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hangar

See also: Hangar and hangár

English

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Etymology

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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.

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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

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

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Verb

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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.

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Danish

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Etymology

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From French hangar.

Noun

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hangar c (singular definite hangaren, plural indefinite hangarer)

  1. hangar, a garage-like building for aircraft

Declension

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Declension of hangar
common
gender 		Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative hangar hangaren hangarer hangarerne
genitive hangars hangarens hangarers hangarernes

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Etymology

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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

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  • IPA(key): /ɦɑŋˈɡaːr/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: han‧gar
  • Rhymes: -aːr

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hangar m (plural hangars, diminutive hangartje n)

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

Descendants

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  • → Indonesian: hanggar

French

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Etymology

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

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hangar m (plural hangars)

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

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Italian

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Noun

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hangar m (invariable)

  1. hangar

Norman

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French hangar, from Frankish *haimgard.

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hangar m (plural hangars)

  1. (Jersey) shed

Norwegian Bokmål

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Norwegian Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology

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From French hangar via English hangar.

Noun

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hangar m (definite singular hangaren, indefinite plural hangarer, definite plural hangarene)

  1. (aviation) a hangar

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology

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From French hangar via English hangar.

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hangar m (definite singular hangaren, indefinite plural hangarar, definite plural hangarane)

  1. (aviation) a hangar

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Polish

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Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology

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

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Noun

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hangar m inan

  1. hangar (large garage-like structure where aircraft are kept)
  2. hangar (port building for short-term storage of cargo)

Declension

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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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verb

Further reading

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  • hangar in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • hangar in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French hangar.

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  • Hyphenation: han‧gar

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hangar m (plural hangares)

  1. hangar (large structure where aircraft are kept)

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Romanian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French hangar.

Noun

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hangar n (plural hangare)

  1. hangar

Declension

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Declension of hangar
singular plural
indefinite articulation definite articulation indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (un) hangar hangarul (niște) hangare hangarele
genitive/dative (unui) hangar hangarului (unor) hangare hangarelor
vocative hangarule hangarelor

Spanish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French hangar.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /anˈɡaɾ/ [ãŋˈɡaɾ]
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: han‧gar

Noun

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hangar m (plural hangares)

  1. hangar

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Swedish

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Etymology

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From French hangar.

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hangar c

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

Declension

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Declension of hangar 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative hangar hangaren hangarer hangarerna
Genitive hangars hangarens hangarers hangarernas

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