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agace

agace

See also: agacé

French

Alternative forms

Noun

agace f ‎(plural agaces)

  1. (dialectal, France, Belgium) Magpie.

Etymology 2

From agacer.

Verb

agace

  1. first-person singular present indicative of agacer
  2. third-person singular present indicative of agacer
  3. first-person singular present subjunctive of agacer
  4. third-person singular present subjunctive of agacer
  5. second-person singular imperative of agacer

Etymology

From Middle French, from Old French agace ‎(“magpie”), from Old High German agaza, agalstra, agastra, aga ‎(“magpie”), from Proto-Germanic *agatjō ‎(“magpie”), from Proto-Indo-European *aḱ- ‎(“sharp, pointed”). Compare Occitan agaça/gacha, Italian gazza, and possibly Catalan garsa.

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