# agile
## English
### Alternative forms

* Agile (software engineering senses)

### Etymology

From earlier agil, borrowed from Latin agilis (“agile, nimble”), from agō (“do, act; move”). See agent.

### Pronunciation

* (US) IPA: /ˈæd͡ʒ.aɪl/, /ˈæd͡ʒ.əl/
* Audio (US):(file), Audio (US):(file)
* Rhymes: -ædʒaɪl, -ædʒəl

### Adjective

agile (comparative agiler or more agile, superlative agilest or most agile)
* Having the faculty of quick motion in the limbs; apt or ready to move.
    Synonym: nimble
    an agile creature
    an agile wit
** 1901 August – 1902 April, A[rthur] Conan Doyle, The Hound of the Baskervilles: Another Adventure of Sherlock Holmes, London: George Newnes, […], published 1902, →OCLC:The man drew out paper and tobacco and twirled the one up in the other with surprising dexterity. He had long, quivering fingers as agile and restless as the antennae of an insect.
* Characterised by quick motion.
    agile movements
* (chiefly software engineering) Of or relating to agile software development, a technique for iterative and incremental development of software involving collaboration between teams.
    agile methods

#### Synonyms

* active, alert, nimble, brisk, lively, quick

#### Antonyms

* unagile

#### Derived terms

* agile gibbon
* agilely
* agileness
* agile wallaby
* agilist
* agility
* nonagile
* superagile

#### Translations
### Noun

agile (uncountable)
* (chiefly software engineering) Agile software development.

#### Derived terms

* big agile

### References

* ↑ Joe Miller (2018 February 9) “Are these the worst examples of business jargon?”, in BBC News‎, BBC

### Anagrams

* Eliga, liage

## French
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin agilis (“swift”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /a.ʒil/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -il

### Adjective

agile (plural agiles)
* nimble, agile (quick and light in movement or action)

#### Derived terms

* agilement
* agilité

### Further reading

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

### Anagrams

* aigle
* gelai

## German
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [aˈɡiːlə]
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: agi‧le

### Adjective

agile
* inflection of agil:
** strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular
** strong nominative/accusative plural
** weak nominative all-gender singular
** weak accusative feminine/neuter singular

## Italian
### Etymology

From Latin agilis (“agile, nimble”), from agō (“do, act; move”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈa.d͡ʒi.le/
* Rhymes: -adʒile
* Hyphenation: à‧gi‧le

### Adjective

agile (plural agili, superlative agilissimo)
* agile, nimble

#### Derived terms

* agilmente

#### Related terms

* agilità

### Further reading

* agile in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

### Anagrams

* algie, gelai, legai

## Latin
### Adjective

agile
* nominative/accusative/vocative neuter singular of agilis

## Scots
### Etymology

From Latin agilis.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /əˈdʒəil/

### Adjective

agile (comparative mair agile, superlative maist agile)
* agile

### References

* Eagle, Andy, editor (2025), “agile”, in The Online Scots Dictionary‎

## Spanish
### Verb

agile
* second-person singular voseo imperative of agir combined with le