agile

English

Etymology

From French agile, from Latin agilis (“agile, nimble”), from agō (“do, act; move”). See agent.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA: /ˈæd͡ʒ.aɪl/, /ˈæd͡ʒ.əl/

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Adjective

agile (comparative agiler or more agile, superlative agilest or most agile)

1. Having the faculty of quick motion in the limbs; apt or ready to move; nimble; active; as, an agile boy; an agile tongue.
   • Sir Arthur Conan Doyle in The Hound of the Baskervilles

     The man drew out paper and tobacco and twirled the one up in the other with surprising dexterity. He had long, quivering fingers as agile and restless as the antennae of an insect.

2. (computing) Of or relating to Agile software development, a technique for iterative and incremental development of software involving collaboration between teams.

   agile methods

Synonyms

• active, alert, nimble, brisk, lively, quick

Translations

having the faculty of quick motion in the limbs

• Arabic: رشيق (ar) (rashiiq), خفيف الحركة (ar) (khafiif al-Haraka)
• Bulgarian: подвижен (bg) (podvižen), пъргав (bg) (pǎrgav), чевръст (bg) (čevrǎst)
• Catalan: àgil (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 敏捷 (cmn) (mǐnjié)

• Dutch: beweeglijk (nl), lenig (nl), behendig (nl)
• Esperanto: facilmova (eo)
• Finnish: ketterä (fi)
• French: agile (fr)
• German: behände (de), agil (de), wendig (de)
• Hebrew: Hebrew: please add this translation if you can
• Japanese: すばしこい (ja) (subashikoi), 敏捷な (ja) (びんしょうな, binshō-na)
• Mapudungun: trüf

• Norwegian: behendig (no), ledig (no), smidig (no), sprek (no)
• Persian: چابُک (fa), چالاک (fa), چُست (fa), تَر و فرز (fa)
• Polish: zwinny (pl) m
• Portuguese: ágil (pt)
• Russian: ловкий (ru) (lóvkij), проворный (ru) (provórnyj), подвижный (ru) (podvížnyj), гибкий (ru) (gíbkij)
• Scottish Gaelic: grad (gd)
• Serbian:

  Roman: gibak m

  Cyrillic: гибак m

• Spanish: ágil (es)
• Swedish: smidig (sv), vig (sv)

Derived terms

• agility

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French

Etymology

From Latin agilis (“swift”)

Pronunciation

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Adjective

agile (masculine and feminine, plural agiles)

1. nimble, agile (quick and light in movement or action)

Derived terms

• agilement
• agilité

Anagrams

• aigle
• gelai

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Italian

Etymology

From Latin agilis (“agile, nimble”), from agō (“do, act; move”).

Adjective

agile m and f (m and f plural agili)

1. agile, nimble

Anagrams

• gelai
• legai

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Latin

Adjective

agile

1. nominative neuter singular of agilis
2. accusative neuter singular of agilis
3. vocative neuter singular of agilis