different between jar vs rock

English

Pronunciation

• enPR: jär
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /d???/, [d????(?)]
  • (General American) IPA^(key): /d???/, [d????]
  • (General Australian) IPA^(key): /d???/, [d????(?)]
• Rhymes: -??(?)

Etymology 1

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 ??????? (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.

Noun

jar (plural jars)

1. (originally) An earthenware container, either with two or no handles, for holding oil, water, wine, etc., or used for burial. [from late 16th c.]
3. A small, approximately cylindrical container, normally made of clay or glass, for holding fruit, preserves, etc., or for ornamental purposes.

   Synonyms: cruse, pot
4. A jar and its contents; as much as fills such a container; a jarful.

Hyponyms

Derived terms

• jamjar
• jarful

Related terms

• jorum (possibly related)

Translations

Verb

jar (third-person singular simple present jars, present participle jarring, simple past and past participle jarred)

1. (transitive) To preserve (food) in a jar.

   Synonym: bottle

Translations

Etymology 2

Perhaps imitative; the noun is derived from the verb.

Noun

jar (countable and uncountable, plural jars)

1. (countable) A clashing or discordant set of sounds, particularly with a quivering or vibrating quality.
2. (countable, also figuratively) A quivering or vibrating movement or sensation resulting from something being shaken or struck.

   Synonym: jolt
3. (countable, by extension) A sense of alarm or dismay.
4. (countable) The effect of something contradictory or discordant; a clash.
5. (countable, now rare) A disagreement, a dispute, a quarrel; (uncountable) contention, discord; quarrelling.

Verb

jar (third-person singular simple present jars, present participle jarring, simple past and past participle jarred)

1. (transitive) To knock, shake, or strike sharply, especially causing a quivering or vibrating movement.
2. (transitive) To harm or injure by such action.
3. (transitive, figuratively) To shock or surprise.

4. (transitive, figuratively) To act in disagreement or opposition, to clash, to be at odds with; to interfere; to dispute, to quarrel.
5. (transitive, intransitive) To (cause something to) give forth a rudely tremulous or quivering sound; to (cause something to) sound discordantly or harshly.
6. (intransitive) To quiver or vibrate due to being shaken or struck.
7. (intransitive, figuratively) Of the appearance, form, style, etc., of people and things: to look strangely different; to stand out awkwardly from its surroundings; to be incongruent.

Derived terms

• jarring (adjective)

Translations

Notes

References

Further reading

• jar on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• JRA, Raj, ajr, raj

Blagar

Noun

jar

1. water

References

• Antoinette Schapper, The Papuan Languages of Timor, Alor and Pantar: Volume 1 (2014), p. 177

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?jar]

Noun

jar

1. genitive plural of jaro

North Frisian

Pronoun

jar

1. them
2. their

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

jar m (definite singular jaren, indefinite plural jarer, definite plural jarene)

1. form removed with the spelling reform of 2005; superseded by jare

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

jar m (definite singular jaren, indefinite plural jarar, definite plural jarane)

1. alternative form of jare

Old Dutch

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *j?r

Noun

j?r n

1. year

Descendants

• Middle Dutch: jâer
  • Dutch: jaar
    • Afrikaans: jaar
    • ? Sranan Tongo: yari
  • Limburgish: jaor
  • West Flemish: joar

Further reading

• “j?r”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012

Old Frisian

Noun

j?r n

1. Alternative form of j?r (“year”)

Inflection

Old High German

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *j?r, from Proto-Germanic *j?r?, from Proto-Indo-European *yeh?-.

Noun

j?r n

1. year

Descendants

• Middle High German: j?r
  • Alemannic German: Jòòr, Jààr

    Swabian: Joar, Johr

    Sathmar Swabian: Johr

  • Bavarian:

    Cimbrian: djar

    Mòcheno: jor

  • Central Franconian: Johr

    Hunsrik: Joher

  • German: Jahr
  • Luxembourgish: Joer
  • Rhine Franconian:

    Pennsylvania German: Yaahr

  • Vilamovian: jür
  • Yiddish: ????? (yor)

Old Saxon

Alternative forms

• g?r

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *j?r, from Proto-Germanic *j?r?, from Proto-Indo-European *yeh?-.

Noun

j?r n

1. year

Declension

Descendants

• Middle Low German: jâr, jaer
  • German Low German: Jahr, Johr

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jar/

Etymology 1

From Proto-Slavic *jar?.

Noun

jar m inan

1. (archaic) spring (season)

Declension

Related terms

• (adjectives) jary, jarowy

Etymology 2

From Ukrainian ?? (jar), from a Turkic language.

Noun

jar m inan

1. (geography) ravine, canyon

Declension

Related terms

• (adjective) jarowy

Further reading

• jar in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *žar?.

Noun

jar n (plural jaruri)

1. burning coals
2. intense heat, fire, glow

Synonyms

• (intense heat): ar?i??, dogoare, c?ldur? mare

Derived terms

• jari?te

See also

• c?rbune
• foc

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *jar?, from Proto-Indo-European *yeh?ros, from *yeh?r-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jâ?r/

Noun

j?r m (Cyrillic spelling ????)

1. (archaic, Croatia) spring
2. swelter, intense heat (also figuratively)

Quotations

• For quotations using this term, see Citations:jar.

Semai

Etymology

From Proto-Mon-Khmer *?ar? (“quick; to run”).

Verb

jar

1. to run

Derived terms

• jerjar
• je'nar

See also

• deeq (“to run away”)

References

Slovak

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *jar?/*jaro, from Proto-Indo-European *yeh?ros, from *yeh?r-. Cognate with Serbo-Croatian ???/jar, dialectal Bulgarian and Russian ??? (jara). Non-Slavic cognates include Gothic ???????????? (j?r, “year”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?jar/

Noun

jar f (genitive singular jari, nominative plural jari, genitive plural jarí, declension pattern of kos?)

1. spring (season)

Declension

Derived terms

• jarný

See also

• (seasons) ro?né obdobie; jar, jese?, leto, zima ^{(Category: sk:Seasons)}

Further reading

• jar in Slovak dictionaries at korpus.sk

Somali

Verb

jar

1. to cut

Tz'utujil

Alternative forms

• ja

Article

jar

1. the

English

Pronunciation

• (General Australian) /??k/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /??k/
• (General American) enPR: r?k, IPA^(key): /??k/
• Homophones: roc, rawk
• Rhymes: -?k

Etymology 1

From Middle English rocke, rokke (“rock formation”), from Old English *rocc (“rock”), as in Old English st?nrocc (“high stone rock, peak, obelisk”), and also later from Anglo-Norman roc, roce, roque (compare Modern French roc, roche, rocher), from Medieval Latin rocca (attested 767), from Vulgar Latin *rocca, of uncertain origin, sometimes said to be of Celtic (in particular, perhaps Gaulish [Term?]) origin (compare Breton roc'h).

Noun

rock (countable and uncountable, plural rocks)

1. A formation of minerals, specifically:
   1. (uncountable) The naturally occurring aggregate of solid mineral matter that constitutes a significant part of the earth's crust.

   2. A mass of stone projecting out of the ground or water.

   3. (chiefly British) A boulder or large stone; or (US, Canada) a smaller stone; a pebble.

   4. (geology) Any natural material with a distinctive composition of minerals.
   5. (slang) A precious stone or gem, especially a diamond.

2. A large hill or island having no vegetation.

3. (figuratively) Something that is strong, stable, and dependable; a person who provides security or support to another.
   • 1611, King James Bible, Matthew 16:18,

     And I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.

   • 1991, Robert Harling and Andrew Bergman, Soapdish, Paramount Pictures,

     Celeste Talbert: She is my rock, my right hand.

4. A lump or cube of ice.

5. (Britain, uncountable) A type of confectionery made from sugar in the shape of a stick, traditionally having some text running through its length.

6. (US, slang) A crystallized lump of crack cocaine.

   Synonyms: crack rock, candy
7. (US, slang) An unintelligent person, especially one who repeats mistakes.
8. (South Africa, slang, derogatory) An Afrikaner.
9. (US poker slang) An extremely conservative player who is willing to play only the very strongest hands.
10. Any of several fish:
    1. The striped bass.
    2. The huss or rock salmon.

       We ordered rock and chips to take away.

11. (US, basketball, slang) A basketball.

    Yo homie, pass the rock!

12. (US, baseball, slang) A mistake.
    • 2014, Joe Morgan, ?Richard Lally, Baseball For Dummies (page 227)

      Now, you should never make the last out of an inning at third, and when a player does it, everyone knows he pulled a rock.

13. (rock paper scissors) A closed hand (a handshape resembling a rock), that beats scissors and loses to paper. It beats lizard and loses to Spock in rock-paper-scissors-lizard-Spock.
14. (informal, cricket) A cricket ball, especially a new one that has not been softened by use
15. (CB radio slang) A crystal used to control the radio frequency.
    • 1980, Joseph J. Carr, The Complete Handbook of Radio Receivers (page 199)

      It was easily possible to double the cost of a CB rig just by adding all of the "rocks" necessary to do the job.

Synonyms

• (natural mineral aggregate): stone
• (projecting mass of rock): cliff
• (boulder or large stone): boulder, pebble, stone
• (something strong, stable, and dependable): foundation, support
• (precious stone or gem): gem, diamond
• (lump of ice): ice, ice cube
• (crystallized lump of crack cocaine): crack
• (Afrikaner): Afrikaner
• bedrock

Hyponyms

• (geology): country rock

Derived terms

Translations

References

Etymology 2

From Middle English rokken, from Old English roccian, from Proto-Germanic *rukk?n? (compare obsolete Dutch rokken, Middle High German rocken (“to drag, jerk”), Modern German rücken (“to move, shift”), Icelandic rukka (“to yank”)), from Proto-Germanic *rugn?n?, from Proto-Indo-European *h?ruk-néh?, from *h?runk- (compare Latin runc?re (“to weed”), Latvian r???t (“to toss, dig”)).

Verb

rock (third-person singular simple present rocks, present participle rocking, simple past and past participle rocked)

1. (transitive and intransitive) To move gently back and forth.

2. (transitive) To cause to shake or sway violently.

   • A rising earthquake rocked the ground.

3. (intransitive) To sway or tilt violently back and forth.

4. (transitive and intransitive, of ore etc.) To be washed and panned in a cradle or in a rocker.

5. (transitive) To disturb the emotional equilibrium of; to distress; to greatly impact (most often positively).

6. (intransitive) To do well or to be operating at high efficiency.
7. (slang, transitive, euphemistic) to make love to or have sex with.
8. (intransitive) To sway one's body as a stim.

Synonyms

• (move gently back and forth): waver; see also Thesaurus:sway
• (cause to shake violently): agitate, trouble
• (sway violently back and forth): judder; see also Thesaurus:shake
• (do well): cook with gas, flourish
• (have sex with): go to bed with, hit, sleep with; see also Thesaurus:copulate with

Derived terms

Translations

Noun

rock (plural rocks)

1. An act of rocking; a rocking motion; a sway.

Translations

Etymology 3

Shortened from rock and roll. Since the meaning of rock has adapted to mean a simpler, more modern, metal-like genre, rock and roll has generally been left referring to earlier forms such as that of the 1950s, notably more swing-oriented style.

Noun

rock (uncountable)

1. A style of music characterized by basic drum-beat, generally 4/4 riffs, based on (usually electric) guitar, bass guitar, drums, and vocals.

Hyponyms

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

rock (third-person singular simple present rocks, present participle rocking, simple past and past participle rocked)

1. (intransitive) To play, perform, or enjoy rock music, especially with a lot of skill or energy.

   Let’s rock!

2. (intransitive, slang) To be very favourable or skilful; excel; be fantastic.

   Chocolate rocks.

   My holidays in Ibiza rocked! I can't wait to go back.

3. (transitive) to thrill or excite, especially with rock music

   Let's rock this joint!

4. (transitive) to do something with excitement yet skillfully

   I need to rock a piss.

6. (transitive) To wear (a piece of clothing, outfit etc.) successfully or with style; to carry off (a particular look, style).
   • 2011, Tim Jonze, The Guardian, 29 Apr 2011:

     Take today, where she's rocking that well-known fashion combo – a Tory Burch outfit offset with a whacking great bruise attained by smacking her head on a plane's overhead lockers.

Synonyms

• (be very favourable or skilful): rule

Antonyms

• (be very favourable or skilful): stink, suck (the latter may be perceived as vulgar)

Related terms

• rock and roll

Translations

Etymology 4

From Middle English rok, rocke, rokke, perhaps from Middle Dutch rocke (whence Dutch rokken), Middle Low German rocken, or Old Norse rokkr (whence Icelandic / Faroese rokkur, Danish rok, Swedish spinnrock (“spinning wheel”)). Cognate with Old High German rocko (“distaff”).

Noun

rock (countable and uncountable, plural rocks)

1. (countable) Distaff.
2. (uncountable) The flax or wool on a distaff.

Synonyms

• (distaff): distaff
• (flax or wool):

Translations

Etymology 5

Noun

rock (plural rocks)

1. Archaic form of roc (mythical bird)

Anagrams

• Cork, Kroc, cork

Catalan

Etymology

From English rock.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central, Valencian) IPA^(key): /?r?k/

Noun

rock m (uncountable)

1. rock, rock music

Further reading

• “rock” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “rock” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
• “rock” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.

Czech

Etymology

From English rock.

Noun

rock m

1. rock (style of music)

Derived terms

• rockový

Dutch

Etymology

From English rock.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -?k
• IPA^(key): /r?k/

Noun

rock m (uncountable)

1. rock (style of music)

Finnish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English rock.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?rok/, [?ro?k]

Noun

rock

1. rock (style of music)

Declension

Synonyms

• rock-musiikki
• rokki

Derived terms

• rokata
• rokkari
• suomirock

Compounds

• hevirock
• rockelokuva
• rockmusiikki
• rockooppera
• rocktähti
• rockvideo
• rockyhtye

French

Etymology

Borrowed from English rock.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??k/

Noun

rock m (uncountable)

1. rock (style of music)

Derived terms

• (n.) rockeur m / rockeuse f
• (v.) rocker

Further reading

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

Hungarian

Etymology

From English rock.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?rok?]
• Hyphenation: rock

Noun

rock (plural rockok)

1. (music) rock (style of music)

   Synonym: rockzene

Declension

Derived terms

• rockos

Related terms

Italian

Etymology

From English rock.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?r?k/

Noun

rock m (uncountable)

1. rock (style of music)

Further reading

• rock in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Polish

Etymology

From English rock.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /r?k/

Noun

rock m inan

1. rock (style of music)

Declension

Derived terms

• (adjective) rockowy

Related terms

• (noun) rock and roll

Further reading

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

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• roque

Etymology

From English rock.

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /??k/
• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /???k/, /???.ki/

Noun

rock m (uncountable)

1. rock (style of music)

   Synonym: rock and roll

Derived terms

• roqueiro

Spanish

Etymology

From English rock.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?rok/, [?rok]

Noun

rock m (plural rocks)

1. rock (music style)

Derived terms

• roquero m, roquera f
• rockero m, rockera f
• rockear
• rockódromo m
• rock pesado

Related terms

• rocanrol m
• rocanrolero m
• rock and roll m

Further reading

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

Swedish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /¹r?k/, [¹r?k?]
• Rhymes: -?k

Etymology 1

From Old Swedish rokker, from Middle Low German rock, from Old Saxon rok, from Proto-Germanic *rukkaz.

Noun

rock c

1. a coat, an overcoat

Declension

Synonyms

• kappa
• päls
• trenchcoat
• ulster

Related terms

• rockslag
• söndagsrock
• vinterrock
• ytterrock

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English rock.

Noun

rock c (uncountable)

1. (music, uncountable) rock, rock and roll

Declension

Related terms

• rockband
• rockmusik

References

• rock in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
• rock in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)