English → Latin
“jar” in Latin
dissonōto disagree in sound, to be dissonant or disharmonious; to be in disharmony, disagree, differdiscrepōto disagree (with), differ or varyillethat, yon; thosedissonusdissonant, discordant, confused; disagreeing, different; jarringfictilismade of clay, ceramic, pottery, earthenwaresēmiadapertushalf-openiānuaany double-doored entrance (e.g. a domestic door or a gate to a temple or city); an entrance, entry, access
The English word jar itself goes back to Latin jarra.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
jar v.
absonum esse: dissonare: discrepare (not to harmonize).
To disagree with, etc. Vid: To DISAGREE; “to be INCONSISTENT with.
jar
Earthen vessel, olla (e.g., for keeping grapes in). An earthen jar, olla fictilis: fictile (neuter adjective; e.g., balsamum novo fictili conditur, Plin.).
A jarring note, etc., vox absona or dissona [SYN. in DISCORDANT].
Ajar, semiapertus (half open; e.g., fores portarum, Liv.: semiadapertus [5 syllables]; e.g., janua, Ov., is poetical).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for jar?
- The usual Latin words for “jar” are dissonō, discrepō, ille; also dissonus, fictilis, sēmiadapertus. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.