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hacher
hacher
French
Verb
hacher
- to chop or mince
- Hacher la viande.
- Chop up the meat.
- Bœuf haché
- Minced beef.
- Hacher la viande.
- (dated) to split with an ax
- (rare) to cut roughly and unequally
- (formal) to cut or hit repeatedly with something sharp; to slash
- (formal, rare) to speak or write with a very unequal or irregular style or rhythm
Usage notes
- In literary description, the adjective haché is much more common than the verb.
Conjugation
Conjugation of hacher (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | hacher | avoir haché | |||||
| gerund | en hachant | en ayant haché | |||||
| present participle | hachant /a.ʃɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | haché /a.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 | hache /aʃ/ |
haches /aʃ/ |
hache /aʃ/ |
hachons /a.ʃɔ̃/ |
hachez /a.ʃe/ |
hachent /aʃ/ |
| imperfect | hachais /a.ʃɛ/ |
hachais /a.ʃɛ/ |
hachait /a.ʃɛ/ |
hachions /a.ʃjɔ̃/ |
hachiez /a.ʃje/ |
hachaient /a.ʃɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | hachai /a.ʃe/ |
hachas /a.ʃa/ |
hacha /a.ʃa/ |
hachâmes /a.ʃam/ |
hachâtes /a.ʃat/ |
hachèrent /a.ʃɛʁ/ |
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| future | hacherai /aʃ.ʁe/ |
hacheras /aʃ.ʁa/ |
hachera /aʃ.ʁa/ |
hacherons /aʃ.ʁɔ̃/ |
hacherez /aʃ.ʁe/ |
hacheront /aʃ.ʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | hacherais /aʃ.ʁɛ/ |
hacherais /aʃ.ʁɛ/ |
hacherait /aʃ.ʁɛ/ |
hacherions /a.ʃə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
hacheriez /a.ʃə.ʁje/ |
hacheraient /aʃ.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 | hache /aʃ/ |
haches /aʃ/ |
hache /aʃ/ |
hachions /a.ʃjɔ̃/ |
hachiez /a.ʃje/ |
hachent /aʃ/ |
| imperfect1 |
hachasse /a.ʃas/ |
hachasses /a.ʃas/ |
hachât /a.ʃa/ |
hachassions /a.ʃa.sjɔ̃/ |
hachassiez /a.ʃa.sje/ |
hachassent /a.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 | – | |
| — | hache /aʃ/ |
— | hachons /a.ʃɔ̃/ |
hachez /a.ʃe/ |
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| 1literary tenses | |||||||
Related terms
Middle French
Verb
hacher
Conjugation
- Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.
Conjugation of hacher
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | hacher | avoir haché | |||||
| gerund | en hachant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | hachant | ||||||
| past participle | haché | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | ie (may be i' before a vowel) | tu | il | nous | vous | ilz, elles | |
| simple tenses |
present | hache | haches | hache | hachons | hachez | hachent |
| imperfect | hachois, hachoys | hachois, hachoys | hachoit, hachoyt | hachions, hachyons | hachiez, hachyez | hachoient, hachoyent | |
| past historic | hacha | hachas | hacha | hachasmes | hachastes | hacherent | |
| future | hacherai, hacheray | hacheras | hachera | hacherons | hacherez | hacheront | |
| conditional | hacherois, hacheroys | hacherois, hacheroys | hacheroit, hacheroyt | hacherions, hacheryons | hacheriez, hacheryez | hacheroient, hacheroyent | |
| 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 anterior | 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 ie | que tu | qu'il | que nous | que vous | qu'ilz, qu'elles | |
| simple tenses |
present | hache | haches | hache | hachons | hachez | hachent |
| imperfect | hachasse | hachasses | hachast | hachassions | hachassiez | hachassent | |
| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nous | vous | – | |
| — | hache | — | hachons | hachez | — | ||