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hangar

noun · verb · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈhæŋ.ə/
  • Received-Pronunciation: [ˈhæŋ.ə]
  • /ˈhæŋ.ɚ/ without æ-raising
  • [ˈhæŋ.ɚ] ~ [ˈhæŋ.ɹ̩] without æ-raising
  • /ˈheɪ̯ŋ.ɚ/ æ-raising
  • [ˈheɪ̯ŋ.ɚ] ~ [ˈheɪ̯ŋ.ɹ̩] æ-raising
  • /ˈhɛ̃ŋ.ɚ/ æ-raising
  • [ˈhɛ̃ŋ.ɚ] ~ [ˈhɛ̃ŋ.ɹ̩] æ-raising
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -æŋə(ɹ)
  • homophone: hanger
  • CMU ARPABET: HH AE1 NG ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

A large garagelike structure where aircraft are kept.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • The plane taxied on over to the hangar for repairs.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A covered shed for carriages.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: obsolete

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

verb

Meaning 3

To store (an aircraft) in a hangar.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

a large structure at an airport where aircraft can be stored and maintained

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: airdock, repair shed

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: structure, construction

History

Etymology

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.

Across languages

Translations

68 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: hangar — a large garage-like structure where aircraft are kept
  • Arabic: حَظِيرَة (ḥaẓīra) — a large garage-like structure where aircraft are kept
  • Arabic: سَقِيفَة (saqīfa) — a large garage-like structure where aircraft are kept
  • Arabic: عَنْبَر (ʕanbar) — a large garage-like structure where aircraft are kept
  • Armenian: անգար (angar) — a large garage-like structure where aircraft are kept
  • Azerbaijani: anqar — a large garage-like structure where aircraft are kept
  • Belarusian: анга́р (anhár) — a large garage-like structure where aircraft are kept
  • Bulgarian: ханга́р (hangár) — a large garage-like structure where aircraft are kept
  • Catalan: hangar — a large garage-like structure where aircraft are kept
  • Chinese Mandarin: 飛機庫 /飞机库 (fēijīkù) — a large garage-like structure where aircraft are kept
  • Chinese Mandarin: 飛機棚 /飞机棚 (fēijīpéng) — a large garage-like structure where aircraft are kept
  • Chinese Mandarin: 機庫 /机库 (jīkù) — a large garage-like structure where aircraft are kept
  • Czech: hangár — a large garage-like structure where aircraft are kept
  • Danish: hangar — a large garage-like structure where aircraft are kept
  • Dutch: hangar — a large garage-like structure where aircraft are kept
  • Esperanto: hangaro — a large garage-like structure where aircraft are kept
  • Esperanto: aeroplanejo — a large garage-like structure where aircraft are kept
  • Estonian: angaar — a large garage-like structure where aircraft are kept
  • Finnish: hangaari — a large garage-like structure where aircraft are kept
  • Finnish: lentokonehalli — a large garage-like structure where aircraft are kept
  • Finnish: lentokonesuoja — a large garage-like structure where aircraft are kept
  • French: hangar — a large garage-like structure where aircraft are kept
  • Georgian: ანგარი (angari) — a large garage-like structure where aircraft are kept
  • German: Hangar — a large garage-like structure where aircraft are kept
  • Greek: υπόστεγο (ypóstego) — a large garage-like structure where aircraft are kept
  • Hindi: विमानशाला (vimānśālā) — a large garage-like structure where aircraft are kept
  • Hindi: हैंगर (haiṅgar) — a large garage-like structure where aircraft are kept
  • Hungarian: hangár — a large garage-like structure where aircraft are kept
  • Icelandic: flugskýli — a large garage-like structure where aircraft are kept
  • Ido: hangaro — a large garage-like structure where aircraft are kept
  • Indonesian: hanggar — a large garage-like structure where aircraft are kept
  • Interlingua: hangar — a large garage-like structure where aircraft are kept
  • Italian: hangar — a large garage-like structure where aircraft are kept
  • Italian: aviorimessa — a large garage-like structure where aircraft are kept
  • Italian: aerorimessa — a large garage-like structure where aircraft are kept
  • Japanese: 格納庫 (kakunōko) — a large garage-like structure where aircraft are kept
  • Japanese: ハンガー (hangā) — a large garage-like structure where aircraft are kept
  • Kazakh: ұшақжай (ūşaqjai) — a large garage-like structure where aircraft are kept
  • Kazakh: ұшақтұрақ (ūşaqtūraq) — a large garage-like structure where aircraft are kept
  • Kazakh: ангар (añar) — a large garage-like structure where aircraft are kept
  • Korean: 격납고 (gyeongnapgo) — a large garage-like structure where aircraft are kept
  • Korean: 행어 (haeng'eo) — a large garage-like structure where aircraft are kept
  • Kyrgyz: ангар (angar) — a large garage-like structure where aircraft are kept
  • Latvian: angārs — a large garage-like structure where aircraft are kept
  • Lithuanian: angaras — a large garage-like structure where aircraft are kept
  • Macedonian: хангар (hangar) — a large garage-like structure where aircraft are kept
  • Norwegian Bokmål: hangar — a large garage-like structure where aircraft are kept
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: hangar — a large garage-like structure where aircraft are kept
  • Persian: هنگار (hangâr) — a large garage-like structure where aircraft are kept
  • Polish: hangar — a large garage-like structure where aircraft are kept
  • Portuguese: hangar — a large garage-like structure where aircraft are kept
  • Romanian: hangar — a large garage-like structure where aircraft are kept
  • Russian: анга́р (angár) — a large garage-like structure where aircraft are kept
  • Serbo-Croatian: ха̏нга̄р — a large garage-like structure where aircraft are kept
  • Serbo-Croatian: hȁngār — a large garage-like structure where aircraft are kept
  • Slovak: hangár — a large garage-like structure where aircraft are kept
  • Slovene: hangar — a large garage-like structure where aircraft are kept
  • Spanish: hangar — a large garage-like structure where aircraft are kept
  • Swedish: hangar — a large garage-like structure where aircraft are kept
  • Tajik: ангар (angar) — a large garage-like structure where aircraft are kept
  • Tok Pisin: haus balus — a large garage-like structure where aircraft are kept
  • Turkish: hangar — a large garage-like structure where aircraft are kept
  • Ukrainian: анга́р (anhár) — a large garage-like structure where aircraft are kept
  • Urdu: ہینگر (haiṅgar) — a large garage-like structure where aircraft are kept
  • Uzbek: angar — a large garage-like structure where aircraft are kept
  • Vietnamese: hăng ga — a large garage-like structure where aircraft are kept
  • Vietnamese: nhà chứa máy bay — a large garage-like structure where aircraft are kept
  • Volapük: garadaflitöm — a large garage-like structure where aircraft are kept
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