agir
French, verb/a.ʒiʁ/
agir is a French verb meaning “to act, to do (something)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Faire quelque chose”.
What does agir mean in English?
verb
- 1
to act, to do (something)
Il est temps d'agir.
- 2
to work, to have an effect; (followed by sur) to act (on)
Le soleil agit sur les planètes.
- 3
to act, behave
Vous agissez en enfants.
- 4
prosecute, sue
Il a été obligé d'agir contre son tuteur.
- 5
to be, be all about, be a question of
Dans le livre il s’agit d’une femme perdue.
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Faire quelque chose. 2. Se dit souvent par opposition aux paroles, aux discours, etc., et signifie procéder à l’exécution de quelque chose. 3. Opérer, produire quelque effet ou faire quelque impression. 4. Négocier, s’employer en quelque affaire.
noun: 1. Fait de faire quelque chose.
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 agir
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- agissant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- agi participle past
- agis first-person indicative present
- agit indicative present singular
- agissons first-person indicative plural
- agissez indicative plural present
- agissent indicative plural present
- agissais first-person imperfect indicative
- agissait imperfect indicative singular
- agissions first-person imperfect indicative
- agissiez imperfect indicative plural
- agissaient imperfect indicative plural
- agîmes first-person historic indicative
- agîtes historic indicative past
- agirent historic indicative past
- agirai first-person future indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce agir?
- /a.ʒiʁ/
- \a.ʒiʁ\
- [a.ʒiʁ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to agir
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is agir in French?
agir appears 47 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).