agate

== English == === Etymology 1 === From Middle French agathe, from Latin achatēs, from Ancient Greek ἀχάτης (akhátēs, “agate”). ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ˈæɡ.ɪt/ (weak vowel merger) IPA(key): /ˈæɡ.ət/ Rhymes: -æɡɪt ==== Noun ==== agate (countable and uncountable, plural agates) (countable, uncountable, mineralogy) A semitransparent, uncrystallized silicate mineral and semiprecious stone, presenting various tints in the same specimen, with colors delicately arranged and often curved in parallel alternating dark and light stripes or bands, or blended in clouds; various authorities call it a variety of chalcedony, a variety of quartz, or a combination of the two. (uncountable, US printing, dated) The size of type between pearl and nonpareil, standardized as 5+1⁄2-point. (countable, typography) One fourteenth of an inch. (countable, obsolete) A diminutive person; so called in allusion to the small figures cut in agate for rings and seals. (countable) A tool used by gold-wire drawers, bookbinders, etc.;—so called from the agate fixed in it for burnishing. (countable) A marble made from agate. (slang, usually in the plural) A testicle. ===== Synonyms ===== (type size): (UK) ruby (marble): aggie ===== Hypernyms ===== silica (any mineral of the silica group) ===== Hyponyms ===== (mineralogy): fortification agate, Scotch pebble; moss agate, clouded agate ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Related terms ===== aggie ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 2 === From Late Middle English agate, a gate. Equivalent to a- (“on”) +‎ gate (“way, path”). ==== Pronunciation ==== (US) IPA(key): /əˈɡeɪt/ ==== Adverb ==== agate (not comparable) (obsolete) On the way; agoing. == Basque == === Etymology === From Proto-Basque *anate, from Latin anatem (“duck”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /aɡate/ [a.ɣ̞a.t̪e] Rhymes: -ate, -e Hyphenation: a‧ga‧te === Noun === agate inan (Biscayan) alternative form of ahate == Esperanto == === Adverb === agate present adverbial passive participle of agi == French == === Etymology === (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /a.ɡat/ === Noun === agate f (plural agates) agate === Further reading === “agate”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Ido == === Verb === agate adverbial present passive participle of agar == Italian == === Noun === agate f plural of agata === Anagrams === Gaeta == Mezquital Otomi == === Etymology === Borrowed from Spanish ágata, from Old French agathe, from Latin achates, from Ancient Greek ἀχάτης (akhátēs). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ǎɣáte/ === Noun === ǎgáte agate === References === Hernández Cruz, Luis; Victoria Torquemada, Moisés (2010), Diccionario del hñähñu (otomí) del Valle del Mezquital, estado de Hidalgo (Serie de vocabularios y diccionarios indígenas “Mariano Silva y Aceves”; 45)‎[1] (in Spanish), second edition, Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., page 3 == Middle English == === Etymology === From a (“on”) +‎ gate (“way, path”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /aˈɡaːt(ə)/ === Adverb === agate (Late Middle English, rare) straight away, immediately on the way, while travelling ==== Descendants ==== English: agate Middle Scots: agait, agate Scots: agate, agait ==== References ==== “agāte, adv..”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007. == Scots == === Alternative forms === agait === Etymology === Inherited from Middle Scots agate, agait, from Middle English agate; equivalent to a- (“on”) +‎ gate === Adverb === agate (not comparable) On the road, afoot, going about away === References === “agate, adv.”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–present, →OCLC.