ajar

(Anglais)

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.

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/əˈd͡ʒɑː/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de moyen anglais: ajar

Appartenant à écossais: char

Appartenant à néerlandais: akerre

Appartenant à allemand: 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.

Concepts

entrouvert

entrouvrir

entrebâillé

dissonant

entr’ouvert

entrebâiller

être entrouvert

Synonymes

open

jug

half-open

squinched

squinting

be ajar

leave ajar

open slightly

discordant

wide open

half-opened

half-close

unshut

Traductions

entreabierto

angelehnt

op een kier

socchiuso

entreaberto

αναστατωμένος

aralık

op een kier staand

μισάνοικτος

entreaberta

halboffen

entornado

wanluidend

accostato

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