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/

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• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈɑˌ.ɡɑɹ/, /ˈæ.ɡɚ/, /ˈeɪˌɡɑɹ/
• Rhymes: (UK) -eɪɡə, (US) -æɡɚ

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

• 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) (âgâr)
• 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) (âgâr)
• 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)

1. agarwood

Translations

agarwood — see agarwood

See also

• agaric
• Agarum

References

• agar on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• agar at OneLook Dictionary Search
• “agar”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• Agra, Raga, agra, raag, raga

Czech

Etymology

Borrowed from Malay agar or agar-agar, both meaning jelly.

Noun

agar m inan

1. agar (material obtained from the marine algae)

Declension

Declension of agar (hard masculine inanimate)

	singular	plural
nominative	agar	agary
genitive	agaru	agarů
dative	agaru	agarům
accusative	agar	agary
vocative	agare	agary
locative	agaru	agarech
instrumental	agarem	agary

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/, [ˈɑ̝ɡɑ̝r]
• 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		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of agar (type risti)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative agarini agarini accusative nom. agarini agarini gen. agarini genitive agarini agarieni partitive agariani agarejani inessive agarissani agareissani elative agaristani agareistani illative agariini agareihini adessive agarillani agareillani ablative agariltani agareiltani allative agarilleni agareilleni essive agarinani agareinani translative agarikseni agareikseni instructive — — abessive agarittani agareittani comitative — agareineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative agarisi agarisi accusative nom. agarisi agarisi gen. agarisi genitive agarisi agariesi partitive agariasi agarejasi inessive agarissasi agareissasi elative agaristasi agareistasi illative agariisi agareihisi adessive agarillasi agareillasi ablative agariltasi agareiltasi allative agarillesi agareillesi essive agarinasi agareinasi translative agariksesi agareiksesi instructive — — abessive agarittasi agareittasi comitative — agareinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative agarimme agarimme accusative nom. agarimme agarimme gen. agarimme genitive agarimme agariemme partitive agariamme agarejamme inessive agarissamme agareissamme elative agaristamme agareistamme illative agariimme agareihimme adessive agarillamme agareillamme ablative agariltamme agareiltamme allative agarillemme agareillemme essive agarinamme agareinamme translative agariksemme agareiksemme instructive — — abessive agarittamme agareittamme comitative — agareinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative agarinne agarinne accusative nom. agarinne agarinne gen. agarinne genitive agarinne agarienne partitive agarianne agarejanne inessive agarissanne agareissanne elative agaristanne agareistanne illative agariinne agareihinne adessive agarillanne agareillanne ablative agariltanne agareiltanne allative agarillenne agareillenne essive agarinanne agareinanne translative agariksenne agareiksenne instructive — — abessive agarittanne agareittanne comitative — agareinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative agarinsa agarinsa accusative nom. agarinsa agarinsa gen. agarinsa genitive agarinsa agariensa partitive agariaan agariansa agarejaan agarejansa inessive agarissaan agarissansa agareissaan agareissansa elative agaristaan agaristansa agareistaan agareistansa illative agariinsa agareihinsa adessive agarillaan agarillansa agareillaan agareillansa ablative agariltaan agariltansa agareiltaan agareiltansa allative agarilleen agarillensa agareilleen agareillensa essive agarinaan agarinansa agareinaan agareinansa translative agarikseen agariksensa agareikseen agareiksensa instructive — — abessive agarittaan agarittansa agareittaan agareittansa comitative — agareineen agareinensa

French

Pronunciation

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Noun

agar m (uncountable)

1. Synonym of agar-agar

Further reading

• “agar”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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, from 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.

Etymology 2

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

• “agar” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

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

Etymology 2

Noun

agar m

1. 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.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “agar”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

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)
• Rhymes: -ar

Etymology 1

Borrowing from Sanskrit अग्र (agra).

Conjunction

agar (Jawi spelling اݢر‎)

1. 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)

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

Derived terms

• agar-agar

Descendants

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

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
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

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

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from Malay agar or Malay agar-agar. First attested in 1890.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈa.ɡar/

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• 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

• agarowy

 

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

• “agar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Swedish

Noun

agar

1. indefinite plural of ag.

Verb

agar

1. present tense of aga.

Anagrams

• arga

Uzbek

Etymology

From Persian اگر‎ (agar).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɑˈɡɑr/

Conjunction

agar

1. if (supposing that)