agar

See also: Agar, agár, ágar, and -agar

English
Pigmented colonies of Serratia marcescens on nutrient agar

Pronunciation
  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈeɪ.ɡə/, /ˈeɪ.ɡɑː/
    • Audio (Southern England)(file)
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈɑˌ.ɡɑɹ/, /ˈæ.ɡəɹ/, /ˈeɪˌɡɑɹ/
  • Rhymes: (UK) -eɪɡə, (US) -æɡəɹ

Etymology 1

From Malay agar or agar-agar, both meaning jelly.

Noun

agar (countable and uncountable, plural agars)

  1. A gelatinous material obtained from red algae, especially Gracilaria species, used as a bacterial culture medium, in electrophoresis and as a food additive.
  2. 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
Derived terms
Translations

Etymology 2

Probably from Hindi अगर (agar), from Sanskrit अगरु (agaru)

Alternative forms

Noun

agar (countable and uncountable, plural agars)

  1. agarwood
Translations
agarwood — see agarwood

See also

References
  • agar on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
  • agar at OneLook Dictionary Search
  • agar in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911

Anagrams

Czech

Etymology

From Malay agar or agar-agar, both meaning jelly.

Noun

agar m

  1. agar (material obtained from the marine algae)

Estonian

Etymology

Of Finnic origin. Cognate to 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”).

Adjective

agar (genitive agara, partitive agarat, comparative agaram, superlative kõige agaram)

  1. eager, willing

Declension
Inflection of agar (ÕS type 2/õpik, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative agar agarad
accusative agara agarad
genitive agara 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

Finnish

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈɑɡɑr/, [ˈɑɡɑr]
  • Rhymes: -ɑɡɑr
  • Syllabification(key): a‧gar

Noun

agar

  1. Alternative form of agar-agar.

Declension
Inflection of agar (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
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
instructive — agarein
abessive agaritta agareitta
comitative — agareineen
Possessive forms of agar (type risti)
possessor singular plural
1st person agarini agarimme
2nd person agarisi agarinne
3rd person agarinsa

French

Pronunciation
  • Audio(file)

Noun

agar m (uncountable)

  1. Synonym of agar-agar

Further reading

Ido

Etymology

Borrowed from Esperanto agi, French agir, German agieren, Italian agire, Spanish agir.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /aˈɡar/

Verb

agar (present agas, past agis, future agos, conditional agus, imperative agez)

  1. (transitive, intransitive) to do, act

Conjugation
    Conjugation of agar
present past future
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
  • 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
  • facar (“to make; to do, perform”)
  • agendo (“agenda”)
  • akto (“act”)

Indonesian

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈaɡar/

Etymology 1

From Malay agar, form Classical Malay اڬر‎ (agar).

Conjunction

agar

  1. so that, in order that
  2. to, in order to
Synonyms
  • supaya - Supaya and agar are often used together as "agar supaya" to mean "in order to". However, using either one alone is fine.

Noun

agar (plural agar-agar, first-person possessive agarku, second-person possessive agarmu, third-person possessive agarnya)

  1. (colloquial, sciences) short for agar-agar (“agar”).

Further reading

Irish

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English agar, from Malay.

Noun

agar m (genitive singular agair, nominative plural agair)

  1. agar
Declension
Declension of agar

First declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative agar agair
Vocative a agair a agara
Genitive agair agar
Dative agar agair

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an t-agar na hagair
Genitive an agair na n-agar
Dative leis an agar

don agar

 leis na hagair

Noun

agar m

  1. Alternative form of agairt (“plea; vengeance, retribution”)

Mutation
Irish mutation
RadicalEclipsiswith h-prothesiswith 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

Kalasha

Noun

agar

  1. rest day

Latin

Verb

agar

  1. first-person singular future passive indicative of agō
    1. "I shall be done, I shall be made"
    2. "I shall be accomplished, I shall be managed, I shall be achieved"
    3. "I shall be performed, I shall be transacted"
    4. "I shall be driven, I shall be conducted"
    5. "I shall be pushed, I shall be moved, I shall be impelled"
    6. "I shall be guided, I shall be governed, I shall be administered"
    7. "I shall be discussed, I shall be pleaded, I shall be deliberated"
    8. "I shall be thought upon"
    9. "I shall be stirred up, I shall be excited, I shall be caused, I shall be induced"
    10. "I shall be chased, I shall be pursued"
    11. (of a course of action) "I shall be driven, I shall be pursued"
    12. "I shall be robbed, I shall be stolen, I shall be plundered, I shall be carried off"
    13. (of time) "I shall be passed, I shall be spent"
    14. (of offerings) "I shall be slain, I shall be killed (as a sacrifice)"
    15. (of plants) "I shall be put forth, I shall be sprouted, I shall be extended"
  2. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of agō
    1. "may I be done, may I be made"
    2. "may I be accomplished, may I be managed, may I be achieved"
    3. "may I be performed, may I be transacted"
    4. "may I be driven, may I be conducted"
    5. "may I be pushed, may I be moved, may I be impelled"
    6. "may I be guided, may I be governed, may I be administered"
    7. "may I be discussed, may I be pleaded, may I be deliberated"
    8. "may I be thought upon"
    9. "may I be stirred up, may I be excited, may I be caused, may I be induced"
    10. "may I be chased, may I be pursued"
    11. (of a course of action) "may I be driven, may I be pursued"
    12. "may I be robbed, may I be stolen, may I be plundered, may I be carried off"
    13. (of time) "may I be passed, may I be spent"
    14. (of offerings) "may I be slain, may I be killed (as a sacrifice)"
    15. (of plants) "may I be put forth, may I be sprouted, may I be extended"

Malay

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /aɡa(r)/
  • Rhymes: -aɡa(r), -ɡa(r), -a(r)

Etymology 1

Borrowing from Sanskrit अग्र (agra).

Conjunction

agar (Jawi spelling اݢر‎)

  1. so that (in order to)
Synonyms
Descendants
  • Indonesian: agar

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

agar (Jawi spelling اݢر‎, plural agar-agar, informal 1st possessive agarku, 2nd possessive agarmu, 3rd possessive agarnya)

  1. agar (a material obtained from the marine algae), agar-agar
  2. agar (chemistry)
Derived terms
Descendants

Old Irish

Verb

·agar

  1. passive singular present indicative of aigid

Verb

agar

  1. inflection of aigid:
    1. passive singular present indicative relative
    2. passive singular imperative

Mutation
Old Irish mutation
RadicalLenitionNasalization
agar unchanged n-agar
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Old Norse

Verb

agar

  1. second/third-person singular present active indicative of aga

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from Malay agar or Malay agar-agar. First attested in 1890.[1][2]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈa.ɡar/
  • Audio(file)
  • Rhymes: -aɡar
  • Syllabification: a‧gar

Noun

agar m inan

  1. agar (a gelatinous material obtained from red algae)
    Synonym: agar-agar
  2. agar (a type of red algae)
    Synonym: agar-agar

Declension

Usually in the singular.

Declension of agar
singular plural
nominative agar agary
genitive agaru agarów
dative agarowi agarom
accusative agar agary
instrumental agarem agarami
locative agarze agarach
vocative agarze agary

Derived terms
noun

References
  1. Odo Bujwid (1890) Rys zasad bakteryologii w zastosowaniu do medycyny i hygieny. Cz. 1, Ogólna‎, page 48
  2. agar in Narodowy Fotokorpus Języka Polskiego

Further reading
  • agar in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • agar in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Spanish

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /aˈɡaɾ/ [aˈɣ̞aɾ]
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: a‧gar

Noun

agar m (plural agares)

  1. Alternative form of agar-agar

Further reading

Swedish

Noun

agar

  1. indefinite plural of ag.

Verb

agar

  1. present tense of aga.

Anagrams

Uzbek

Etymology

From Persian اگر‎ (agar).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɑˈɡɑr/

Conjunction

agar

  1. if (supposing that)
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