agace
French, noun
agace is spelled A-G-A-C-E (5 letters) and appears 2.3 times per million words in written French, the 18,679th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Agace is a French feminine noun meaning “magpie” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of agacer. With an accent, agacé is a different word: “past participle of agacer”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Nom vulgaire de la pie bavarde dans plusieurs parties de la France ou de la Belgique. On trouve les graphies…”.
What does agace mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininemagpie
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- 2
second-person singular imperative
verb
- 1
past participle of agacer
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Nom vulgaire de la pie bavarde dans plusieurs parties de la France ou de la Belgique. On trouve les graphies agace, agasse, agache. 2. Allumeuse.
adjective: 1. Qui montre de l’agacement
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 agace
- agaces plural
- agasse alternative
- agache alternative
- agacée feminine
- agacés masculine plural
- agacées feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is agace in French?
agace appears 2.3 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).