agere

English

Pronunciation

Noun

agere (countable and uncountable, plural ageres)

  1. (uncountable) Abbreviation of age regression.
  2. (countable) Abbreviation of age regressor.

See also

Anagrams

Danish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin agō (I do, act), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éǵeti. Cognate with Swedish agera, also borrowed from the Latin word. See also Danish age, which was inherited from Old Norse aka, from the same Proto-Indo-European verb.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /aˈɡeˀʌ/

Verb

agere (imperative ager, infinitive at agere, present tense agerer, past tense agerede, perfect tense ageret)

  1. to act
  2. to play

Further reading

Dutch

Verb

agere

  1. (dated or formal) singular present subjunctive of ageren

Anagrams

Latin

Etymology 1

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

Verb

agere

  1. inflection of agō:
    1. second-person singular present passive indicative/imperative
    2. present active infinitive

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

Verb

agēre

  1. second-person singular future passive indicative of agō

Loloda

Etymology

Ultimately from Proto-North Halmahera (likely of the form *ager); compare Galela age, Tabaru 'agere, Ternate age.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈa.ɡe.ɾe/

Noun

agere

  1. a tree trunk, stump

References

  • M. J. van Baarda (1904) Het Lòda'sch, in vergelijking met het Galėla'sch dialect op Halmaheira

Yoruba

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /à.ɡé.ɾé/

Noun

àgéré

  1. (usually in the plural) stilt
  2. (by extension) heels; high-heeled shoes