attacher

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English

Etymology

attach +‎ -er.

Noun

attacher (plural attachers)

  1. Someone who attaches.
  2. A means of attaching.

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French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French atachier, variant of estachier (“bind”), derived from estache (“stick”), from Frankish *stakka (“stick”). Cognate with Old Occitan estacha, Italian stacca, Spanish estaca; from Gothic *stakka. Doublet of attaquer.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /a.ta.ʃe/
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Verb

attacher

  1. to affix, bind, tie something to something else, especially with rope
  2. (usually passive voice) to attach (durably bind, tie via links of emotional or physical dependence)
  3. (takes a reflexive pronoun) to become attached, become fond of (grow emotionally bound to)
    Je me suis beaucoup attaché à cet animal.
    I've gotten very attached to this pet.
  4. to attach, attribute (a certain quality or value to)
    J’attache énormément d’importance à ses opinions.
    I attach a lot of importance to his opinions.
  5. (reflexive) to exert oneself, to make an effort, to make a commitment

Conjugation

Conjugation of attacher (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple attacher
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple attachant
/a.ta.ʃɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle attaché
/a.ta.ʃe/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present attache
/a.taʃ/ 		attaches
/a.taʃ/ 		attache
/a.taʃ/ 		attachons
/a.ta.ʃɔ̃/ 		attachez
/a.ta.ʃe/ 		attachent
/a.taʃ/
imperfect attachais
/a.ta.ʃɛ/ 		attachais
/a.ta.ʃɛ/ 		attachait
/a.ta.ʃɛ/ 		attachions
/a.ta.ʃjɔ̃/ 		attachiez
/a.ta.ʃje/ 		attachaient
/a.ta.ʃɛ/
past historic2 attachai
/a.ta.ʃe/ 		attachas
/a.ta.ʃa/ 		attacha
/a.ta.ʃa/ 		attachâmes
/a.ta.ʃam/ 		attachâtes
/a.ta.ʃat/ 		attachèrent
/a.ta.ʃɛʁ/
future attacherai
/a.taʃ.ʁe/ 		attacheras
/a.taʃ.ʁa/ 		attachera
/a.taʃ.ʁa/ 		attacherons
/a.taʃ.ʁɔ̃/ 		attacherez
/a.taʃ.ʁe/ 		attacheront
/a.taʃ.ʁɔ̃/
conditional attacherais
/a.taʃ.ʁɛ/ 		attacherais
/a.taʃ.ʁɛ/ 		attacherait
/a.taʃ.ʁɛ/ 		attacherions
/a.ta.ʃə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		attacheriez
/a.ta.ʃə.ʁje/ 		attacheraient
/a.taʃ.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 attache
/a.taʃ/ 		attaches
/a.taʃ/ 		attache
/a.taʃ/ 		attachions
/a.ta.ʃjɔ̃/ 		attachiez
/a.ta.ʃje/ 		attachent
/a.taʃ/
imperfect2 attachasse
/a.ta.ʃas/ 		attachasses
/a.ta.ʃas/ 		attachât
/a.ta.ʃa/ 		attachassions
/a.ta.ʃa.sjɔ̃/ 		attachassiez
/a.ta.ʃa.sje/ 		attachassent
/a.ta.ʃas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — attache
/a.taʃ/ 		— attachons
/a.ta.ʃɔ̃/ 		attachez
/a.ta.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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  • Saint Dominican Creole French: tacher

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