English Online Dictionary. What means jar? What does jar mean?
English
Pronunciation
- enPR: jär
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /dʒɑː/, [d͡ʒɑː(ɹ)]
- (General American) IPA(key): /d͡ʒɑɹ/, [d͡ʒɑɹ]
- (General Australian) IPA(key): /dʒɐː/, [d͡ʒɐː(ɹ)]
- Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)
Etymology 1
Inherited from Middle English jarre (“jar”), from Medieval Latin jarra, or from Middle French jarre (“liquid measure”) (from Old French jare; modern French jarre (“earthenware jar”)), or from Spanish jarra, jarro (“jug, pitcher; mug, stein”), all from Arabic جَرَّة (jarra, “earthen receptacle”).
The word is cognate with Italian giara (“jar; crock”), Occitan jarro, Portuguese jarra, jarro (“jug; ewer, pitcher”).
The verb is derived from the noun.
Noun
jar (plural jars)
- (originally) An earthenware container, either with two or no handles, for holding oil, water, wine, etc., or used for burial. [from late 16th c.]
- A small, approximately cylindrical container, normally made of clay or glass, for holding fruit, preserves, etc., or for ornamental purposes.
- Synonyms: cruse, pot
- A container and its contents; as much as fills such a container; a jarful.
- (British, Ireland, colloquial) A pint glass
- (British, Ireland, colloquial, metonymic) A glass of beer or cider, served by the pint.
Hyponyms
Derived terms
Related terms
- jorum (possibly related)
Translations
Verb
jar (third-person singular simple present jars, present participle jarring, simple past and past participle jarred)
- (transitive) To preserve (food) in a jar.
- Synonym: bottle
Derived terms
Translations
Etymology 2
From earlier jar, jur, jarre, jurre, of uncertain origin. Possibly from earlier *char, *chur, *charre, *churre (now spelt chirr, churr (“to make a sound”); compare also nightjar and its variant nightchurr), from Middle English *chirren, *cherren, *churren (“to sound, cry, murmur, complain”), from Old English ċeorian (“to murmur, gripe, complain with just cause”), from Proto-West Germanic *karēn (“to complain”). For the change of ch to j, compare also charm, jarm (“chirping”); achar, ajar (“slightly turned or open”), chaw, jaw, etc. The noun is derived from the verb.
Noun
jar (countable and uncountable, plural jars)
- (countable) A clashing or discordant set of sounds, particularly with a quivering or vibrating quality.
- (countable, also figuratively) A quivering or vibrating movement or sensation resulting from something being shaken or struck.
- Synonym: jolt
- (countable, by extension) A sense of alarm or dismay.
- (countable) The effect of something contradictory or discordant; a clash.
- (countable, now rare) A disagreement, a dispute, a quarrel; (uncountable) contention, discord; quarrelling.
Translations
Verb
jar (third-person singular simple present jars, present participle jarring, simple past and past participle jarred)
- (transitive) To knock, shake, or strike sharply, especially causing a quivering or vibrating movement.
- (transitive) To harm or injure by such action.
- (transitive, figuratively) To shock or surprise.
- (transitive, figuratively) To act in disagreement or opposition, to clash, to be at odds with; to interfere; to dispute, to quarrel.
- (ambitransitive) To (cause something to) give forth a rudely tremulous or quivering sound; to (cause something to) sound discordantly or harshly.
- (intransitive) To quiver or vibrate due to being shaken or struck.
- (intransitive, figuratively) Of the appearance, form, style, etc., of people and things: to look strangely different; to stand out awkwardly from its surroundings; to be incongruent.
Derived terms
- jarring (adjective)
- jarry
- jarsome
Translations
Notes
References
Further reading
- jar on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams
- JRA, Raj, ajr, raj
Blagar
Noun
jar
- water
References
- Antoinette Schapper, The Papuan Languages of Timor, Alor and Pantar: Volume 1 (2014), p. 177
Czech
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈjar]
Noun
jar
- genitive plural of jaro
Mokilese
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈcar/
Verb
jar
- (intransitive) to come out
Derived terms
- jarda
- jarek
- jarekda
References
- Harrison, Sheldon P., Mokilese-English Dictionary, University of Hawaii Press 1977
North Frisian
Pronoun
jar
- them
- their
Norwegian Bokmål
Noun
jar m (definite singular jaren, indefinite plural jarer, definite plural jarene)
- form removed with the spelling reform of 2005; superseded by jare
Norwegian Nynorsk
Noun
jar m (definite singular jaren, indefinite plural jarar, definite plural jarane)
- alternative form of jare
Old Dutch
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *jār.
Noun
jār n
- year
Inflection
Descendants
- Middle Dutch: jâer
- Dutch: jaar
- Afrikaans: jaar
- Berbice Creole Dutch: jari
- Jersey Dutch: jâr
- Negerhollands: jaer, jaar, yer
- Sranan Tongo: yari
- Aukan: yali
- Saramaccan: jáa
- → Caribbean Javanese: yari
- Limburgish: jaor
- West Flemish: joar
- Zealandic: jaer, jaor
- Dutch: jaar
Further reading
- “jār”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012
Old Frisian
Noun
jār n
- alternative form of jēr (“year”)
Inflection
Old High German
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *jār, from Proto-Germanic *jērą, from Proto-Indo-European *yeh₁-.
Noun
jār n
- year
Derived terms
- hiuro, hiuri
- Middle High German: hiure
- Cimbrian: hôar
- German: heuer
- Middle High German: hiure
Descendants
- Middle High German: jār
- Alemannic German: Jòòr, Jààr
- Bavarian: Jåhr, Joar, Joa
- Cimbrian: jaar, djar (Luserna)
- Mòcheno: jor
- Central Franconian: Johr
- Hunsrik: Joher
- Luxembourgish: Joer
- German: Jahr
- Rhine Franconian:
- Pennsylvania German: Johr, Yaahr
- Swabian: Joar, Johr
- Sathmar Swabian: Johr
- Vilamovian: jür
- Yiddish: יאָר (yor)
Old Saxon
Alternative forms
- gēr
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *jār, from Proto-Germanic *jērą, from Proto-Indo-European *yeh₁-.
Noun
jār n
- year
Declension
Descendants
- Middle Low German: jâr, jaer
- Low German: Johr, Jahr
- German Low German: Jåhr, Joahr, Jaohr, Jahr, Johr
- Plautdietsch: Joa
- Low German: Johr, Jahr
Polish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈjar/
- Rhymes: -ar
- Syllabification: jar
Etymology 1
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *jarъ.
Noun
jar m inan
- (archaic) spring (season)
Declension
Related terms
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Ukrainian яр (jar), from a Turkic language.
Noun
jar m inan
- canyon, ravine
Declension
Related terms
Further reading
- jar in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- jar in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic жаръ (žarŭ), from Proto-Slavic *žarъ.
Noun
jar n (plural jaruri)
- embers (glowing coal or wood)
- intense heat, fire, glow
- Synonyms: arșiță, dogoare, căldură mare
Declension
Derived terms
- jariște
See also
- cărbune
- foc
Semai
Etymology
From Proto-Mon-Khmer *ɟarʔ (“quick; to run”).
Verb
jar
- to run
Derived terms
- jerjar
- je'nar
See also
- deeq (“to run away”)
References
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *jarъ (“spring”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /jâːr/
Noun
jȃr m inan (Cyrillic spelling ја̑р)
- (archaic, Croatia) spring
- swelter, intense heat (also figuratively)
Quotations
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:jar.
Slovak
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *jarь. Cognate with Serbo-Croatian јар/jar, dialectal Bulgarian and Russian яра (jara). Non-Slavic cognates include Gothic 𐌾𐌴𐍂 (jēr, “year”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [jar]
Noun
jar f (genitive singular jari, nominative plural jari, genitive plural jarí, declension pattern of kosť)
- spring (season)
- Synonym: (literary) vesna
Declension
Derived terms
- jarný
See also
- seasons: ročné obdobia: jar · leto · jeseň · zima [edit]
Further reading
- “jar”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025
Somali
Verb
jar
- to cut
Sumerian
Romanization
jar
- romanization of 𒃻 (g̃ar)
Tarifit
Preposition
jar (Tifinagh spelling ⵊⴰⵔ)
- between, among
Tz'utujil
Alternative forms
- ja
Article
jar
- the