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attacher
attacher
French
Etymology
Old French atachier, variant of estachier (“bind”), derived from estache (“stick”), from Frankish *stakka (“stick”). Cognate with Old Provençal estacha, Italian stacca, Spanish estaca; from Gothic *stakka.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /a.ta.ʃe/
Verb
attacher
- to affix, bind something to something else, especially with rope.
- (usually passive) to durably bind, tie via links of emotional or physical dependence
- (takes a reflexive pronoun) to grow emotionally bound; to become fond of
- Je me suis beaucoup attaché à cet animal. - I became very fond of this pet.
- to attribute a certain quality or value to; to consider to be; to attach
- J'attache énormément d'importance à ses opinions. - I attach lots of importance to his opinions.
- (reflexive, with à) to exert oneself, to make an effort to, to make a commitment to do
Conjugation
Conjugation of attacher (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | attacher | avoir attaché | |||||
| gerund | en attachant | en ayant attaché | |||||
| present participle | attachant /a.ta.ʃɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | attaché /a.ta.ʃe/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| 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/ |
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| past historic1 | attachai /a.ta.ʃe/ |
attachas /a.ta.ʃa/ |
attacha /a.ta.ʃa/ |
attachâmes /a.ta.ʃam/ |
attachâtes /a.ta.ʃat/ |
attachèrent /a.ta.ʃɛʁ/ |
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| 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/ |
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| 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/ |
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| compound tenses |
present perfect | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior1 | Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il | que nous | que vous | qu’ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | attache /a.taʃ/ |
attaches /a.taʃ/ |
attache /a.taʃ/ |
attachions /a.ta.ʃjɔ̃/ |
attachiez /a.ta.ʃje/ |
attachent /a.taʃ/ |
| imperfect1 |
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/ |
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| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect1 | Use the imperfect subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nous | vous | – | |
| — | attache /a.taʃ/ |
— | attachons /a.ta.ʃɔ̃/ |
attachez /a.ta.ʃe/ |
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