accrocher

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French

Etymology

From a- +‎ croc +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

Verb

accrocher

  1. (transitive) to hook, hook up (attach with a hook)
    Accrocher quelque chose au mur. ― To hang something on the wall.
  2. (transitive) to pick up, become attached to
    Accrocher de la poussière. ― To pick up dust.
  3. (transitive) to pick up, to come to learn (e.g. a skill)
    Accrocher
  4. (transitive) to get, get hold of, obtain something
    Accrocher une belle maison. ― To get a pretty house
    Accrocher du boulot. ― (familiar) To get a job
  5. (transitive) to hang up (the phone) (end a telephone conversation)
  6. (reflexive) to get hooked, get addicted
    S’accrocher à l’amour. ― To get hooked on love.
  7. (reflexive) to cling onto, hold on to
  8. (reflexive) to collide, bump into one another
    Deux voitures se sont accrochées. ― Two cars collided.

Conjugation

Conjugation of accrocher (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple accrocher
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple accrochant
/a.kʁɔ.ʃɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle accroché
/a.kʁɔ.ʃe/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present accroche
/a.kʁɔʃ/ 		accroches
/a.kʁɔʃ/ 		accroche
/a.kʁɔʃ/ 		accrochons
/a.kʁɔ.ʃɔ̃/ 		accrochez
/a.kʁɔ.ʃe/ 		accrochent
/a.kʁɔʃ/
imperfect accrochais
/a.kʁɔ.ʃɛ/ 		accrochais
/a.kʁɔ.ʃɛ/ 		accrochait
/a.kʁɔ.ʃɛ/ 		accrochions
/a.kʁɔ.ʃjɔ̃/ 		accrochiez
/a.kʁɔ.ʃje/ 		accrochaient
/a.kʁɔ.ʃɛ/
past historic2 accrochai
/a.kʁɔ.ʃe/ 		accrochas
/a.kʁɔ.ʃa/ 		accrocha
/a.kʁɔ.ʃa/ 		accrochâmes
/a.kʁɔ.ʃam/ 		accrochâtes
/a.kʁɔ.ʃat/ 		accrochèrent
/a.kʁɔ.ʃɛʁ/
future accrocherai
/a.kʁɔʃ.ʁe/ 		accrocheras
/a.kʁɔʃ.ʁa/ 		accrochera
/a.kʁɔʃ.ʁa/ 		accrocherons
/a.kʁɔʃ.ʁɔ̃/ 		accrocherez
/a.kʁɔʃ.ʁe/ 		accrocheront
/a.kʁɔʃ.ʁɔ̃/
conditional accrocherais
/a.kʁɔʃ.ʁɛ/ 		accrocherais
/a.kʁɔʃ.ʁɛ/ 		accrocherait
/a.kʁɔʃ.ʁɛ/ 		accrocherions
/a.kʁɔ.ʃə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		accrocheriez
/a.kʁɔ.ʃə.ʁje/ 		accrocheraient
/a.kʁɔʃ.ʁɛ/
(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 accroche
/a.kʁɔʃ/ 		accroches
/a.kʁɔʃ/ 		accroche
/a.kʁɔʃ/ 		accrochions
/a.kʁɔ.ʃjɔ̃/ 		accrochiez
/a.kʁɔ.ʃje/ 		accrochent
/a.kʁɔʃ/
imperfect2 accrochasse
/a.kʁɔ.ʃas/ 		accrochasses
/a.kʁɔ.ʃas/ 		accrochât
/a.kʁɔ.ʃa/ 		accrochassions
/a.kʁɔ.ʃa.sjɔ̃/ 		accrochassiez
/a.kʁɔ.ʃa.sje/ 		accrochassent
/a.kʁɔ.ʃas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — accroche
/a.kʁɔʃ/ 		— accrochons
/a.kʁɔ.ʃɔ̃/ 		accrochez
/a.kʁɔ.ʃe/ 		—
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:
  • past historic → present perfect
  • past anterior → pluperfect
  • imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive
  • pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive

(Christopher Kendris , Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

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  • English: inaccrochable

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