The door was left ajar.
Source: tatoeba (39047)
Ajar
//əˈd͡ʒɑɹ//
Synonyms for "ajar" (23 found)
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Noun(1 words)
Strong matches (7)
Related words (11)
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Synonyms
3 entriesderived from
2 entrieshas context
2 entriesrelated to
6 entriessimilar
3 entriesTranslations
67 translations across 27 languages.
Bulgarian
2 entries- открехнат adj (slightly turned or opened)
- открехнат adv (slightly turned or opened)
Catalan
1 entries- adjar noun (member of an ethnographic group of Georgians)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 半开地 adj (slightly turned or opened)
- 虚掩地 adj (slightly turned or opened)
- 半开地 adv (slightly turned or opened)
- 虚掩地 adv (slightly turned or opened)
Czech
1 entries- pootevřený adj (slightly turned or opened)
Danish
3 entries- på klem adj (slightly turned or opened)
- klem adv (slightly turned or opened)
- på klem adv (slightly turned or opened)
Dutch
2 entries- op een kier adj (slightly turned or opened)
- op een kier adv (slightly turned or opened)
Esperanto
2 entries- malfermetita adj (slightly turned or opened)
- malfermete adv (slightly turned or opened)
Finnish
4 entries- raollaan adj (slightly turned or opened)
- ei sopusoinnussa adv (Being at variance or in contradiction to something)
- raollaan adv (slightly turned or opened)
- erota verb (To show variance)
French
4 entries- entrebâillé adj (slightly turned or opened)
- entrouvert adj (slightly turned or opened)
- entrebâillé adv (slightly turned or opened)
- entrouvert adv (slightly turned or opened)
German
2 entries- angelehnt adj (slightly turned or opened)
- angelehnt adv (slightly turned or opened)
Icelandic
4 entries- opinn til hálfs adj (slightly turned or opened)
- opinn í hálfa gátt adj (slightly turned or opened)
- í hálfa gátt adv (slightly turned or opened)
- í ósamræmi adv (Being at variance or in contradiction to something)
Ingrian
1 entries- rakoisillaa adv (slightly turned or opened)
Italian
1 entries- socchiuso adv (slightly turned or opened)
Japanese
1 entries- 少し開いて adv (slightly turned or opened)
Māori
2 entries- matata adj (slightly turned or opened)
- matata adv (slightly turned or opened)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- på gløtt adj (slightly turned or opened)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- på gløtt adj (slightly turned or opened)
Occitan
2 entries- entrebadat adv (slightly turned or opened)
- entredobèrt adv (slightly turned or opened)
Persian
2 entries- نیمهباز adj (slightly turned or opened)
- نیمهلا adv (slightly turned or opened)
Polish
2 entries- niedomknięty adj (slightly turned or opened)
- uchylony adj (slightly turned or opened)
Portuguese
2 entries- entreaberto adj (slightly turned or opened)
- entreaberto adv (slightly turned or opened)
Romanian
2 entries- întredeschis adj (slightly turned or opened)
- întredeschis adv (slightly turned or opened)
Russian
2 entries- приоткры́тый adj (slightly turned or opened)
- приоткры́тый adv (slightly turned or opened)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- odškrinut adj (slightly turned or opened)
- odškrinuto adj (slightly turned or opened)
- одшкринут adj (slightly turned or opened)
- odškrinut adv (slightly turned or opened)
Slovak
2 entries- odchýlený adj (slightly turned or opened)
- pootvorený adj (slightly turned or opened)
Spanish
4 entries- entornado adj (slightly turned or opened)
- entreabierto adj (slightly turned or opened)
- entreajustado adj (slightly turned or opened)
- entrecerrado adj (slightly turned or opened)
Swedish
2 entries- på glänt adj (slightly turned or opened)
- på glänt adv (slightly turned or opened)
Sample sentences
21 total sentences available.
Was the gate wide open or just ajar?
Source: tatoeba (323935)
The door is ajar.
Source: tatoeba (3392933)
Mary left the door ajar and Tom could overhear what she was saying.
Source: tatoeba (3481988)
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