different between cockpit vs hanger

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 1

From Middle English hanger, haunger, hangere, equivalent to hang +? -er. Compare West Frisian hinger (“hanger”), Dutch hanger (“hanger”), German Hänger and Henker.

Pronunciation 1

• (UK) IPA^(key): /hæ??(?)/
• Rhymes: -æ??(?)
• Homophone: hangar

Noun

hanger (plural hangers)

1. One who hangs, or causes to be hanged; a hangman, paper hanger, etc.
2. A person who attempts suicide by hanging.
3. That by which a thing is suspended.
   1. A strap hung to the girdle, by which a dagger or sword is suspended.
   2. A bridle iron.
   3. A clothes hanger.
4. (now historical) A short and broad backsword, worn so to hang at the side, especially popular in the 18th century.
   • 1751, Tobias Smollett, The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle, I.8:

     [H]is shoulder was graced with a broad buff belt, from whence depended a huge hanger with a hilt like that of a backsword […] .

   • 1789, Olaudah Equiano, The Interesting Narrative, vol. I, ch. 4:

     I made an offer to go for my books and chest of clothes, but he swore I should not move out of his sight; and if I did he would cut my throat, at the same time taking his hanger.

   • 2012, Jerry White, London in the Eighteenth Century, Bodley Head 2017, p. 440:

     When he called ‘Watch!’ they cut him on the head with a hanger or short cutlass and fired a pistol so close to his face he was thought to be powder-burned for life.

5. (Britain) A steep, wooded slope.
6. (baseball, slang) A hanging pitch; a pitch (typically a breaking ball or slider) that is poorly executed, hence easy to hit.
7. (Australian rules football, informal) Synonym of spectacular mark

Derived terms

• byhanger
• onhanger

Usage notes

Not to be confused with hangar (a garage-like building for airplanes).

Translations

Etymology 2

Blend of hunger +? anger.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

hanger (uncountable)

1. (slang) Hunger and anger, especially when the anger is induced by the hunger.

Related terms

• hangry

Anagrams

• Hagner, Rhegan, rehang

Cebuano

Etymology

From English hanger, from Middle English hanger, haunger, hangere, equivalent to hang +? -er.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ha?nger

Noun

hanger

1. a coat hanger; a device used to hang up coats, shirts, etc., a clothes hanger

Dutch

Etymology

From hangen +? -er

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: han?ger
• Rhymes: -???r

Noun

hanger m (plural hangers, diminutive hangertje n)

1. hanger
2. jewel that hangs

Descendants

• ? Indonesian: hanger

Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch hanger.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?ha??r]
• Hyphenation: hang?êr

Noun

hangêr (first-person possessive hangerku, second-person possessive hangermu, third-person possessive hangernya)

1. (colloquial) clothes hanger.

Further reading

• “hanger” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.

Middle English

Noun

hanger

1. Alternative form of anger

Romanian

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish ????? (hancer), from Persian ????? (xanjar).

Noun

hanger n (plural hangere)

1. dagger

Declension