agar
English
Pigmented colonies of Serratia marcescens on nutrient agar
Pronunciation
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.
Derived terms
Translations
material
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Alternative forms
Translations
agarwood — see agarwood
References
agar on Wikipedia.Wikipedia - “agar”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
- “agar”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
Czech
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)
Declension
Declension of agar (ÕS type 2/õpik, no gradation)
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | agar | 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
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 | ||
| abessive | agaritta | agareitta | ||
| instructive | — | agarein | ||
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | |||
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Further reading
- “agar”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish] (online dictionary, continuously updated, in Finnish), Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02
French
Pronunciation
Audio (file)
Further reading
- “agar”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Ido
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /aˈɡar/
Conjugation
Conjugation of agar
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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”)
Indonesian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈaɡar/
Etymology 1
From Malay agar, from Classical Malay اڬر (agar).
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)
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
Declension
Declension of agar
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
Latin
Verb
agar
- first-person singular future passive indicative of agō
- "I shall be done, I shall be made"
- "I shall be accomplished, I shall be managed, I shall be achieved"
- "I shall be performed, I shall be transacted"
- "I shall be driven, I shall be conducted"
- "I shall be pushed, I shall be moved, I shall be impelled"
- "I shall be guided, I shall be governed, I shall be administered"
- "I shall be discussed, I shall be pleaded, I shall be deliberated"
- "I shall be thought upon"
- "I shall be stirred up, I shall be excited, I shall be caused, I shall be induced"
- "I shall be chased, I shall be pursued"
- (of a course of action) "I shall be driven, I shall be pursued"
- "I shall be robbed, I shall be stolen, I shall be plundered, I shall be carried off"
- (of time) "I shall be passed, I shall be spent"
- (of offerings) "I shall be slain, I shall be killed (as a sacrifice)"
- (of plants) "I shall be put forth, I shall be sprouted, I shall be extended"
- first-person singular present passive subjunctive of agō
- "may I be done, may I be made"
- "may I be accomplished, may I be managed, may I be achieved"
- "may I be performed, may I be transacted"
- "may I be driven, may I be conducted"
- "may I be pushed, may I be moved, may I be impelled"
- "may I be guided, may I be governed, may I be administered"
- "may I be discussed, may I be pleaded, may I be deliberated"
- "may I be thought upon"
- "may I be stirred up, may I be excited, may I be caused, may I be induced"
- "may I be chased, may I be pursued"
- (of a course of action) "may I be driven, may I be pursued"
- "may I be robbed, may I be stolen, may I be plundered, may I be carried off"
- (of time) "may I be passed, may I be spent"
- (of offerings) "may I be slain, may I be killed (as a sacrifice)"
- (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
Descendants
- Indonesian: agar
Etymology 2
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Noun
agar (Jawi spelling اݢر, plural agar-agar, informal 1st possessive agarku, 2nd possessive agarmu, 3rd possessive agarnya)
Derived terms
Old Irish
Verb
agar
- inflection of aigid:
- passive singular present indicative relative
- 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
Polish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈa.ɡar/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -aɡar
- Syllabification: a‧gar
Noun
agar m inan
Declension
Usually in the singular.
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
Further reading
- “agar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Uzbek
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɑˈɡɑr/
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