Dictionary Definition
ajar adj : slightly open; "the door was ajar"
[syn: ajar(p)]
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Etymology
on char ajar, on the turn; cerr, cyrr, turn, akin to kehren to turn, and to akerre. See Char.Pronunciation
IPA: WEAE /ʌˈʤɑɹ/Adverb
ajar- Slightly turned or opened; as, the door was standing ajar.
- Being at variance or in contradiction to something
- What you're telling me is ajar with what your husband told me.
- You have always been ajar with the times.
Translations
slightly turned or opened
- Icelandic: í hálfa gátt
Being at variance or in contradiction to
something
- Icelandic: úr samræmi, í ósamræmi, úr takti
Adjective
ajar- Slightly turned or opened; as, the door is ajar (adjective
usage).
- When is a door not a door? When it is ajar.
Translations
slightly turned or opened
- Danish: på klem
- Finnish: raollaan
- French: entrebâillé, entrouvert
- Icelandic: opinn til hálfs , opin til hálfs , opið til hálfs ; opinn í hálfa gátt , opin í hálfa gátt , opið í hálfa gátt
- Norwegian: på gløtt
- Portuguese: entreaberta
- Swedish: på glänt
Indonesian
Verb
ajar (used in the form mengajar)- to teach
Extensive Definition
Ajar may refer to:
- Ajar, Afghanistan
- Adjara - Automonous region of Georgia