different between ager vs acer

English

Etymology

age +? -er

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?e?.d??/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?e?.d??/

Noun

ager (plural agers)

1. One who or that which ages something.
2. (euphemistic) One who is aging; an elderly person.

Synonyms

• (elderly person): geriatric, oldster, senior citizen; see also Thesaurus:old person

Anagrams

• GRAE, Gear, Gera, Rega, areg, gare, gear, rage

Danish

Etymology 1

From Old Norse akr, from Proto-Germanic *akraz, cognate with Swedish åker, English acre, German Acker. The word goes back to Proto-Indo-European *h?é?ros (“field”), which is also the source of Latin ager, Ancient Greek ????? (agrós), Sanskrit ????? (ájra?).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a????r/, [?æ?(j)?]
• Rhymes: -a???r

Noun

ager c (singular definite ageren, plural indefinite agre)

1. (dated) field

   Synonyms: agerjord, mark

Inflection

Derived terms

References

• “ager” in Den Danske Ordbog

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a???r/, [?æ?(j)?]
• Homophone: aer

Verb

ager

1. present tense of age

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the main entry.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a?e??r/, [a???e???], [a???e???]

Verb

ager or agér

1. imperative of agere

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *agros, from Proto-Indo-European *h?é?ros. Cognates include Ancient Greek ????? (agrós), Sanskrit ???? (ájra) and Old English æcer (English acre).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?a.?er/, [?ä??r]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?a.d??er/, [???d???r]

Noun

ager m (genitive agr?); second declension

1. field, farm
2. land, estate, park
3. territory
4. country, countryside
5. terrain
6. soil

Declension

Second-declension noun (nominative singular in -er).

Derived terms

Descendants

• Aromanian: agru
• French: aire
• ? French: ager
• Galician: agro, agra
• Italian: agro
• Megleno-Romanian: agru
• Old Occitan: agre
• Portuguese: agro
• Romanian: agru
• Spanish: agro

References

• ager in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ager in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ager in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book?^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
• ager in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ager in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

Romanian

Etymology

Inherited from Latin agilis (“swift”). Doublet of agil, a borrowing.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?a.d??er/

Adjective

ager m or n (feminine singular ager?, masculine plural ageri, feminine and neuter plural agere)

1. quick, swift.
2. smart, cunning, sharp.
3. (of objects) sharp

Declension

Synonyms

• (sharp): ascu?it

See also

• agil

Scanian

Etymology

From Old Norse akr, from Proto-Germanic *akraz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?????]

Noun

ager m (definite singular agern, plural agrar)

1. a field

Welsh

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /?a??r/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /?a???r/, /?a??r/

Noun

ager m (plural agerau)

1. steam

   Synonyms: stêm, anwedd

Mutation

English

Noun

acer (plural acers)

1. Obsolete spelling of acre

Anagrams

• -care, Acre, CERA, Care, Cera, Crea, Race, acre, care, e-car, race, race-

Catalan

Etymology

From Old Occitan [Term?], from Late Latin aci?rium, from Latin aci?s, from Proto-Indo-European *h?e?- (“sharp, pointed”). Compare French acier, Galician aceiro, Italian acciaio, Occitan acièr, Portuguese aço, Spanish acero.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /??se/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /a?se?/

Noun

acer m (uncountable)

1. steel

Derived terms

• acer inoxidable

Related terms

• acerar

Further reading

• “acer” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Latin

Etymology 1

From Proto-Italic *akris, from Proto-Indo-European *h??rós (“sharp”). The change from o-stem to i-stem declension is irregular and not fully explained. Likewise, Latin has irregular lengthening of the vowel. Cognate with Ancient Greek ????? (ákros).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?a?.ker/, [?ä?k?r]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?a.t??er/, [???t???r]

Adjective

?cer (feminine ?cris, neuter ?cre, comparative ?crior, superlative ?cerrimus, adverb ?criter); third-declension three-termination adjective

1. sharp, sour, bitter, pungent
2. keen, sharp, acute, sagacious
3. energetic, active, vigorous
4. eager, zealous, spirited
5. subtle
6. severe, violent, cruel, hot
7. penetrating, piercing

Declension

Third-declension three-termination adjective.

Derived terms

Descendants

Etymology 2

Same as Etymology 1, with reference to multi-pointed leaves.
Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), Bern, München: Francke Verlag "ak?er-"

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?a.ker/, [?äk?r]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?a.t??er/, [???t???r]

Noun

acer n (genitive aceris); third declension

1. maple tree

Declension

Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem).

Derived terms

• acernus

Descendants

• Catalan: auró
• Esperanto: acero
• French: érable
• Italian: acero
• Portuguese: ácer
• Romanian: ar?ar
• Spanish: ácere, arce
• Translingual: Acer

References

• acer in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• acer in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• acer in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book?^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.

Old French

Etymology

See acier.

Noun

acer m (nominative singular acers)

1. Alternative form of acier

Welsh

Etymology

From Middle English aker.

Pronunciation

• (North Wales, standard, colloquial) IPA^(key): /?ak?r/
  • (North Wales, colloquial) IPA^(key): /?akar/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /?ak?r/

Noun

acer f (plural aceri)

1. acre

   Synonyms: cyfair, erw

Mutation

Further reading

• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present) , “acer”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies