, simple past and past participle jarred) (transitive)

1. To knock or strike sharply.

   He hit it with a hammer, hoping he could jar it loose.

2. to shock or surprise.

   I think the accident jarred him, as he hasn't gotten back in a car since.

3. (form, style, appearance etc. of people and things) To be so different that it looks strange and doesn't fit in with the surroundings; to be incongruent.

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jar (plural jars)

1. A shake.
2. A sense of alarm or dismay.

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• (knock sharply): jolt

[edit] Derived terms

• jarring a

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• Alphagram: ajr
• raj

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[edit] Croatian

[edit] Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *jarъ, from Proto-Indo-European *yeh₂ros.

[edit] Noun

jȃr m.

1. (archaic) spring
2. swelter, intense heat (and figuratively)
   • 1876, August Šenoa, Seljačka buna:

   Je l' čudo kad puk pozvjeri, i bojim se da će koga toga zaboljeti glava, ako se blagoćom tinjajući jar ne prigasi.

   • 1916, Ivana Brlić-Mažuranić, Jagor:

   Stoji maćeha, okamenila se od čuda, ali kad nestalo starca, uhvati je jar i bijes.

   • 1893, Eugen Kumičić, Urota zrinsko-frankopanska:

   Ja bih se mogao užgati kao puščani prah, da, da, užgati, od jara, bijesa, ogorčenja!

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[edit] Old High German

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Proto-Germanic *jaeram, whence also Old English ġēar, Old Norse ár

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jār n.

1. year

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[edit] Slovak

[edit] Etymology

From Proto-Slavic, cognate with Serbo-Croatian јар/jar, dialectal Bulgarian and Russian яра. Non-Slavic cognates include Gothic 𐌾𐌴𐍂 (jēr), “‘year’”).

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jar f.

1. spring (season)

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[edit] Tz'utujil

[edit] Alternative spellings

• ja

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jar

1. the