agar

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈeɪ.ɡə/, /ˈeɪ.ɡɑː/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈɑˌɡɑɹ/, /ˈæ.ɡəɹ/, /ˈeɪˌɡɑɹ/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -æɡə(ɹ), -ɑːɡə(ɹ), -eɪɡə(ɹ), -eɪɡɑ(ɹ)
• Hyphenation: a‧gar

From Malay agar (“jelly”) or agar-agar.

agar (countable and uncountable, plural agars)

2. A gelatinous substance obtained from red algae, especially Gracilaria species, used as a bacterial culture medium, in electrophoresis and as a food additive.
3. A culture medium based on this material.

   Synonyms: agal-agal, agar-agar; E406

   • 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.

Possibly from Hindi अगर (agar), from Sanskrit अगरु (agaru).

• aggur

agar (countable and uncountable, plural agars)

1. agarwood

• agaric
• Agarum

• “agar”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “agar”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.

• raag, Raga, raga, agra, Agra, Gara

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

• IPA^(key): [ˈaɡar]

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

Declension of agar (ÕS type 2/õpik, no gradation)
		singular	plural
nominative		agar	agarad
accusative	nom.
	gen.	agara
genitive			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

• 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
• Hyphenation^(key): agar

agar

1. alternative form of agar-agar

• “agar”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[2] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2 July 2023

• Audio (France (Lyon)):

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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): /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. ellipsis of agar-agar

• “agar”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), 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

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

agar (Jawi spelling اݢر, plural agar-agar or agar²)

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

• Indonesian: agar
• → Czech: agar
• → English: 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/

• Audio:

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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/ [aˈɣ̞aɾ]
• 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 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025

agar

1. indefinite plural of ag

agar

1. present indicative of aga

• arga

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ʔaˈɡaɾ/ [ʔɐˈɣaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: a‧gar

agár (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜄᜇ᜔) (dialectal, Batangas, Rizal, informal)

1. alternative form of agad

agár (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜄᜇ᜔) (dialectal, Batangas, Rizal, informal)

1. alternative form of agad

Borrowed from Classical Persian اگر (agar).

• IPA^(key): /aˈɡar/, [ɐˈɡ˖ær]

agar

1. if (supposing that)