agace
See also: agacé
French
Etymology 1
From Middle French agace, from Old French agace (“magpie”), from Frankish *agatja or Old High German agaza, agalstra, agastra, aga (“magpie”), from Proto-Germanic *agatjō (“magpie”), from Proto-Indo-European *aḱ- (“sharp, pointed”). Compare Occitan agaça, gacha, Italian gazza, and possibly Catalan garsa.
Pronunciation
Alternative forms
Noun
agace f (plural agaces)
Etymology 2
From agacer.
Verb
agace
- first-person singular present indicative of agacer
- third-person singular present indicative of agacer
- first-person singular present subjunctive of agacer
- third-person singular present subjunctive of agacer
- second-person singular imperative of agacer
Further reading
- “agace”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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