ajar

a·jar  (-jär)

adv. & adj.

Partially opened: left the door ajar.

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[Middle English on char : on, in; see on + char, turn (from Old English cierr).]

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ajar¹

adj (postpositive)

adv

(esp of a door or window) slightly open

[altered form of obsolete on char, literally: on the turn; char, from Old English cierran to turn]

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ajar²

adj

(postpositive) not in harmony

[altered form of at jar at discord. See jar²]

Thesaurus

Adj.

1.

ajar - slightly open; "the door was ajar"   open, unfastened - affording unobstructed entrance and exit; not shut or closed; "an open door"; "they left the door open"

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ajar

adjective open, gaping, agape, partly open, unclosed He left the door ajar in case I needed him.

Translations

ajar [əˈdʒɑːʳ] ADV → entreabierto
to leave the door ajar → dejar entreabierta la puerta, no cerrar completamente la puerta, entrecerrar la puerta(Mex)

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ajar [əˈdʒɑː^r] adj [door] → entrouvert(e)
She went out, leaving the door ajar → Elle est sortie en laissant la porte entrouverte.

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ajar

adj adv → angelehnt

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ajar [əˈdʒɑːʳ] adv & adj → socchiuso/a

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ajar

adj ajar [əˈdʒaː]

partly open The door was ajar when I returned. half oop مَفْتُوح جُزْئِيَّاً открехнат pootevřený på klem angelehnt μισάνοιχτος entreabierto praokil نیمه باز raollaan entr'ouvert פָּתוּח בְּמִקְצָת अधखुला napola zatvoren nyitva terbuka sedikit opinn til hálfs/í hálfa gátt socchiuso 少し開いて 조금 열린 praviras pusvirus terbuka op een kier på gløtt, på klem uchylony entreaberto întredeschis приоткрытый pootvorený priprt odškrinut på glänt เปิดแง้มอยู่ aralık 半開著 прочинений, нещільно зачинений نیم وا ، آدھا کھلا ہوا khép hờ 半开着