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agaçant

French, adjective/a.ɡa.sɑ̃/

agaçant is spelled A-G-A-Ç-A-N-T (7 letters) and appears 1.3 times per million words in written French, the 26,653rd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Agaçant is a French adjective meaning “annoying” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a present participle of agacer. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui provoque une sensation d'irritation”.

What does agaçant mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    annoying

verb

  1. 1

    present participle of agacer

Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How French dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. Qui provoque une sensation d'irritation. 2. Qui cherche à provoquer, à aguicher.

The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.

Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.

Forms of agaçant

  • agaçante feminine
  • agaçants masculine plural
  • agaçantes feminine plural

Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce agaçant?

  • /a.ɡa.sɑ̃/
  • \a.ɡa.sɑ̃\
  • [a.ɡa.sɑ̃]

Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to agaçant

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is agaçant in French?

agaçant appears 1.3 times per million words in written French.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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