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Yes. The word ager is a Scrabble US word. The word ager is worth 5 points in Scrabble:

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Yes. The word ager is a Scrabble UK word and has 5 points:

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4-letter words (5 found)

AGER,AREG,GARE,GEAR,RAGE,

3-letter words (10 found)

AGE,ARE,EAR,ERA,ERG,GAE,GAR,GER,RAG,REG,

2-letter words (6 found)

AE,AG,AR,EA,ER,RE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 22 words from ager according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 4 letters words made out of ager

ager gaer aegr eagr gear egar agre gare arge rage grae rgae aerg earg areg raeg erag reag gera egra grea rgea erga rega

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Definitions and meaning of ager

ager

Etymology

age +‎ -er

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈeɪ.dʒə/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈeɪ.d͡ʒɚ/

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

Derived terms

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 *h₂éǵros (“field”), which is also the source of Latin ager, Ancient Greek ἀγρός (agrós), Sanskrit अज्रः (ájraḥ).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /aːˀɣər/, [ˈæˀ(j)ɐ]
  • Rhymes: -aːˀər

Noun

ager c (singular definite ageren, plural indefinite agre)

  1. (dated) field
    Synonyms: agerjord, mark
Declension
Derived terms
References
  • “ager” in Den Danske Ordbog

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /aːɣər/, [ˈæː(j)ɐ]
  • Homophone: aer

Verb

ager

  1. present tense of age

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /aɡeːˀr/, [aˈɡ̊eˀɐ̯], [aˈɡ̊eɐ̯ˀ]

Verb

ager or agér

  1. imperative of agere

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *agros, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éǵros. Cognates include Ancient Greek ἀγρός (agrós), Sanskrit अज्र (ájra) and Old English æcer (English acre).

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈa.ɡer/, [ˈäɡɛr]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈa.d͡ʒer/, [ˈäːd͡ʒer]

Noun

ager m (genitive agrī); second declension

  1. field, acre
  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): /ˈa.d͡ʒer/

Adjective

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

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

Declension

Synonyms

  • (sharp): ascuțit

See also

  • agil

Scanian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ɑ́ːɣɐ]

Noun

ager m (definite singular agern, plural agrar)

  1. a field

Welsh

Alternative forms

  • agerdd

Pronunciation

  • (North Wales) IPA(key): /ˈaɡɛr/
  • (South Wales) IPA(key): /ˈa(ː)ɡɛr/

Noun

ager m (plural agerau)

  1. steam
    Synonyms: stêm, anwedd

Derived terms

  • ageru (“to steam”)

Mutation

Further reading

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

Source: wiktionary.org