jar en · NOUN · etymology 1
Pronunciation
- [d͡ʒɑː(ɹ)] (Received-Pronunciation)
- /d͡ʒɑɹ/ (Canada, General-American)
- [d͡ʒɑɹ] (Canada, General-American)
- [d͡ʒɐː(ɹ)] (Australia, New-Zealand)
- (California) audio
- /d͡ʒɑː/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- /d͡ʒɐː/ (Australia, New-Zealand)
- audio Queensland
- jär
Etymology
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.
Meanings
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(qualifier:originally) An earthenware container, either with two or no handles, for holding oil, water, wine, etc., or used for burial.
[A] certain fisherman, after throwing his nets to no purpose, and beginning to be in despair, succeeded in catching a jar of brass. […] But presently there came out of the jar a vapour, and it rose up towards the heavens, and reached along the face of the earth; and after this, the vapour reached its height, and condensed, and became compact, and waved tremulously, and became an Ufreet (evil spirit), […]
1848, Leigh Hunt, “Introduction. A Blue Jar from Sicily, and a Brass Jar from the ‘Arabian Nights;’ and What Came Out of Each.”, in A Jar of Honey from Mount Hybla, London: Smith, Elder, and Co., […], →OCLC, page 3:The first view shows the body in the grave, looking southwards; the stack of offering jars lies outside of a little court for offerings which is seen beyond them. Below this is a nearer view of the grave alone. Here is skeleton is in place, an alabaster bowl lies between the face and the knees, and a slate palette over that. Five jars stand around the body.
1914, W[illiam] M[atthew] Flinders Petrie, “The Valley Cemetery”, in Tarkhan II (British School of Archaeology in Egypt and Egyptian Research Account: Nineteenth Year, 1913; XXV), London: School of Archaeology in Egypt, University College, […] and Bernard Quaritch, […], →OCLC, page 2, column 2:She refilled the jar with peanuts today evening.
Lucy Orrinsmith praised the charms of green glazed vases from the Aures mountains and Tunisian coarse clay and terracotta jars.
2008, Judith A. Neiswander, “Individuality and Eclectic Internationalism”, in The Cosmopolitan Interior: Liberalism and the British Home 1870–1914, New Haven, Conn.; London: Published for the Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art by Yale University Press, →ISBN, page 46:As I was going over the far fam'd Kerry mountain / I met with Captain Farrell [a]nd his money he was counting, / I first produced my pistol and I then produced my rapier, / Sayin', "Stand and deliver for you are my bold deceiver,["] / O, Whack fol the diddle, / O, Whack fol the diddle, / O, There's whiskey in the jar / O, Whack fol the diddle, / O, Whack fol the diddle, / O, There's whiskey in the jar.
17th century?, “There’s Whiskey in the Jar”, in Colm O Lochlainn, compiler, Irish Street Ballads: Collected and Annotated […], New York, N.Y.: Corinth Books, published 1960, →OCLC, page 24:
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A small, approximately cylindrical container, normally made of clay or glass, for holding fruit, preserves, etc., or for ornamental purposes.
The Leyden jar is charged, like the condenser of Œpinus and the fulminating square, by making one of the armatures communicate with the earth and the other with the electric source.
1855, “On Physics, or Natural Philosophy. No. LIX. Effects Produced by the Accumulation of both Electricities.”, in [Robert Wallace], editor, The Popular Educator, volume VI, London: John Cassell, […], →OCLC, page 507, column 1:These important deficiencies in air-tight jars for preserving eggs have led me to invent a jar purposely for egg preserving, and which jar is not only perfectly air-tight, but it will show at a glance whether it is so, and how long it remains so, by means of its patent pneumatic self-indicating cap.
1865 March 14, G. K. Geyelin, “The Laws of Nature: In Relation to Poultry Keeping from a Commercial Point of View”, in George W. Johnson, Robert Hogg, editors, The Journal of Horticulture, Cottage Gardener, and Country Gentleman. […], volume VIII, number 207 (New Series; volume XXXIII, issue 859 (Old Series)), London: Published for the proprietors, […], →OCLC, page 219, column 2:
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A container and its contents; as much as fills such a container; a jarful.
A smaller plate was immersed, while the combustion was in active operation, in a glass jar of carbonic acid gas without any diminution of the incandescence of its surface, showing that the combustion is independent of the atmosphere in which takes place.
1911 November 21, William A[rthur] Bone, “Surface Combustion in a Boiler”, in Power: Devoted to the Generation and Transmission of Power, volume 34, number 21, New York, N.Y.: Hill Publishing Co., →OCLC, page 767, column 3:Who do you think you are? / Runnin' 'round leaving scars / Collecting your jar of hearts / And tearing love apart
2010 July 27, Christina Perri, “Jar of Hearts”, in Lovestrong:
- (Ireland, UK, colloquial) A pint glass
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(Ireland, UK, colloquial, metonymically) A glass of beer or cider, served by the pint.
About a shopping trolley, I thought I'd let ye know. Ya'd try to push it straight but it never seems ta go. Ya'd wobble through the car park, hopping off the cars. Anyone would think ya had a few auld jars.
2013 March 15, “The Shopping Trolley” (track 10), in Horsing Around, performed by Richie Kavanagh:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| jars | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
canopic jar · gas jar · on the jar · swearing jar · with one's fingers in the cookie jar · jamjar · cookie-jar accounting · Pegu jar · caught with one's fingers in the cookie jar · caught in the cookie jar · cupping-jar · honor jar · jarful · caught with the cookie jar · jar mill · night-jar · job jar · stirrup jar · hand in the cookie jar · cuss jar · jarhead · first olive out of the jar · jar opener · cookie-jar reserve · jar-dropping · Pandora's jar · bean jar · cupping jar · body jar · jarlic · caught raiding the cookie jar · honour jar · honesty jar · Kleistian jar · Leyden jar · monkey jar · jar-owl · killing jar · bell jar · evejar · curse jar · jarless · jarlike · Kilner jar · fruit jar · tip jar · swear jar · Leiden jar · slop-jar · fingers in the cookie jar · unit jar · Mason jar · water-jar
Descendants
Hyponyms
mason jar · spice jar · cookie jar · jam jar
Relateds
Synonyms
Translations (164)
id guci (earthenware container) · sh тегла (small, approximately cylindrical container) · uz banka (small, approximately cylindrical container) · it vasetto (small, approximately cylindrical container) · gl caneca (earthenware container) · hi तसला (small, approximately cylindrical container) · it vaso (earthenware container) · th โหล (small, approximately cylindrical container) · th กุณโฑ (small, approximately cylindrical container) · qu p'uyñu (small, approximately cylindrical container) · hi मटका (small, approximately cylindrical container) · tyz cang (small, approximately cylindrical container) · de Glas (small, approximately cylindrical container) · eo bokalo (small, approximately cylindrical container) · tl tapayan (small, approximately cylindrical container) · el βάζο (small, approximately cylindrical container) · de Gefäß (small, approximately cylindrical container) · ht bokal (small, approximately cylindrical container) · io jaro (earthenware container) · arz جرة (small, approximately cylindrical container) · id stoples (small, approximately cylindrical container) · de Topf (earthenware container) · fi purkki (small, approximately cylindrical container) · th เหยือก (small, approximately cylindrical container) · it giara (earthenware container) · twf múluną (small, approximately cylindrical container) · ky банка (small, approximately cylindrical container) · ja つぼ (small, approximately cylindrical container) · sh ćup (small, approximately cylindrical container) · is krukka (small, approximately cylindrical container) · az banka (small, approximately cylindrical container) · cmn 罐子 (small, approximately cylindrical container) · gl tarro (small, approximately cylindrical container) · yi סלוי (small, approximately cylindrical container) · rif aqbuš (small, approximately cylindrical container) · io jaro (small, approximately cylindrical container) · my ဘူး (small, approximately cylindrical container) · fr pot (small, approximately cylindrical container) · be ба́нька (small, approximately cylindrical container) · cs sklenice (small, approximately cylindrical container) · got 𐌺𐌰𐍃 (small, approximately cylindrical container) · scn cafisu (earthenware container) · fa بستو (small, approximately cylindrical container) · bg буркан (small, approximately cylindrical container) · pdt Kruck (small, approximately cylindrical container) · acw جَرَّة (small, approximately cylindrical container) · scn giarra (earthenware container) · arz برطمان (small, approximately cylindrical container) · fa شیشه (small, approximately cylindrical container) · hu korsó (small, approximately cylindrical container) · uga 𐎋𐎄 (small, approximately cylindrical container) · hy բանկա (small, approximately cylindrical container) · gl xerra (earthenware container) · th โอ่ง (small, approximately cylindrical container) · cop ⲕⲏⲃⲓ (small, approximately cylindrical container) · scn grasta (small, approximately cylindrical container) · mk тегла (small, approximately cylindrical container) · sh стакленка (small, approximately cylindrical container) · arz بوكلة (small, approximately cylindrical container) · nv ásaaʼ (small, approximately cylindrical container) · ta ஜாடி (small, approximately cylindrical container) · fi tölkki (small, approximately cylindrical container) · el γυάλα (small, approximately cylindrical container) · lt stiklainis (small, approximately cylindrical container) · kk құты (small, approximately cylindrical container) · fr bocal (small, approximately cylindrical container) · ro borcan (small, approximately cylindrical container) · sq kavanoz (small, approximately cylindrical container) · nl schroefpot (small, approximately cylindrical container) · la urceolus (small, approximately cylindrical container) · ja ジャー (small, approximately cylindrical container) · la ōlla (small, approximately cylindrical container) · ar مرطبان (earthenware container) · es tarro (small, approximately cylindrical container) · es frasco (small, approximately cylindrical container) · da krukke (small, approximately cylindrical container) · cic kitoba (small, approximately cylindrical container) · hu üveg (small, approximately cylindrical container) · vi hủ (small, approximately cylindrical container) · ms balang (small, approximately cylindrical container) · hu csupor (small, approximately cylindrical container) · sv burk (small, approximately cylindrical container) · yo ikoko (small, approximately cylindrical container) · pl słoik (small, approximately cylindrical container) · es bote (small, approximately cylindrical container) · fi ruukku (small, approximately cylindrical container) · ru скля́нка (small, approximately cylindrical container) · tl banga (small, approximately cylindrical container) · gl ataño (small, approximately cylindrical container) · et purk (small, approximately cylindrical container) · pl słój (small, approximately cylindrical container) · sl steklenica (small, approximately cylindrical container) · hu edény (small, approximately cylindrical container) · scn giarra (small, approximately cylindrical container) · km ពាង (small, approximately cylindrical container) · ota قوانوز (small, approximately cylindrical container) · sk nádoba (small, approximately cylindrical container) · ota جره (earthenware container) · lo ແອ່ງ (small, approximately cylindrical container) · pt jarro (small, approximately cylindrical container) · grc κάδος (small, approximately cylindrical container) · grc στάμνος (small, approximately cylindrical container) · nl kruik (earthenware container) · kk банка (small, approximately cylindrical container) · ga próca (earthenware container) · ar جَرَّة (small, approximately cylindrical container) · ja 広口瓶 (small, approximately cylindrical container) · gl brico (earthenware container) · it barattolo (small, approximately cylindrical container) · dlm bocuola (small, approximately cylindrical container) · arz بطرمان (small, approximately cylindrical container) · scn vùmmula (earthenware container) · ko 단지 (small, approximately cylindrical container) · apc مرطبان (small, approximately cylindrical container) · mt ġarra (small, approximately cylindrical container) · sh žbanja (small, approximately cylindrical container) · id toples (small, approximately cylindrical container) · el κανάτα (small, approximately cylindrical container) · cs nádobka (small, approximately cylindrical container) · scn buatta (small, approximately cylindrical container) · pt jarra (small, approximately cylindrical container) · nl pot (small, approximately cylindrical container) · sh staklenka (small, approximately cylindrical container) · cmn 罐 (small, approximately cylindrical container) · mn чичиргээн (small, approximately cylindrical container) · th กุณฑี (small, approximately cylindrical container) · sh ћуп (small, approximately cylindrical container) · fr jarre (earthenware container) · th ไห (small, approximately cylindrical container) · uk сло́їк (small, approximately cylindrical container) · egy h:n-nw-w-W22 (small, approximately cylindrical container) · ru кувши́н (small, approximately cylindrical container) · eo ĵaro (small, approximately cylindrical container) · sh tegla (small, approximately cylindrical container) · uk ба́нка (small, approximately cylindrical container) · tg банка (small, approximately cylindrical container) · ko 독 (small, approximately cylindrical container) · arz برطمان (earthenware container) · lv burka (small, approximately cylindrical container) · crh bank (small, approximately cylindrical container) · apc قطرميز (small, approximately cylindrical container) · lo ໂອ່ງ (small, approximately cylindrical container) · nl urn (earthenware container) · ota كوپ (earthenware container) · fa بانکه (small, approximately cylindrical container) · rif aqbuš (earthenware container) · de Krug (earthenware container) · ka ქილა (small, approximately cylindrical container) · be сло́ік (small, approximately cylindrical container) · mi tiā (small, approximately cylindrical container) · gd crogan (small, approximately cylindrical container) · de Becher (earthenware container) · no krukke (small, approximately cylindrical container) · my ပုလင်း (small, approximately cylindrical container) · lo ໄຫ (small, approximately cylindrical container) · ru ба́нка (small, approximately cylindrical container) · gl bote (small, approximately cylindrical container) · kea baiom (small, approximately cylindrical container) · id kendi (earthenware container) · lo ອຸ່ມ (small, approximately cylindrical container) · he צִנְצֶנֶת (small, approximately cylindrical container) · tr kavanoz (small, approximately cylindrical container) · tk banka (small, approximately cylindrical container) · cs nádoba (small, approximately cylindrical container)