agace
See also: agacé
French edit
Etymology 1 edit
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 edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
agace f (plural agaces)
Etymology 2 edit
From agacer.
Verb edit
agace
- inflection of agacer:
Further reading edit
- “agace”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.