agre

Catalan

Alternative forms

• acre (bitter)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈa.ɣɾə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈa.ɣɾe]

Etymology 1

Inherited from Vulgar Latin ācrus, from Latin ācer; see there for further etymology.

Adjective

agre (feminine agra, masculine and feminine plural agres)

1. bitter

   Synonym: amarg

2. sour

Derived terms

• agrenc
• agresa
• agror
• agrós
• coragre

 

Etymology 2

Inherited from Latin ager (“field”).

Noun

agre m (plural agres)

1. the pleasure one takes in an occupation
2. breeding ground

Derived terms

• agrer

Related terms

• agrest

Further reading

• “agre” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “agre” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Danish

Noun

agre c

1. indefinite plural of ager

Galician

Etymology

From Latin ācrem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈaɣɾɪ]

Adjective

agre m or f (plural agres)

1. sour

   Synonym: acedo

   • 1842, Juan Manuel Pintos, Meu querido pai:

     As nosas mulleres
     Subamos de prezo
     Que, ê muito travallo
     È dor mui doente
     Botar á este mundo
     Hum miniño inteiro.
     Com’elas s’estrican,
     Cómo se escrequenan
     Como dan gemidos
     Choros è lamentos,
     Como à côr do rostro
     Toda van perdendo
     È agre bocado
     Qu’a calquer pon medo.

     Our women's
     price we should rise
     because it is hard work
     and aching pain
     to throw to this world
     a whole baby.
     How they stretch,
     how they crouch,
     How they wail,
     cry and lament,
     How the face colour
     they lose entirely.
     It's a sour mouthful
     that makes anyone scared.

2. brisk

Derived terms

• agrión

Related terms

• agrear

References

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “agre”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “agre”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “agre”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Further reading

• “agre”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2024

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈa.ɡre/
• Rhymes: -aɡre
• Hyphenation: à‧gre

Adjective

agre

1. feminine plural of agro

Anagrams

• Rega, egra, erga, gare

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old French a gré (“favorably”); from a (“on”) and gré (“goodwill”); equivalent to a- +‎ gre).

Alternative forms

• a-gree

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈɡreː/

Adverb

agre

1. nicely

References

• “agrẹ̄, adv.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-09-15.

Etymology 2

Verb

agre

1. Alternative form of agreen

Occitan

Pronunciation

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Adjective

agre m (feminine singular agra, masculine plural agres, feminine plural agras)

1. sour

Derived terms

• agrolós

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• agro
• ágrio (regional)

Etymology

From Latin ācrem. Doublet of acre.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈa.ɡɾi/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈa.ɡɾi/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈa.ɡɾe/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈa.ɡɾɨ/ [ˈa.ɣɾɨ]

• Rhymes: (Brazil) -aɡɾi, (Portugal) -aɡɾɨ
• Hyphenation: a‧gre

Adjective

agre m or f (plural agres)

1. tart; sour (acid in taste)

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈaɡɾe/ [ˈa.ɣ̞ɾe]
• Rhymes: -aɡɾe
• Syllabification: a‧gre

Adjective

agre m or f (masculine and feminine plural agres)

1. (obsolete or dialectal) Alternative form of agrio

Further reading

• “agre”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28

Venetan

Adjective

agre

1. feminine plural of agro