agar
English
[edit]Pronunciation
[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
[edit]From Malay agar or agar-agar, both meaning jelly.
Noun
[edit]agar (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
[edit]Derived terms
[edit]Translations
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Etymology 2
[edit]Probably from Hindi अगर (agar), from Sanskrit अगरु (agaru)
Alternative forms
[edit]Noun
[edit]agar (countable and uncountable, plural agars)
Translations
[edit]See also
[edit]References
[edit]agar on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- “agar”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
- “agar”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
Anagrams
[edit]Czech
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Malay agar or agar-agar, both meaning jelly.
Noun
[edit]agar m inan
- agar (material obtained from the marine algae)
Declension
[edit]Estonian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Of 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
[edit]Adjective
[edit]agar (genitive agara, partitive agarat, comparative agaram, superlative kõige agaram)
Declension
[edit]Declension 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
[edit]References
[edit]- agar in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)
- “agar”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009
Finnish
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]agar
- Alternative form of agar-agar.
Declension
[edit]Inflection 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
[edit]Further 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
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Audio: (file)
Noun
[edit]agar 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
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Esperanto agi, French agir, German agieren, Italian agire, Spanish agir.
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]agar (present agas, past agis, future agos, conditional agus, imperative agez)
- (transitive, intransitive) to do, act
Conjugation
[edit]present | 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
[edit]Indonesian
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]From Malay agar, from Sanskrit अग्र (agra).
Conjunction
[edit]agar
- 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
[edit]Noun
[edit]agar (colloquial)
- short for agar-agar.
Irish
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Borrowed from English agar, from Malay.
Noun
[edit]agar m (genitive singular agair, nominative plural agair)
Declension
[edit]Etymology 2
[edit]Noun
[edit]agar m
- Alternative form of agairt (“plea; vengeance, retribution”)
Mutation
[edit]Irish 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
[edit]Noun
[edit]agar
Latin
[edit]Verb
[edit]agar
- 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
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Borrowing from Sanskrit अग्र (agra).
Conjunction
[edit]agar (Jawi spelling اݢر)
- so that (in order to)
Synonyms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- Indonesian: agar
Etymology 2
[edit](This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun
[edit]agar (Jawi spelling اݢر, plural agar-agar, informal 1st possessive agarku, 2nd possessive agarmu, 3rd possessive agarnya)
Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]Old Irish
[edit]Verb
[edit]·agar
Verb
[edit]agar
- inflection of aigid:
Mutation
[edit]Old Irish mutation | ||
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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
[edit]Verb
[edit]agar
Polish
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Borrowed from Malay agar. First attested in 1890.[1][2]
Noun
[edit]agar 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
[edit]or
Indeclinable.
Related terms
[edit]Etymology 2
[edit](This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun
[edit]agar 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
[edit]References
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- agar in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- agar in Polish dictionaries at PWN
- agar in PWN's encyclopedia
Spanish
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]agar 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
[edit]Noun
[edit]agar
- indefinite plural of ag
Verb
[edit]agar
- present indicative of aga
Anagrams
[edit]Uzbek
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Conjunction
[edit]agar
- 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
- English countable nouns
- English terms with quotations
- English terms borrowed from Hindi
- English terms derived from Hindi
- English terms derived from Sanskrit
- 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
- Ido terms derived from Esperanto
- Ido terms borrowed from French
- Ido terms derived from French
- Ido terms borrowed from German
- Ido terms derived from German
- Ido terms borrowed from Italian
- Ido terms derived from Italian
- Ido terms borrowed from Spanish
- Ido terms derived from Spanish
- Ido terms with IPA pronunciation
- Ido lemmas
- Ido verbs
- Ido transitive verbs
- Ido intransitive verbs
- Indonesian 2-syllable words
- 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 2-syllable words
- 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