agacer
French
Etymology
Inherited from Old French aacier, from Vulgar Latin *adacidare, from Latin acidare, influenced by Old French agu (“needle”) (modern aigu).[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /a.ɡa.se/
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Verb
agacer
- to irritate
- Synonyms: casser les pieds, énerver, ennuyer, enquiquiner, emmerder, faire chier, importuner
- to tease
Conjugation
This verb is part of a group of -er verbs for which 'c' is softened to a 'ç' before the vowels 'a' and 'o'.
Conjugation of agacer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | agacer | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | agaçant /a.ɡa.sɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | agacé /a.ɡa.se/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | agace /a.ɡas/ |
agaces /a.ɡas/ |
agace /a.ɡas/ |
agaçons /a.ɡa.sɔ̃/ |
agacez /a.ɡa.se/ |
agacent /a.ɡas/ |
| imperfect | agaçais /a.ɡa.sɛ/ |
agaçais /a.ɡa.sɛ/ |
agaçait /a.ɡa.sɛ/ |
agacions /a.ɡa.sjɔ̃/ |
agaciez /a.ɡa.sje/ |
agaçaient /a.ɡa.sɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | agaçai /a.ɡa.se/ |
agaças /a.ɡa.sa/ |
agaça /a.ɡa.sa/ |
agaçâmes /a.ɡa.sam/ |
agaçâtes /a.ɡa.sat/ |
agacèrent /a.ɡa.sɛʁ/ | |
| future | agacerai /a.ɡa.sʁe/ |
agaceras /a.ɡa.sʁa/ |
agacera /a.ɡa.sʁa/ |
agacerons /a.ɡa.sʁɔ̃/ |
agacerez /a.ɡa.sʁe/ |
agaceront /a.ɡa.sʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | agacerais /a.ɡa.sʁɛ/ |
agacerais /a.ɡa.sʁɛ/ |
agacerait /a.ɡa.sʁɛ/ |
agacerions /a.ɡa.sə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
agaceriez /a.ɡa.sə.ʁje/ |
agaceraient /a.ɡa.sʁɛ/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
present perfect | present indicative of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| past anterior2 | past historic of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | future of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | conditional of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il, qu’elle | que nous | que vous | qu’ils, qu’elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | agace /a.ɡas/ |
agaces /a.ɡas/ |
agace /a.ɡas/ |
agacions /a.ɡa.sjɔ̃/ |
agaciez /a.ɡa.sje/ |
agacent /a.ɡas/ |
| imperfect2 | agaçasse /a.ɡa.sas/ |
agaçasses /a.ɡa.sas/ |
agaçât /a.ɡa.sa/ |
agaçassions /a.ɡa.sa.sjɔ̃/ |
agaçassiez /a.ɡa.sa.sje/ |
agaçassent /a.ɡa.sas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | agace /a.ɡas/ |
— | agaçons /a.ɡa.sɔ̃/ |
agacez /a.ɡa.se/ |
— | |
| compound | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | |
| 1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en. | |||||||
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
Descendants
- → German: agacieren
References
- ^ Etymology and history of “agacer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012
Further reading
- “agacer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012