hangar
Syllables: hang·ar/ˈhæŋ.ɚ/UK/ˈhæŋ.ə/
hangar noun: a large garagelike structure where aircraft are kept.
Noun
hangar (plural hangars)
- A large garagelike structure where aircraft are kept.
- The plane taxied on over to the hangar for repairs.
- By the side of it ran an open hangar upheld by a score of rough tarred posts.1919, Ronald Firbank, Valmouth, Duckworth, hardback edition, page 9
- A covered shed for carriages.
Verb
hangar (third-person singular simple present hangars, present participle hangaring, simple past and past participle hangared)
- To store (an aircraft) in a hangar.
hangar meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
hangar in Hindi
- a large garage-like structure where aircraft are kept
- विमानशाला vimānśālā, हैंगर haiṅgar
hangar in Tamil
- பறவாடி, மேலிருந்தோ அமைக்கப்பட்டுள்ள ஒரு சட்டம்
hangar in Marathi
- हॅंगर, हॅन्गर
hangar in Urdu
- a large garage-like structure where aircraft are kept
- ہینگر haiṅgar
More languagesFewer languages
- hangar in Bengali
- হ্যাঙ্গার
- hangar in Telugu
- హ్యాంగర్
- hangar in Malayalam
- വിമാനശാല, വിമാനം സൂക്ഷിക്കുന്നതിനുള്ള ഷെഡ്
- hangar in Kannada
- ವಿಮಾನ ಬಿಡಾರ, ವಿಮಾನ ಖಾನೆ, ವಿಮಾನಗಳನ್ನಿಡುವ ಭಾರಿ ಕಟ್ಟಡ, ಹ್ಯಾಂಗರು
- hangar in Punjabi
- ਹੈਂਗਰ, ਹੈਂਗਾਰ
- hangar in Gujarati
- હેંગર
- hangar in Odia
- ହଙ୍ଗର୍
- hangar in Nepali
- ह्याङ्गर
- hangar in Arabic
- حَظِيرَة ḥaẓīra, سَقِيفَة saqīfa, عَنْبَر ʕanbar
- hangar in Indonesian
- hanggar
- hangar in Persian
- هنگار hangâr
- hangar in Vietnamese
- hăng ga, nhà chứa máy bay
Examples of hangar in a sentence
- Two forties aircraft sat forgotten in the hangar until they were rediscovered by two trespassing teens.
- At any rate, no aircraft can leave this hangar until no fewer than three inspectors have signed off on it.
- When they hit cruisers, they use hangar spam to mow down corvettes and bastions.
Forms of hangar
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | hangars |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | hangars |
| present participle | hangaring |
| past participle | hangared |
| past | hangared |
Origin of hangar
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.
Words formed from hangar
Phrases with hangar
Words that rhyme with hangar
Questions about hangar
- What does hangar mean?
- Hangar means a large garagelike structure where aircraft are kept.
- What is hangar in Hindi?
- Hangar in Hindi is विमानशाला (vimānśālā), हैंगर (haiṅgar). See Hangar meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is hangar?
- Hangar can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce hangar?
- Hangar is pronounced /ˈhæŋ.ə/ (UK).
- What is the plural of hangar?
- The plural of hangar is hangars.
Words near hangar in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: hangar (page history and authors); hangar (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); hangar (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); hangar (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); hangar (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); hangar (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); hangar (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); hangar (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); hangar (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); hangar (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); hangar (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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