agace
See also: agacé
French
Etymology 1
From Middle French agace, from Old French agace (“magpie”), from Frankish *agattjā or Old High German agaza (“magpie”), ultimately perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱ- (“sharp, pointed”). Compare Walloon agaesse, Occitan agaça, gacha, Italian gazza, and possibly Catalan garsa.
Alternative forms
- agasse, agache
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /a.ɡas/
Noun
agace f (plural agaces)
- (dialectal, France, Belgium) magpie
Etymology 2
From agacer.
Verb
agace
- inflection of agacer:
- first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- second-person singular imperative
Further reading
- “agace”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.