accrocher

French

Etymology

From a- +‎ croc +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.kʁɔ.ʃe/
• Homophones: accrochai, accroché, accrochée, accrochées, accrochés, accrochez

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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 [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Derived terms

• accro
• accroc
• accrochage
• accrochant
• accroché
• accroche-cœur
• accroche-plat
• accrochement
• accrocheur
• avoir le cœur bien accroché
• entr’accrocher
• raccroc
• raccrochage
• raccrocher
• raccrocheur

 

Related terms

• décrocher

Descendants

• English: inaccrochable

Further reading

• “accrocher”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• raccroche, raccroché