ajar

(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.

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/əˈd͡ʒɑː/

Etymologie (Engels)

Overgenomen van Middelengels: ajar

Verwant aan Schots: char

Verwant aan Nederlands: akerre

Verwant aan 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.

Concepten

op een kier

op een kier staand

wanklinkend

wanluidend

aanstaand

halfopen

Synoniemen

open

jug

half-open

squinched

squinting

be ajar

leave ajar

open slightly

discordant

wide open

half-opened

half-close

unshut

Vertalingen

entrouvert

entrouvrir

entreabierto

entrebâillé

socchiuso

angelehnt

entreaberto

αναστατωμένος

μισάνοικτος

dissonant

aralık

halboffen

uchylony

entreaberta

entr’ouvert