agar
English
editPronunciation
edit- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈeɪ.ɡə/, /ˈeɪ.ɡɑː/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
- (US) IPA(key): /ˈɑˌ.ɡɑɹ/, /ˈæ.ɡɚ/, /ˈeɪˌɡɑɹ/
- Rhymes: (UK) -eɪɡə, (US) -æɡɚ
Etymology 1
editFrom Malay agar or agar-agar, both meaning jelly.
Noun
editagar (countable and uncountable, plural agars)
- A gelatinous material obtained from red algae, especially Gracilaria species, used as a bacterial culture medium, in electrophoresis and as a food additive.
- A culture medium based on this material.
- 2020, Brandon Taylor, Real Life, Daunt Books Originals, page 8:
- An hour before, he had been in lab, removing from the incubator his boxes of agar plates.
Synonyms
editDerived terms
editTranslations
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Etymology 2
editProbably from Hindi अगर (agar), from Sanskrit अगरु (agaru)
Alternative forms
editNoun
editagar (countable and uncountable, plural agars)
Translations
editSee also
editReferences
editagar on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- “agar”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
- “agar”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
Anagrams
editCzech
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Malay agar or agar-agar, both meaning jelly.
Noun
editagar m inan
- agar (material obtained from the marine algae)
Declension
editEstonian
editEtymology
editOf Finnic origin. Cognates include Finnish häkärä (“eagerness to do something; ardent desire, lust”), Karelian häkärä (“lust, lechery”) and Livonian agār (“lively”). See also Finnish häkärä (“mist, fog”) and Finnish ahkera (“hardworking”).
Pronunciation
editAdjective
editagar (genitive agara, partitive agarat, comparative agaram, superlative kõige agaram)
Declension
editDeclension of agar (ÕS type 2/õpik, no gradation) | |||
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singular | plural | ||
nominative | agar | agarad | |
accusative | nom. | ||
gen. | agara | ||
genitive | agarate | ||
partitive | agarat | agaraid | |
illative | agarasse | agaratesse agaraisse | |
inessive | agaras | agarates agarais | |
elative | agarast | agaratest agaraist | |
allative | agarale | agaratele agaraile | |
adessive | agaral | agaratel agarail | |
ablative | agaralt | agaratelt agarailt | |
translative | agaraks | agarateks agaraiks | |
terminative | agarani | agarateni | |
essive | agarana | agaratena | |
abessive | agarata | agarateta | |
comitative | agaraga | agaratega |
Derived terms
editReferences
editFinnish
editPronunciation
editNoun
editagar
- Alternative form of agar-agar.
Declension
editInflection of agar (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | agar | agarit | |
genitive | agarin | agarien | |
partitive | agaria | agareja | |
illative | agariin | agareihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | agar | agarit | |
accusative | nom. | agar | agarit |
gen. | agarin | ||
genitive | agarin | agarien | |
partitive | agaria | agareja | |
inessive | agarissa | agareissa | |
elative | agarista | agareista | |
illative | agariin | agareihin | |
adessive | agarilla | agareilla | |
ablative | agarilta | agareilta | |
allative | agarille | agareille | |
essive | agarina | agareina | |
translative | agariksi | agareiksi | |
abessive | agaritta | agareitta | |
instructive | — | agarein | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Derived terms
editFurther reading
edit- “agar”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][2] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02
French
editPronunciation
editAudio: (file)
Noun
editagar m (uncountable)
- Synonym of agar-agar
Further reading
edit- “agar”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Ido
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Esperanto agi, French agir, German agieren, Italian agire, Spanish agir.
Pronunciation
editVerb
editagar (present agas, past agis, future agos, conditional agus, imperative agez)
- (transitive, intransitive) to do, act
Conjugation
editpresent | past | future | |||||
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infinitive | agar | agir | agor | ||||
tense | agas | agis | agos | ||||
conditional | agus | ||||||
imperative | agez | ||||||
adjective active participle | aganta | aginta | agonta | ||||
adverbial active participle | agante | aginte | agonte | ||||
nominal active participle | singular | aganto | aginto | agonto | |||
plural | aganti | aginti | agonti | ||||
adjective passive participle | agata | agita | agota | ||||
adverbial passive participle | agate | agite | agote | ||||
nominal passive participle | singular | agato | agito | agoto | |||
plural | agati | agiti | agoti |
Derived terms
edit- aganta (“active”)
- aganto (“doer”)
- -agar
- agebla (“doable”)
- agema (“active”)
- agemeso (“activity”)
- ageskar (“to begin to act, to come into play”)
- agigar (“to make, cause (someone, something) to do”)
- aginto (“doer”)
- agiva (“active”)
- agiveso (“activity”)
- ago (“acting, deed, action”)
- kontreaganta (“opposing, provoking”)
- kontreagar (“to act contrary or in opposition to (someone, something), to thwart”)
- kontreagema (“opposing, provoking”)
- kontreagemeso (“spirit of contrariety”)
- retroagar (“to retroact”)
See also
editIndonesian
editPronunciation
editEtymology 1
editFrom Malay agar, from Sanskrit अग्र (agra).
Conjunction
editagar
- so that; in order to
- indicates purpose; with the result that
- indicates purpose; in such a way that, with the intent that
- to; in order to (as a means of achieving the specified end)
- Synonym: supaya
Usage notes
edit- This word with supaya are often used together as "agar supaya" to mean "in order to".
Etymology 2
editNoun
editagar (colloquial)
- short for agar-agar.
Irish
editEtymology 1
editBorrowed from English agar, from Malay.
Noun
editagar m (genitive singular agair, nominative plural agair)
Declension
editEtymology 2
editNoun
editagar m
- Alternative form of agairt (“plea; vengeance, retribution”)
Mutation
editIrish mutation | |||
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Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
agar | n-agar | hagar | t-agar |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading
edit- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “agar”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
Kalasha
editNoun
editagar
Latin
editVerb
editagar
- first-person singular future passive indicative of agō
- "I shall be done, I shall be made"
- "I shall be accomplished, I shall be managed, I shall be achieved"
- "I shall be performed, I shall be transacted"
- "I shall be driven, I shall be conducted"
- "I shall be pushed, I shall be moved, I shall be impelled"
- "I shall be guided, I shall be governed, I shall be administered"
- "I shall be discussed, I shall be pleaded, I shall be deliberated"
- "I shall be thought upon"
- "I shall be stirred up, I shall be excited, I shall be caused, I shall be induced"
- "I shall be chased, I shall be pursued"
- (of a course of action) "I shall be driven, I shall be pursued"
- "I shall be robbed, I shall be stolen, I shall be plundered, I shall be carried off"
- (of time) "I shall be passed, I shall be spent"
- (of offerings) "I shall be slain, I shall be killed (as a sacrifice)"
- (of plants) "I shall be put forth, I shall be sprouted, I shall be extended"
- first-person singular present passive subjunctive of agō
- "may I be done, may I be made"
- "may I be accomplished, may I be managed, may I be achieved"
- "may I be performed, may I be transacted"
- "may I be driven, may I be conducted"
- "may I be pushed, may I be moved, may I be impelled"
- "may I be guided, may I be governed, may I be administered"
- "may I be discussed, may I be pleaded, may I be deliberated"
- "may I be thought upon"
- "may I be stirred up, may I be excited, may I be caused, may I be induced"
- "may I be chased, may I be pursued"
- (of a course of action) "may I be driven, may I be pursued"
- "may I be robbed, may I be stolen, may I be plundered, may I be carried off"
- (of time) "may I be passed, may I be spent"
- (of offerings) "may I be slain, may I be killed (as a sacrifice)"
- (of plants) "may I be put forth, may I be sprouted, may I be extended"
Malay
editPronunciation
editEtymology 1
editBorrowing from Sanskrit अग्र (agra).
Conjunction
editagar (Jawi spelling اݢر)
- so that (in order to)
Synonyms
editDescendants
edit- Indonesian: agar
Etymology 2
edit(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun
editagar (Jawi spelling اݢر, plural agar-agar, informal 1st possessive agarku, 2nd possessive agarmu, 3rd possessive agarnya)
Derived terms
editDescendants
editOld Irish
editVerb
edit·agar
Verb
editagar
- inflection of aigid:
Mutation
editOld Irish mutation | ||
---|---|---|
Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
agar (pronounced with /h/ in h-prothesis environments) |
unchanged | n-agar |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Old Norse
editVerb
editagar
Polish
editPronunciation
editEtymology 1
editBorrowed from Malay agar. First attested in 1890.[1][2]
Noun
editagar m inan (indeclinable, related adjective agarowy)
- agar, agar-agar (gelatinous material obtained from red algae, especially Gracilaria species, used as a bacterial culture medium, in electrophoresis, and as a food additive)
- Synonym: agar-agar
- agar, agar-agar (type of red algae)
- Synonym: agar-agar
Declension
editor
Indeclinable.
Related terms
editEtymology 2
edit(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun
editagar m inan
- agar, agarwood, agalloch, oud (heartwood from trees of the genus Aquilaria, especially Aquilaria malaccensis, infected with mold (Phialophora parasitica), which produces an aromatic resin in response to this infestation)
Declension
editReferences
editFurther reading
editSpanish
editPronunciation
editNoun
editagar m (plural agares)
- Alternative form of agar-agar
Further reading
edit- “agar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Swedish
editNoun
editagar
- indefinite plural of ag
Verb
editagar
- present indicative of aga
Anagrams
editUzbek
editEtymology
editPronunciation
editConjunction
editagar
- if (supposing that)
- English 2-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- English terms with audio links
- Rhymes:English/eɪɡə
- Rhymes:English/eɪɡə/2 syllables
- Rhymes:English/æɡɚ
- Rhymes:English/æɡɚ/2 syllables
- English terms derived from Malay
- English lemmas
- English nouns
- English uncountable nouns
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- English terms borrowed from Hindi
- English terms derived from Hindi
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- en:Red algae
- Czech terms borrowed from Malay
- Czech terms derived from Malay
- Czech lemmas
- Czech nouns
- Czech masculine nouns
- Czech inanimate nouns
- Czech masculine inanimate nouns
- Czech hard masculine inanimate nouns
- cs:Algae
- Estonian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Estonian/ɑɡɑr
- Rhymes:Estonian/ɑɡɑr/2 syllables
- Estonian lemmas
- Estonian adjectives
- Estonian õpik-type nominals
- Finnish 2-syllable words
- Finnish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Finnish/ɑɡɑr
- Rhymes:Finnish/ɑɡɑr/2 syllables
- Finnish lemmas
- Finnish nouns
- Finnish risti-type nominals
- French terms with audio links
- French lemmas
- French nouns
- French uncountable nouns
- French masculine nouns
- Ido terms borrowed from Esperanto
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- Ido terms borrowed from French
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- Ido terms borrowed from Spanish
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- Ido terms with IPA pronunciation
- Ido lemmas
- Ido verbs
- Ido transitive verbs
- Ido intransitive verbs
- Indonesian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Indonesian/ɡar
- Rhymes:Indonesian/ɡar/2 syllables
- Indonesian terms inherited from Malay
- Indonesian terms derived from Malay
- Indonesian terms derived from Sanskrit
- Indonesian lemmas
- Indonesian conjunctions
- Indonesian nouns
- Indonesian colloquialisms
- Indonesian short forms
- Irish terms borrowed from English
- Irish terms derived from English
- Irish terms derived from Malay
- Irish lemmas
- Irish nouns
- Irish masculine nouns
- Irish first-declension nouns
- Kalasha lemmas
- Kalasha nouns
- Latin non-lemma forms
- Latin verb forms
- Malay terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Malay/aɡa(r)
- Rhymes:Malay/ɡa(r)
- Rhymes:Malay/a(r)
- Rhymes:Malay/ar
- Rhymes:Malay/ar/2 syllables
- Malay terms borrowed from Sanskrit
- Malay terms derived from Sanskrit
- Malay lemmas
- Malay conjunctions
- Malay nouns
- Old Irish non-lemma forms
- Old Irish verb forms
- Old Norse non-lemma forms
- Old Norse verb forms
- Polish 2-syllable words
- Polish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Polish terms with audio links
- Rhymes:Polish/aɡar
- Rhymes:Polish/aɡar/2 syllables
- Polish terms derived from Classical Malay
- Polish terms borrowed from Malay
- Polish terms derived from Malay
- Polish lemmas
- Polish nouns
- Polish indeclinable nouns
- Polish masculine nouns
- Polish inanimate nouns
- Polish singularia tantum
- pl:Chemistry
- pl:Cooking
- pl:Red algae
- pl:Woods
- Spanish 2-syllable words
- Spanish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Spanish/aɾ
- Rhymes:Spanish/aɾ/2 syllables
- Spanish lemmas
- Spanish nouns
- Spanish countable nouns
- Spanish masculine nouns
- Swedish non-lemma forms
- Swedish noun forms
- Swedish verb forms
- Uzbek terms derived from Persian
- Uzbek terms with IPA pronunciation
- Uzbek lemmas
- Uzbek conjunctions