ajar

Betekenis (Engels)

Adv

Slightly turned or opened.

Adj

Slightly turned or opened.

Verb

To turn or open slightly; to become ajar or to cause to become ajar; to be or to hang ajar.

Verb

To show variance or contradiction with something; to be or cause to be askew.

Sinonieme

open

jug

half-open

squinched

squinting

be ajar

leave ajar

open slightly

discordant

wide open

half-opened

half-close

unshut

Vertalings

entrouvert

entrouvrir

entrebâillé

entreabierto

socchiuso

op een kier

angelehnt

αναστατωμένος

entreaberto

aralık

op een kier staand

dissonant

μισάνοικτος

wanklinkend

halboffen

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/əˈd͡ʒɑː/

Etimologie (Engels)

Geërf van Middle English: ajar

Verwante met Skots: char

Verwante met Nederlands: akerre

Verwante met Duits: kehren

In summary

From Middle English ajar, on char (“on [the] turn”), from on (“on”) + char (“turn, occasion”), from Old English ċierr, cyrr (“turn”), from ċierran (“to turn, convert”), equivalent to a- + char. Akin to Scots char, chare (“to turn, cause to turn”), Dutch akerre, kier (“ajar”), German kehren (“to turn”). See char.