agacer

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French aacier, from Vulgar Latin *adacidare, from Latin acidare, influenced by Old French agu (“needle”) (modern aigu).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.ɡa.se/

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Verb

agacer

1. to irritate

   Synonyms: casser les pieds, énerver, ennuyer, enquiquiner, emmerder, faire chier, importuner

2. to tease

Conjugation

This verb is part of a group of -er verbs for which 'c' is softened to a 'ç' before the vowels 'a' and 'o'.

Conjugation of agacer (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	agacer
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	agaçant /a.ɡa.sɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		agacé /a.ɡa.se/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	agace /a.ɡas/	agaces /a.ɡas/	agace /a.ɡas/	agaçons /a.ɡa.sɔ̃/	agacez /a.ɡa.se/	agacent /a.ɡas/
	imperfect	agaçais /a.ɡa.sɛ/	agaçais /a.ɡa.sɛ/	agaçait /a.ɡa.sɛ/	agacions /a.ɡa.sjɔ̃/	agaciez /a.ɡa.sje/	agaçaient /a.ɡa.sɛ/
	past historic2	agaçai /a.ɡa.se/	agaças /a.ɡa.sa/	agaça /a.ɡa.sa/	agaçâmes /a.ɡa.sam/	agaçâtes /a.ɡa.sat/	agacèrent /a.ɡa.sɛʁ/
	future	agacerai /a.ɡa.sʁe/	agaceras /a.ɡa.sʁa/	agacera /a.ɡa.sʁa/	agacerons /a.ɡa.sʁɔ̃/	agacerez /a.ɡa.sʁe/	agaceront /a.ɡa.sʁɔ̃/
	conditional	agacerais /a.ɡa.sʁɛ/	agacerais /a.ɡa.sʁɛ/	agacerait /a.ɡa.sʁɛ/	agacerions /a.ɡa.sə.ʁjɔ̃/	agaceriez /a.ɡa.sə.ʁje/	agaceraient /a.ɡa.sʁɛ/
(compound tenses)	present perfect	present indicative of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
	past anterior2	past historic of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il, qu’elle	que nous	que vous	qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple tenses)	present	agace /a.ɡas/	agaces /a.ɡas/	agace /a.ɡas/	agacions /a.ɡa.sjɔ̃/	agaciez /a.ɡa.sje/	agacent /a.ɡas/
	imperfect2	agaçasse /a.ɡa.sas/	agaçasses /a.ɡa.sas/	agaçât /a.ɡa.sa/	agaçassions /a.ɡa.sa.sjɔ̃/	agaçassiez /a.ɡa.sa.sje/	agaçassent /a.ɡa.sas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	agace /a.ɡas/	—	agaçons /a.ɡa.sɔ̃/	agacez /a.ɡa.se/	—
compound		—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way: past historic → present perfect past anterior → pluperfect imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Descendants

• → German: agacieren

Further reading

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

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