attacher

English

Etymology

attach +‎ -er.

Noun

attacher (plural attachers)

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

Anagrams

• achatter, re-attach, reattach

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/

• Audio:

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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 [with à]

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

Derived terms

• attachement
• attacher Pierre avec Paul
• attacher le grelot
• attacher sa tuque

Related terms

• taquet

Descendants

• Saint Dominican Creole French: tacher

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• rachetât, tchatera