agre

Catalan

Alternative forms

• acre (bitter)

Pronunciation

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

• Audio (Barcelona):

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Etymology 1

Inherited from Late Latin ācrus, from Classical Latin ācer.

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 [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “agre”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)

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 Santamarina, 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 Santamarina, Ernesto X. 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, 2012–2026

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

Descendants

• Yola: agree

References

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

Etymology 2

Verb

agre

1. alternative form of agreen

Occitan

Pronunciation

• Audio (Béarn):

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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/

 

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

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

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

Adjective

agre m or f (plural agres)

1. tart; sour (acid in taste)

Further reading

• “agre”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “agre”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Romanian

Noun

agre

1. indefinite nominative/accusative/genitive/dative plural of agru

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 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025

Umbrian

The spelling of this entry has been normalized according to the principles established by Wiktionary's editor community or recent spelling standards of the language.

Noun

agre

1. genitive singular of ager

References

• Buck, Carl Darling (1904), A Grammar of Oscan and Umbrian: With a Collection of Inscriptions and a Glossary‎^[1]
• De Vaan, Michiel (2008), Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
• Poultney, James Wilson (1959), The Bronze Tables of Iguvium‎^[2], Baltimore: American Philological Association

Venetan

Adjective

agre

1. feminine plural of agro