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
- (transitive) to hook, hook up (attach with a hook)
- Accrocher quelque chose au mur. ― To hang something on the wall.
- (transitive) to pick up, become attached to
- Accrocher de la poussière. ― To pick up dust.
- (transitive) to pick up, to come to learn (e.g. a skill)
- Accrocher
- (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
- (transitive) to hang up (the phone) (end a telephone conversation)
- (reflexive) to get hooked, get addicted
- S'accrocher à l'amour. ― To get hooked on love.
- (reflexive) to cling onto, hold on to
- (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 | – | – | – | ||||
| 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:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
Derived terms
- accro
- accroc
- accrochage
- accrochant
- accroché
- accroche-cœur
- accrochement
- accroche-plat
- 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