harnacher

French

Etymology

From harnais (“harness”).

Pronunciation

• ^{(aspirated h)} IPA^(key): /aʁ.na.ʃe/

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Verb

harnacher

1. (transitive) to harness
2. (informal) to equip or dress up ridiculously
   • Jonathan Zaccaï (Downton Abbey 2) :"J’avais peur de gaver Elisabeth McGovern avec mon admiration", Paris Match Belgique (21 April 2022)

     Rien que ça, c’est du délire. Il y avait quelqu’un qui passait en revue tous les boutons de mon costume avant chaque scène. Les plastrons, les manchettes, j’étais vraiment harnaché ! Le style est très posé dans « Downton Abbey », très british. Il ne faut surtout pas trop bouger. Et comme je suis un mec assez nerveux, on m’indiquait de me contenir, d’adopter une certaine raideur, fortement aidée par la rigidité du costume.

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Conjugation

Conjugation of harnacher (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	harnacher
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	harnachant /aʁ.na.ʃɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		harnaché /aʁ.na.ʃe/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	harnache /aʁ.naʃ/	harnaches /aʁ.naʃ/	harnache /aʁ.naʃ/	harnachons /aʁ.na.ʃɔ̃/	harnachez /aʁ.na.ʃe/	harnachent /aʁ.naʃ/
	imperfect	harnachais /aʁ.na.ʃɛ/	harnachais /aʁ.na.ʃɛ/	harnachait /aʁ.na.ʃɛ/	harnachions /aʁ.na.ʃjɔ̃/	harnachiez /aʁ.na.ʃje/	harnachaient /aʁ.na.ʃɛ/
	past historic2	harnachai /aʁ.na.ʃe/	harnachas /aʁ.na.ʃa/	harnacha /aʁ.na.ʃa/	harnachâmes /aʁ.na.ʃam/	harnachâtes /aʁ.na.ʃat/	harnachèrent /aʁ.na.ʃɛʁ/
	future	harnacherai /aʁ.naʃ.ʁe/	harnacheras /aʁ.naʃ.ʁa/	harnachera /aʁ.naʃ.ʁa/	harnacherons /aʁ.naʃ.ʁɔ̃/	harnacherez /aʁ.naʃ.ʁe/	harnacheront /aʁ.naʃ.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	harnacherais /aʁ.naʃ.ʁɛ/	harnacherais /aʁ.naʃ.ʁɛ/	harnacherait /aʁ.naʃ.ʁɛ/	harnacherions /aʁ.na.ʃə.ʁjɔ̃/	harnacheriez /aʁ.na.ʃə.ʁje/	harnacheraient /aʁ.naʃ.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	harnache /aʁ.naʃ/	harnaches /aʁ.naʃ/	harnache /aʁ.naʃ/	harnachions /aʁ.na.ʃjɔ̃/	harnachiez /aʁ.na.ʃje/	harnachent /aʁ.naʃ/
	imperfect2	harnachasse /aʁ.na.ʃas/	harnachasses /aʁ.na.ʃas/	harnachât /aʁ.na.ʃa/	harnachassions /aʁ.na.ʃa.sjɔ̃/	harnachassiez /aʁ.na.ʃa.sje/	harnachassent /aʁ.na.ʃas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	harnache /aʁ.naʃ/	—	harnachons /aʁ.na.ʃɔ̃/	harnachez /aʁ.na.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).

Related terms

• enharnacher
• harnachement
• réharnacher
• arnaquer

Further reading

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