agar-agar

== English == === Etymology 1 === From Malay agar-agar (“jelly”). ==== Noun ==== agar-agar (uncountable) Agar. (Singapore, Malaysia) A jelly dessert made from agar. === Etymology 2 === From Malay agak-agak. Here, the letter k represents a glottal stop, but it is elided by many speakers in Singapore. ==== Pronunciation ==== (Singapore) IPA(key): /ˈɑɡɑ ˌɑɡɑ/ ==== Verb ==== agar-agar (invariable) (Singapore, Singlish) Alternative spelling of agak-agak (“to estimate”). ==== Adjective ==== agar-agar (not comparable) (Singapore, Singlish) Alternative spelling of agak-agak (“involving guesswork”). == Finnish == === Alternative forms === agar === Etymology === From Malay agar-agar. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɑɡɑrˌɑɡɑr/, [ˈɑ̝ɡɑ̝rˌɑ̝ɡɑ̝r] Rhymes: -ɑɡɑr Syllabification(key): a‧gar‧a‧gar Hyphenation(key): agar‧agar === Noun === agar-agar agar (material) ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === “agar-agar”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎[3] (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 == Indonesian == === Etymology === From Malay agar-agar (“jelly”), from Classical Malay اڬر٢ (agar-agar, “jelly”), اڬر٢ (agar2). === Pronunciation === (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /ˌaɡar ˈaɡar/ [ˌa.ɡar ˈa.ɡar] Rhymes: -aɡar (colloquial, nonstandard) IPA(key): /ˌaɡər ˈaɡər/ [ˌa.ɡər ˈa.ɡər] === Noun === agar-agar agar (a material obtained from a marine alga), agar-agar agar (chemistry) ==== Alternative forms ==== agar (sciences) ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “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 == Kristang == === Etymology === From Malay agar-agar. === Noun === agar-agar (plurale tantum) jelly; jam === References === == Malay == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /aɡa(r) aɡa(r)/ Rhymes: -aɡa(r), -ɡa(r), -a(r) === Noun === agar-agar agar (a material obtained from a marine alga), agar-agar agar (chemistry) ==== Descendants ==== Indonesian: agar-agar Kristang: agar-agar → English: agar-agar → Finnish: agar-agar → Portuguese: agar-agar → Spanish: agar-agar → Tausug: agal-agal == Polish == === Etymology === Borrowed from Malay agar-agar. First attested in 1890. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈa.ɡar ˈa.ɡar/ Syllabification: a‧gar-a‧gar === Noun === agar-agar m inan (indeclinable) 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, agar-agar (type of red algae) Synonym: agar ==== Declension ==== or Indeclinable. ==== Related terms ==== === References === === Further reading === agar-agar in Polish dictionaries at PWN == Romanian == === Etymology === Borrowed from French agar-agar or German Agar-Agar. === Noun === agar-agar n (uncountable) agar ==== Declension ==== == Spanish == === Alternative forms === agar, agaragar === Etymology === Borrowed from Malay agar or agar-agar, both meaning jelly. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /aˌɡaɾ aˈɡaɾ/ [aˌɣ̞aɾ aˈɣ̞aɾ] Syllabification: a‧gar-a‧gar === Noun === agar-agar m (plural agar-agares) agar === Further reading === “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 == Tagalog == === Etymology === Borrowed from Spanish agar-agar, from English agar-agar, from Malay agar-agar. === Pronunciation === (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˌʔaɡaɾ ˈʔaɡaɾ/ [ˌʔaː.ɣɐɾ ˈʔaː.ɣɐɾ] Rhymes: -aɡaɾ Syllabification: a‧gar-a‧gar === Noun === agar-agar (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜄᜇ᜔ᜀᜄᜇ᜔) agar ==== See also ==== === Further reading === “agar-agar”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018