Do you speak a little French when you say 'hangar'?

'Hangar' is a word borrowed from French 'hangar'. The word entered the English language some time around 1852.

hangar [noun] [1852]

• shelter
• a covered and usually enclosed area for housing and repairing aircraft

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Etymology: French

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