ajar

Bedeutung (Englisch)

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.

Konzepte

angelehnt

halboffen

offen

leicht geöffnet

angeleht

halb offen

klaffend

Synonyme

open

jug

half-open

squinched

squinting

be ajar

leave ajar

open slightly

discordant

wide open

half-opened

half-close

unshut

Ausgesprochen als (IPA)

/əˈd͡ʒɑː/

Etymologie (Englisch)

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.