agace

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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.

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Pronunciation

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

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