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)

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

agal-agal, agar-agar, E406 when used as a food additive

Derived terms

agaropectin
agarose
MacConkey agar
violet red bile agar

Translations

material

Catalan: agar-agar (ca) m
Chinese:
Cantonese: 大菜 (daai⁶ coi³)
Mandarin: 洋菜 (zh) (yángcài)
Czech: agar m
Estonian: agar (et)
Finnish: agar-agar (fi)
German: Agar (de) m or n
Japanese: 寒天 (ja) (kanten)
Khmer: ចាហួយ (km) (caahuəy)
Malay: agar-agar
Maori: piarimu
Persian: آگار‎ (fa) (āgār)
Polish: agar (pl) m, agar-agar (pl) m
Portuguese: agar-agar
Russian: ага́р-ага́р (ru) m (agár-agár)
Thai: วุ้น (th) (wún), อะการ์
Vietnamese: thạch (vi)

culture medium

Chinese:
Mandarin: please add this translation if you can
Finnish: agarliuos
Japanese: 寒天 (ja) (kanten)
Khmer: អាហ្កា (ʼaagaa)
Persian: آگار‎ (fa) (āgār)
Russian: please add this translation if you can

Etymology 2

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

Alternative forms

aggur

Noun

agar (countable and uncountable, plural agars)

agarwood

Translations

agarwood — see agarwood

References

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

Anagrams

Agra, Raga, agra, raag, raga

Czech

Etymology

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

Noun

agar m

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)

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

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
accusative	gen.	agarin	agarit
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)

Synonym of agar-agar

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)

(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
nominal active participle	plural	aganti	aginti	agonti
adjective passive participle		agata	agita	agota
adverbial passive participle		agate	agite	agote
nominal passive participle	singular	agato	agito	agoto
nominal passive participle	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”)

Indonesian

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈaɡar/

Etymology 1

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

Conjunction

agar

so that, in order that
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)

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

Irish

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English agar, from Malay.

Noun

agar m (genitive singular agair, nominative plural agair)

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

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

Mutation

Irish mutation
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.

Kalasha

Noun

agar

rest day

Latin

Verb

agar

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"
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)

so that (in order to)

Synonyms

supaya / سوڤايا‎

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)

agar (a material obtained from the marine algae), agar-agar
agar (chemistry)

Derived terms

agar-agar

Descendants

→ Czech: agar
→ English: agar
Indonesian: agar
→ Spanish: agar

Old Irish

Verb

·agar

passive singular present indicative of aigid

Verb

agar

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

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
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

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

agar (a gelatinous material obtained from red algae)
Synonym: agar-agar
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

agarowy

References

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

Spanish

Pronunciation

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

Noun

agar m (plural agares)

Alternative form of agar-agar

Swedish

Noun

agar

indefinite plural of ag.

Verb

agar

present tense of aga.

Anagrams

arga

Uzbek

Etymology

From Persian ‎ (agar).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɑˈɡɑr/

Conjunction

agar

if (supposing that)

[1] Odo Bujwid (1890) Rys zasad bakteryologii w zastosowaniu do medycyny i hygieny. Cz. 1, Ogólna‎, page 48

[2] r in Narodowy Fotokorpus Języka Polskiego

agar

English

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Noun

Synonyms

Derived terms

Translations

Etymology 2

Alternative forms

Noun

Translations

See also

References

Anagrams

Czech

Etymology

Noun

Estonian

Etymology

Adjective

Declension

Finnish

Pronunciation

Noun

Declension

French

Pronunciation

Noun

Further reading

Ido

Etymology

Pronunciation

Verb

Conjugation

Derived terms

See also

Indonesian

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Conjunction

Synonyms

Noun

Further reading

Irish

Etymology 1

Noun

Declension

Noun

Mutation

Further reading

Kalasha

Noun

Latin

Verb

Malay

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Conjunction

Synonyms

Descendants

Etymology 2

Noun

Derived terms

Descendants

Old Irish

Verb

Verb

Mutation

Old Norse

Verb

Polish

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

Declension

Derived terms

References

Further reading

Spanish