agar-agar

See also: agaragar

English

Etymology

From Malay agar-agar (“jelly”).

Noun

agar-agar (uncountable)

1. Agar.
   • 2018 July 19, Zoe Williams, “Can ditching meat and dairy open up new taste sensations? My week as a foodie vegan”, in The Guardian‎^[2]:

     That done, you heat soya milk with oil and several flakes of agar-agar – a tasteless vegan alternative to gelatine – which dissolve into the liquid over 10 minutes, except they don’t, not really.

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Finnish

Alternative forms

• agar

Etymology

From Malay agar-agar.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

agar-agar

1. agar (material)

Declension

Inflection of agar-agar (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative		agar-agar	agar-agarit
genitive		agar-agarin	agar-agarien
partitive		agar-agaria	agar-agareja
illative		agar-agariin	agar-agareihin
		singular	plural
nominative		agar-agar	agar-agarit
accusative	nom.	agar-agar	agar-agarit
	gen.	agar-agarin
genitive		agar-agarin	agar-agarien
partitive		agar-agaria	agar-agareja
inessive		agar-agarissa	agar-agareissa
elative		agar-agarista	agar-agareista
illative		agar-agariin	agar-agareihin
adessive		agar-agarilla	agar-agareilla
ablative		agar-agarilta	agar-agareilta
allative		agar-agarille	agar-agareille
essive		agar-agarina	agar-agareina
translative		agar-agariksi	agar-agareiksi
instructive		—	agar-agarein
abessive		agar-agaritta	agar-agareitta
comitative		—	agar-agareineen

Possessive forms of agar-agar (type risti)
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	agar-agarini	agar-agarimme
2nd person	agar-agarisi	agar-agarinne
3rd person	agar-agarinsa

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Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay agar-agar (“jelly”), from Classical Malay اڬر٢‎ (agar-agar, “jelly”), اڬر٢‎ (agar2).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aɡar aɡar/
• Rhymes: -aɡar, -ɡar, -ar

Noun

agar-agar

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

Alternative forms

• agar (science)

Derived terms

• agar-agar darah

 

Further reading

• “agar-agar” in Online Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language [Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia Daring], Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

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Kristang

Etymology

From Malay agar-agar.

Noun

agar-agar (plurale tantum)

1. jelly; jam

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Malay

Pronunciation

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

Noun

agar-agar

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

Descendants

• Indonesian: agar-agar
• Kristang: agar-agar
• → English: agar-agar
• → Finnish: agar-agar
• → Portuguese: agar-agar
• → Spanish: agar-agar

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Polish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈa.ɡarˈa.ɡar/

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• Rhymes: -aɡar
• Syllabification: a‧gar‧a‧gar

Noun

agar-agar m inan

1. agar (a gelatinous material obtained from red algae)

   Synonym: agar

2. agar (a type of red algae)

   Synonym: agar

Declension

Usually in the singular, or undeclinable.

Declension of agar-agar

	singular	plural
nominative	agar-agar	agar-agary
genitive	agar-agaru	agar-agarów
dative	agar-agarowi	agar-agarom
accusative	agar-agar	agar-agary
instrumental	agar-agarem	agar-agarami
locative	agar-agarze	agar-agarach
vocative	agar-agarze	agar-agary

Related terms

noun

• agarowy

 

Further reading

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

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Portuguese

Noun

agar-agar m (plural agar-agares)

1. agar (a material obtained from a marine alga)

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Romanian

Etymology

From French agar-agar or German Agar-Agar.

Noun

agar-agar n (uncountable)

1. agar

Declension

declension of agar-agar (singular only)

	singular
n gender	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) agar-agar	agar-agarul
genitive/dative	(unui) agar-agar	agar-agarului
vocative	agar-agarule

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Spanish

Alternative forms

• agar, agaragar

Etymology

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

Noun

agar-agar m (plural agar-agares)

1. agar

Further reading

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