acharnement
French, noun/a.ʃaʁ.nə.mɑ̃/
acharnement is spelled A-C-H-A-R-N-E-M-E-N-T (11 letters) and appears 4.4 times per million words in written French, the 12,326th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Acharnement is a French masculine noun meaning “relentlessness, doggedness” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Action d’un animal qui s’attache opiniâtrement à sa proie”.
What does acharnement mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinerelentlessness, doggedness
acharnement thérapeutique
- 2
masculinepersecution, harassment
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Action d’un animal qui s’attache opiniâtrement à sa proie. 2. Fureur opiniâtre avec laquelle des animaux, ou des hommes, se battent les uns contre les autres. 3. Animosité opiniâtre qu’on a contre quelqu’un. 4. Opiniâtreté.
adverb: 1. De manière acharnée, opiniâtre, obstinée.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of acharnement
- acharnements plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce acharnement?
- /a.ʃaʁ.nə.mɑ̃/
- \a.ʃaʁ.nə.mɑ̃\
- \a.ʃaʁ.ne.mɑ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to acharnement
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is acharnement in French?
acharnement appears 4.4 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).