jar

See also JAR, and jár

English

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Pronunciation

• enPR: jär, IPA: /dʒɑr/, X-SAMPA: /dZAr/
  • (Australia) IPA: [dʒaː(ɹ)], X-SAMPA: [dZa:(r\)]
  • (UK) IPA: [dʒɑː(ɹ)], X-SAMPA: [dZA:(r\)]
  • (US) IPA: [dʒɑɹ], [dʒɑ˞], X-SAMPA: [dZAr\]

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• Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)

Etymology 1

From French jarre, from Arabic جره (jarrah, “earthern receptacle”).

Noun

jar (plural jars)

1. A small, approximately cylindrical container, normally made of glass or clay, for holding fruit, preserves, etc., or for ornamental purposes.

Synonyms

• pot

Derived terms

cookie jar jam jar, jamjar

mason jar spice jar

Translations

small container for food

• Albanian: kavanoz (sq) m
• Arabic: جرة (ar) (jara) f

  Egyptian Arabic: جرة (gara) f, بوكلة (bukla) f, ڤازة (vaza) f

• Bulgarian: буркан (bg) (burkan) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 罐 (cmn) (guàn), 罐子 (cmn) (guànzi)

• Crimean Tatar: bank
• Czech: sklenice (cs) f
• Dalmatian: bocuola
• Finnish: ruukku (fi), tölkki (fi), purkki (fi)
• French: pot (fr), bocal (fr) m
• German: Glas (de) n (glass jar only), Gefäß (de) n
• Greek: βάζο (el) (vázo) n
• Haitian Creole: bokal
• Icelandic: krukka (is) f
• Ido: jaro (io)
• Italian: teglia (it) f, vaso (it) m, giara (it) f
• Japanese: 広口瓶 (ja) (ひろくちびん, hirokuchibin), ジャー (ja) (jā), つぼ (ja) (tsubo)

• Korean: 단지 (ko) (danji), 독 (ko) (dok)
• Macedonian: тегла (mk) (tegla) f
• Norwegian: krukke (no)
• Romanian: vas (ro) n, castron (ro) n, blid (ro) n
• Russian: банка (ru) (bánka) f, кувшин (ru) (kuvšín) m
• Scottish Gaelic: crogan (gd) m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: тегла (sh) f, ћуп (sh) m, стакленка (sh) f

  Roman: tegla (sh) f, ćup (sh) m, staklenka (sh) f, žbanja (sh) f

• Spanish: pote (es) m, bote (es) m
• Swedish: burk (sv) c
• Taos: múluną
• Turkish: kavanoz (tr)
• Vietnamese: hủ (vi)

Etymology 2

Unknown; perhaps imitative.

Verb

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.

Noun

jar (plural jars)

1. A shake.
2. A sense of alarm or dismay.
3. (now rare) Discord, contention; quarrelling.
   • 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, II.ii:

     He maketh warre, he maketh peace againe, / And yet his peace is but continuall iarre [...].

   • 1612, John Smith, Proceedings, in Kupperman 1988, p. 122:

     To redresse those jarres and ill proceedings, the Councell in England altered the governement and devolved the authoritie to the Lord De-la-ware.

Synonyms

• (knock sharply): jolt

Derived terms

• jarring a

Anagrams

• raj

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Lojban

Rafsi

jar

1. rafsi of jdari.

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Old Dutch

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *jērą, from Proto-Germanic *yōr- < *yeh₁r-.

Noun

jār n

1. year

Descendants

• Dutch: jaar

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Old High German

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *jērą, from Proto-Germanic *yōr- < *yeh₁r-. Compare Old Saxon, Old Dutch jār, and Old English ġēar, Old Norse ár, Gothic 𐌾𐌴𐍂 (jer).

Noun

jār n

1. year

Descendants

• German: Jahr
• Mòcheno: jor

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Old Saxon

Alternative forms

• gēr

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *jērą, whence also Old English, ġēar, Old Frisian jēr, Old High German and Old Dutch jār, Old Norse ár. Ultimately from Proto-Germanic *yōr- < *yeh₁r-.

Noun

jār n

1. year

Declension

Declension of jār

	Singular	Plural
nominative	jār	jār
accusative	jār	jār
genitive	jāres	jārō
dative	jāre	jārum

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Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA: /jar/

Noun

jar m

1. ravine, canyon

Declension

    declension of jar

	singular	plural
nominative	jar	jary
genitive	jaru	jarów
dative	jarowi	jarom
accusative	jar	jary
instrumental	jarem	jarami
locative	jarze	jarach
vocative	jarze	jary

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Romanian

Etymology

From Slavic žarŭ.

Noun

jar n (plural jaruri)

1. burning coals
2. intense heat, fire, glow

Synonyms

• (intense heat): arșiță, dogoare, căldură mare

Derived terms

• jariște

See also

• cărbune

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *jarъ, from Proto-Indo-European *yeh₂ros < *yeh₁r-.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /jâːr/

Noun

jȃr m (Cyrillic spelling јар)

1. (archaic, Croatia) spring
2. swelter, intense heat (also figuratively)

Quotations

• For usage examples of this term, see the citations page.

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Slovak

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *jarъ, from Proto-Indo-European *yeh₂ros < *yeh₁r-. Cognate with Serbo-Croatian јар/jar, dialectal Bulgarian and Russian яра. Non-Slavic cognates include Gothic 𐌾𐌴𐍂 (jēr, “year”).

Noun

jar f (genitive singular jari, nominative plural jari)

1. spring (season)

Declension

    declension of jar

	singular	plural
nominative	jar	jari
genitive	jari	jarí
dative	jari	jariam
accusative	jar	jari
locative	jari	jariach
instrumental	jarou	jarami

See also

• (seasons) ročné obdobie; jar, jeseň, leto, zima ^{(Category: sk:Seasons)}

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Tz'utujil

Alternative forms

• ja

Article

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