Join free

agar-agar

English · Français · Deutsch · Italiano · Română

AI In plain words

Writing a short explanation…

Written by a house AI from the entry below, in your language. The entry itself is the source.

agar-agar¹

Where it comes from

Borrowed from Malay agar-agar (“jelly”).

noun

  1. uncountable Agar. That done, you heat soya milk with oil and several flakes of agar-agar – a tasteless vegan alternative to gelatine – which dissolve into the liquid over 10 minutes, except they don’t, not really.
  2. Malaysia, Singapore, uncountable A jelly dessert made from agar.

agar-agar²

  • /ˈɑɡɑ ˌɑɡɑ/ Singapore

Where it comes from

From Malay agak-agak. Here, the letter k represents a glottal stop, but it is elided by many speakers in Singapore.

verb

  1. Singapore, Singlish, alternative, invariable Alternative spelling of agak-agak (“to estimate”). So I just got to agar-agar lor.

adjective

  1. Singapore, Singlish, alternative, not comparable Alternative spelling of agak-agak (“involving guesswork”).

Talk about this word

Cite this
MLA

"agar-agar." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/agar-agar. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

agar-agar. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/agar-agar

Chicago

"agar-agar." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/agar-agar.

BibTeX
@misc{agar_agar_2026,
  title = {agar-agar},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/agar-agar},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}