agace

See also: agacé

French

Etymology 1

Inherited 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)

1. (dialectal, France, Belgium) magpie

Etymology 2

From agacer.

Verb

agace

1. inflection of agacer:
   1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

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