agent

agent

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English

Etymology

From Latin agēns, present active participle of agere (“to drive, lead, conduct, manage, perform, do”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈeɪ.d͡ʒənt/
  • Hyphenation: a‧gent

Noun

agent (plural agents)

  2. One who exerts power, or has the power to act.
  4. One who acts for, or in the place of, another (the principal), by that person's authority; someone entrusted to act on behalf of or in behalf of another, such as to transact business for them.
  6. A person who looks for work for another person and brokers a deal between the hiree and hirer.
    • 4 June 2016, Press Association, Ronald Koeman’s agent says Dutchman has agreed terms with Everton
      Ronald Koeman has agreed a deal with Everton to become their new manager, his agent has reportedly told Dutch media. The agent Rob Jansen said, according to the popular Voetbal International website, that it was now down to Southampton and Everton to agree a compensation package for the Dutchman, who has a year remaining on his contract at St Mary’s.
  8. Someone who works for an intelligence agency: whether an officer or employee thereof or anyone else who agrees to help their efforts (for ideology, for money, as blackmailee, or otherwise).
    • Paragraph 4, Public Prosecutor v Yue Mun Yew Gary [2012] SGHC 188
      @Gary, are you a PAP agent? ... =) trying to incite rebellion and revolution on this site so that the govt will have an excuse to take down this site?
  10. An active power or cause or substance; something (e.g. biological, chemical, thermal, etc.) that has the power to produce an effect.
  12. (computing) In the client-server model, the part of the system that performs information preparation and exchange on behalf of a client or server. Especially in the phrase “intelligent agent” it implies some kind of autonomous process which can communicate with other agents to perform some collective task on behalf of one or more humans.
  14. (grammar) The participant of a situation that carries out the action in this situation, e.g. "the boy" in the sentences "The boy kicked the ball" and "The ball was kicked by the boy".
    Antonym: patient
    Coordinate terms: subject, object; rheme, theme
    Near-synonym: doer
  16. (gambling) A cheat who is assisted by dishonest casino staff.
  18. (usually US, capitalized) A respectful term of address for an agent, especially a non-police law enforcement agent.

Synonyms

  • (one who exerts power): See also Thesaurus:doer
  • (one who acts in place of another): See also Thesaurus:deputy
  • (person who looks for work for another person): manager, representative, rep
  • (someone who works for an intelligence agency): See also Thesaurus:spy
  • (grammar): actor, performer

Antonyms

  • (antonym(s) of “grammar”): patient, recipient, undergoer

Derived terms

Related terms

Translations

See also

Further reading

  • “agent”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
  • William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “agent”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.

Anagrams

  • Tegan, ganté, genta

Azerbaijani

Noun

agent (definite accusative agenti, plural agentlər)

  1. agent

Declension

Further reading

  • “agent” in Obastan.com.

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin agentem. First attested in the 14th century.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Central) [əˈʒen]
  • IPA(key): (Balearic) [əˈʒent]
  • IPA(key): (Valencia) [aˈd͡ʒent]

Noun

agent m or f by sense (plural agents)

  1. agent

Derived terms

  • agent doble
  • agent secret

Related terms

  • agència

References

Further reading

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

Chinese

Etymology

From English agent.

Pronunciation

Noun

agent

  1. (Hong Kong Cantonese) sales agent

Crimean Tatar

Etymology

Latin agentis (“acting”).

Noun

agent

  1. agent

Declension

Derived terms

  • agentlik

References

  • Mirjejev, V. A., Usejinov, S. M. (2002) Ukrajinsʹko-krymsʹkotatarsʹkyj slovnyk [Ukrainian – Crimean Tatar Dictionary]‎[1], Simferopol: Dolya, →ISBN

Czech

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈaɡɛnt]

Noun

agent m anim

  1. agent, spy (someone who works for an intelligence agency)
  2. agent, representative (someone who represents a company)

Declension

Noun

agent m anim or m inan

  1. (computing) agent (program that acts on someone's behalf)

Declension

when animate:

when inanimate:

Related terms

  • See akt

Further reading

  • “agent”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
  • “agent”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
  • “agent”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

Danish

Etymology

From Latin agēns.

Noun

agent c (singular definite agenten, plural indefinite agenter)

  1. agent (all senses)

Declension

Synonyms

  • spion

Derived terms

See also

  • agens
  • kommissionær
  • repræsentant
  • subjekt

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French agent, from Latin agēns (“one who acts”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /aːˈɣɛnt/
  • Hyphenation: a‧gent
  • Rhymes: -ɛnt

Noun

agent m (plural agenten, diminutive agentje n, feminine agente)

  1. a police officer
    Synonym: politieman
    1. a police officer of the low(est) rank, constable, junior officer
      Synonym: politieagent
  2. an undercover agent; intelligence officer, secret agent
  3. an agent (one who acts on behalf of another)
    1. a broker
      Synonym: makelaar
    2. a middleman, surrogate

Derived terms

  • agentschap
  • beursagent
  • verzekeringsagent
  • wisselagent

Related terms

  • agens

Descendants

  • Afrikaans: agent
  • → Caribbean Javanese: akhèn
  • → Indonesian: agen

Anagrams

  • gaten

French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French agent, from Latin agentem.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /a.ʒɑ̃/

Noun

agent m (plural agents, feminine agente)

  1. agent

Derived terms

Related terms

  • agence

Descendants

  • → Turkish: ajan
  • → Persian: آژان (âžân)

Further reading

  • “agent”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

  • étang
  • gante, ganté
  • géant
  • gênât

Italian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English agent.

Noun

agent m (invariable, feminine agente)

  1. agent

Anagrams

  • tange, tenga

Kashubian

Etymology

Borrowed from Polish agent.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈa.ɡɛnt/
  • Rhymes: -aɡɛnt
  • Syllabification: a‧gent

Noun

agent m inan (female equivalent agentka)

  1. (espionage) agent (someone who works for an intelligence agency)
    Synonym: szpijona
  2. (business) representative (company agent)
    Synonyms: przedstawicél, przedstôwca

Related terms

Further reading

  • Jan Trepczyk (1994) “agent”, in Słownik polsko-kaszubski (in Kashubian), volumes 1–2
  • Eùgeniusz Gòłąbk (2011) “agent”, in Słownik Polsko-Kaszubski / Słowôrz Pòlskò-Kaszëbsczi‎[2]
  • “agent”, in Internetowi Słowôrz Kaszëbsczégò Jãzëka [Internet Dictionary of the Kashubian Language], Fundacja Kaszuby, 2022

Latin

Pronunciation

  • (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈa.ɡent/, [ˈäɡɛn̪t̪]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈa.d͡ʒent/, [ˈäːd͡ʒen̪t̪]

Verb

agent

  1. third-person plural future active indicative of agō

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Latin agens, genitive agentis.

Noun

agent m (definite singular agenten, indefinite plural agenter, definite plural agentene)

  1. an agent

References

  • “agent” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
  • “agent” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Latin agens, genitive agentis.

Noun

agent m (definite singular agenten, indefinite plural agentar, definite plural agentane)

  1. an agent

References

  • “agent” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from German Agent, from French agent, from Middle French agent, from Latin agēns. Doublet of agens. First attested in 1609.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈa.ɡɛnt/
  • Rhymes: -aɡɛnt
  • Syllabification: a‧gent

Noun

agent m pers (female equivalent agentka, diminutive agencik or agenciak)

  1. (espionage) agent (someone who works for an intelligence agency)
    Synonyms: szpieg, wywiadowca
  2. commission agent (agent entrusted with the possession of goods to be sold in the agent's name)
    Synonym: ajent
  3. (business) representative (company agent)
    Synonym: przedstawiciel
  4. (acting, literature) impresario, literary agent
    agent literacki ― a literary agent
  5. (espionage) officer, peeper, secret agent
    Synonyms: cichociemny, tajniak
  6. (Middle Polish) legal defense assistant [from the middle of the 17th century to the middle of the 18th century]
    agent trybunału ― a tribunal assistant

Declension

Derived terms

Related terms

Collocations

References

Further reading

  • agent in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • agent in Polish dictionaries at PWN
  • Samuel Bogumił Linde (1807–1814) “agient”, in Słownik języka polskiego
  • Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861) “agent”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861

Romanian

Alternative forms

  • aghent

Etymology

Borrowed from French agent.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [aˈdʒent]

Noun

agent m (plural agenți, feminine equivalent agentă)

  1. agent

Declension

Further reading

  • agent in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)

Scots

Alternative forms

  • awgent

Etymology

From Latin agēns, present active participle of agere (“to drive, lead, conduct, manage, perform, do”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈeːdʒənt/, /ˈɑː-/

Noun

agent (plural agents)

  1. (law) solicitor

Verb

agent (third-person singular simple present agents, present participle agentin, simple past agentit, past participle agentit)

  1. to act as law agent

References

  • “agent, n. & v. tr.”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–present, →OCLC.

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Latin agēns, present active participle of agere (“to drive, lead, conduct, manage, perform, do”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ǎɡent/
  • Hyphenation: a‧gent

Noun

àgent m (Cyrillic spelling а̀гент)

  1. agent

Declension

References

  • “agent”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

Swedish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /aˈɡɛnːt/

Noun

agent c

  1. an agent

Declension

Related terms

  • agentfilm
  • agentkontor
  • agentprovision
  • agentroman
  • agentskap
  • agentur
  • agentverksamhet
  • handelsagent

See also

  • aktör
  • ombud

References

  • agent in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)

Anagrams

  • agnet, genat, tagen, tagne

Tatar

Noun

agent

  1. Latin spelling of агент (ağent)

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