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ager
English
Etymology
age +? -er
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?e?.d??/
- (US) IPA(key): /?e?.d??/
Noun
ager (plural agers)
- One who or that which ages something.
- (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)
- (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
- 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
- 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
- field, farm
- land, estate, park
- territory
- country, countryside
- terrain
- 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)
- quick, swift.
- smart, cunning, sharp.
- (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)
- a field
Welsh
Pronunciation
- (North Wales) IPA(key): /?a??r/
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /?a???r/, /?a??r/
Noun
ager m (plural agerau)
- steam
- Synonyms: stêm, anwedd
Mutation
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agen
English
Etymology
Variant of again.
Pronunciation
- enPR: ?g?n
Adverb
agen (not comparable)
- Obsolete spelling of again
- 1832-1837, John Clare, Approaching Night
- O, how I long to be agen
- That poor and independent man,
- With labour's lot from morn to night
- And books to read at candle light;
- 1832-1837, John Clare, Approaching Night
Preposition
agen
- Obsolete spelling of again
Anagrams
- Ange, Egan, Gean, Gena, gean, gena, nega-
Indonesian
Etymology
From Dutch agent, from French agent, from Latin ag?ns.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?a.??n/
- Hyphenation: a?gèn
Noun
agen
- agent:
- (economics, management, trading) one who acts for, or in the place of, another (the principal), by authority from him/her; someone entrusted to do the business of another.
- Synonyms: penghubung, perantara, wakil
- Synonyms: bandar, dealer, distributor, pemasok, penyalur, penyuplai, tauke, pengedar
- someone who works for an intelligence agency.
- (biology, chemistry) an active power or cause or substance; something (e.g. biological, chemical, thermal, etc.) that has the power to produce an effect.
- Synonyms: bahan, penyebab
- (drama) a person who looks for work for another person.
- (economics, management, trading) one who acts for, or in the place of, another (the principal), by authority from him/her; someone entrusted to do the business of another.
Derived terms
Further reading
- “agen” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.
Middle English
Etymology 1
From awe +? -en.
Verb
agen
- Alternative form of awen
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Old French aagier; equivalent to age +? -en.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?a?d??n/
Verb
agen
- (usually in the past participle) to become older; to age.
Conjugation
Descendants
- English: age
- Scots: age
References
- “??en, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-01-19.
Old English
Etymology 1
Variant of Old English ong?an (“again, eft, back”).
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /??je?n/
Preposition
a??n
- against, contra
Adverb
a??n
- again, anew
Prefix
a??n
- again, eft, back
Derived terms
- a??nbewendan (“to return”)
- a??ncuman (“to come back”)
- a??n?ecyrran (“to turn again, recur”)
- a??n?ehweorfan (“to change again, return”)
- ag?nhwyrfan (“to turn again, return (agen-whirl)”)
- a??niernan (“to run against, meet”)
- a??nl?dan (“to lead back”)
- a??nsendan (“to send back”)
- a??nstandan (“to stand against, urge, insist upon”)
- a??nyrnan (“to run into, meet with, meet”)
Etymology 2
Literally ‘owned’: originally the past participle of ?gan. Corresponding to Old Saxon ?gan (Dutch eigen), Old High German eigan (German eigen), Old Norse eiginn (Swedish egen).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /???.?en/, [???.?en]
Adjective
?gen
- own
Declension
Derived terms
Swedish
Noun
agen
- definite singular of ag
Anagrams
- Agne, ange, egna, gena
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