agar

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈeɪ.ɡə/, /ˈeɪ.ɡɑː/

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• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈɑˌ.ɡɑɹ/, /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.

• Agra, Raga, agra, raag, raga

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/, [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 [EKSS] 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/, [ˈɑ̝ɡɑ̝r]
• Rhymes: -ɑɡɑr
• Syllabification^(key): a‧gar

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 [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 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

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈaɡar/

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

agar

1. so that, in order that
2. to, in order to

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

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

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

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

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

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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

• 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)

1. 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

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

   Synonym: agar-agar

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Indeclinable.

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agar m inan

1. 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/ [aˈɣ̞aɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: a‧gar

agar m (plural agares)

1. Alternative form of agar-agar

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

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)