Meanings
agar1
plural agars
- countableuncountableA gelatinous substance obtained from red algae, especially Gracilaria species, used as a bacterial culture medium, in electrophoresis and as a food additive.
agar2
plural agars · alternative aggur
- countableuncountableagarwood
Agar3
- A surname.
Synonyms & antonyms
More synonyms by meaning
nounany culture medium that uses agar as the gelling agent
nouna colloidal extract of algae; used especially in culture media and as a gelling agent in foods
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Origin
agar · noun
- Malayagar“jelly”
- Englishagar
From Malay agar (“jelly”) or agar-agar.
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Full word history & related roots →agar · noun
- Sanskritअगरु
- Hindiअगर
- Englishagar
Possibly from Hindi अगर (agar), from Sanskrit अगरु (agaru).
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Full word history & related roots →Translations
Catalan agar-agar
- agar-agargelatinous substance
Chinese Cantonese 大菜
- 大菜 (daai⁶ coi³)gelatinous substance
Chinese Mandarin 洋菜, 瓊脂 /琼脂
- 洋菜 (yángcài)gelatinous substance
- 瓊脂 /琼脂 (qióngzhī)gelatinous substance
Czech agar
- agargelatinous substance
Esperanto gelozo, agaragaro
- gelozogelatinous substance
- agaragarogelatinous substance
- agarogelatinous substance
Estonian agar
- agargelatinous substance
Finnish agar-agar, agarliuos
- agar-agargelatinous substance
- agarliuosculture medium
German Agar
- Agargelatinous substance
Japanese 寒天, 寒天
- 寒天 (kanten)gelatinous substance
- 寒天 (kanten)culture medium
Korean 우무
- 우무 (umu)gelatinous substance
Malay agar-agar
- agar-agargelatinous substance
Māori piarimu
- piarimugelatinous substance
Persian آگار, آگار
- آگار (âgâr)gelatinous substance
- آگار (âgâr)culture medium
Polish agar, agar-agar
- agargelatinous substance
- agar-agargelatinous substance
Portuguese ágar, ágar-ágar
- ágargelatinous substance
- ágar-ágargelatinous substance
- agar-agargelatinous substance
Russian ага́р-ага́р, ага́р
- ага́р-ага́р (agár-agár)gelatinous substance
- ага́р (agár)culture medium
Spanish agar, agaragar
- agargelatinous substance
- agaragargelatinous substance
Thai วุ้น, อะการ์
- วุ้น (wún)gelatinous substance
- อะการ์gelatinous substance
Vietnamese xu xoa, xu xa
- xu xoagelatinous substance
- xu xagelatinous substance
- su sagelatinous substance
- thạchgelatinous substance
- rau câugelatinous substance
- đông sươnggelatinous substance
- thạchculture medium
- a-gaculture medium
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with agar
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Cite this entry
agar. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/agar
“agar.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/agar. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “agar,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/agar.
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