agar

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈeɪ.ɡə/, /ˈeɪ.ɡɑː/

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

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

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.

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

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

• aggur

agar (countable and uncountable, plural agars)

1. agarwood

• agaric
• Agarum

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

• raag, Raga, raga, agra, Agra, Gara

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

agar m inan

1. agar (material obtained from the marine algae)

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”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑɡ̊ɑr/,
• Rhymes: -ɑɡɑr
• Hyphenation: a‧gar

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

1. eager, willing

• agar in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)
• “agar”, in Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑɡɑr/,
• Rhymes: -ɑɡɑr
• Hyphenation^(key): agar

agar

1. Alternative form of agar-agar.

• “agar”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (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

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agar m (uncountable)

1. Synonym of agar-agar

• “agar”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.

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

• IPA^(key): /aˈɡar/

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

1. (transitive, intransitive) to do, act

    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

• facar (“to make; to do, perform”)
• agendo (“agenda”)
• akto (“act”)

• IPA^(key): /ˈa.ɡar/
• Rhymes: -ɡar
• Hyphenation: a‧gar

From Malay agar, from Sanskrit अग्र (agra).

agar

1. so that; in order to

   Synonyms: sehingga, supaya

   1. indicates purpose; with the result that
   2. indicates purpose; in such a way that, with the intent that
2. to; in order to (as a means of achieving the specified end)

   Synonym: supaya

• This word with supaya are often used together as "agar supaya" to mean "in order to".

agar (colloquial)

1. short for agar-agar.

Borrowed from English agar, from Malay.

agar m (genitive singular agair, nominative plural agair)

1. agar

agar m

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

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

agar

1. rest day

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"

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

Borrowing from Sanskrit अग्र (agra).

agar (Jawi spelling اݢر)

1. so that (in order to)

• supaya / سوڤايا

• Indonesian: agar

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

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)

• agar-agar

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

·agar

1. passive singular present indicative of aigid

agar

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

agar

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

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agar sense 1

agar sense 1

• IPA^(key): /ˈa.ɡar/

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• Rhymes: -aɡar
• Syllabification: a‧gar

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

agar m inan (indeclinable, related adjective agarowy)

2. 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

3. agar, agar-agar (type of red algae)

   Synonym: agar-agar

or

Indeclinable.

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

agar m inan

2. 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)

• agar in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• agar in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• agar in PWN's encyclopedia

• IPA^(key): /aˈɡaɾ/
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: a‧gar

agar m (plural agares)

1. Alternative form of agar-agar

• “agar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

agar

1. indefinite plural of ag

agar

1. present indicative of aga

• arga

From Persian اگر (agar).

• IPA^(key): /ɑˈɡɑr/

agar

1. if (supposing that)