different between cockpit vs hangar

English

Etymology

From cock +? pit.

Noun

cockpit (plural cockpits)

1. The driver's compartment in a racing car (or, by extension, in a sports car or other automobile). [from 20th c.]
2. The compartment in an aircraft in which the pilot sits and from where the craft is controlled; an analogous area in a spacecraft. [from 20th c.]
3. (now chiefly historical) A pit or other enclosure for cockfighting. [from 16th c.]
4. (figuratively) A site of conflict; a battlefield. [from 16th c.]
   • 2016, Peter Ackroyd, Revolution, Pan Macmillan 2017, p. 170:

     India became the cockpit in which it was shown that trade was war carried on under another name.

5. (vulgar, slang) The vagina. [from 17th c.]
6. (Jamaican) A valley surrounded by steep forested slopes. [from 17th c.]
7. (nautical, now historical) The area set aside for junior officers including the ship's surgeon on a man-of-war, where the wounded were treated; the sickbay. [from 17th c.]
8. (nautical) A well, usually near the stern, where the helm is located. [from 18th c.]
9. (figuratively) An area from where something is controlled or managed; a centre of control. [from 20th c.]

Synonyms

• (control area of an airplane): flight deck, office

Derived terms

• bathtub cockpit
• cockpit voice recorder, cockpit recorder
• glass cockpit
• greenhouse cockpit

Descendants

Translations

Anagrams

• Pitcock, cocktip

French

Etymology

Borrowed from English cockpit.

Noun

cockpit m (plural cockpits)

1. cockpit

Further reading

• “cockpit” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From English cockpit.

Noun

cockpit m (definite singular cockpiten, indefinite plural cockpiter, definite plural cockpitene)

1. (aviation, nautical) a cockpit (of an aircraft or boat)

References

• “cockpit” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From English cockpit.

Noun

cockpit m (definite singular cockpiten, indefinite plural cockpitar, definite plural cockpitane)

1. (aviation, nautical) a cockpit (of an aircraft or boat)

References

• “cockpit” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

English

Etymology

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.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?hæ??/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?hæ??/
• Rhymes: -æ??(?)
• Homophone: hanger

Noun

hangar (plural hangars)

1. A large garage-like structure where aircraft are kept.

   The plane taxied on over to the hangar for repairs.

   • 1919, Ronald Firbank, Valmouth, Duckworth, hardback edition, page 9

     By the side of it ran an open hangar upheld by a score of rough tarred posts.

2. (obsolete) A covered shed for carriages.

Usage notes

• Not to be confused with “hanger” (a device for hanging).

Translations

Verb

hangar (third-person singular simple present hangars, present participle hangaring, simple past and past participle hangared)

1. (transitive) To store (an aircraft) in a hangar.

Anagrams

• harang

Danish

Etymology

From French hangar.

Noun

hangar c (singular definite hangaren, plural indefinite hangarer)

1. hangar, a garage-like building for aircraft

Declension

References

• “hangar” in Den Danske Ordbog

Dutch

Etymology

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”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?????a?r/
• Hyphenation: han?gar
• Rhymes: -a?r

Noun

hangar m (plural hangars, diminutive hangartje n)

1. hangar, a garage-like building for aircraft.

Descendants

• ? Indonesian: hanggar

French

Etymology

From Frankish *haimgard (“enclosure around a home”).

Pronunciation

• ^{(aspirated h)} IPA^(key): /??.?a?/

Noun

hangar m (plural hangars)

1. shed, barn, warehouse
2. hangar (aircraft)

Descendants

Further reading

• “hangar” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Italian

Noun

hangar m (invariable)

1. hangar

Norman

Etymology

Borrowed from French hangar, from Frankish *haimgard.

Noun

hangar m (plural hangars)

1. (Jersey) shed

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From French hangar via English hangar.

Noun

hangar m (definite singular hangaren, indefinite plural hangarer, definite plural hangarene)

1. (aviation) a hangar

Derived terms

• hangarskip

References

• “hangar” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “hangar” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From French hangar via English hangar.

Noun

hangar m (definite singular hangaren, indefinite plural hangarar, definite plural hangarane)

1. (aviation) a hangar

Derived terms

• hangarskip

References

• “hangar” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Polish

Etymology

From French hangar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?xan.?ar/

Noun

hangar m inan

1. hangar

Declension

Further reading

• hangar in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
• hangar in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Etymology

From French hangar.

Noun

hangar m (plural hangares)

1. hangar (large structure where aircraft are kept)

Further reading

• “hangar” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

Romanian

Etymology

From French hangar.

Noun

hangar n (plural hangare)

1. hangar

Declension

Spanish

Etymology

From French hangar.

Noun

hangar m (plural hangares)

1. hangar

Further reading

• “hangar” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

Swedish

Etymology

From French hangar.

Noun

hangar c

1. hangar, a garage-like building for aircraft.

Declension

Further reading

• hangar in Svensk ordbok.