acharner
French, verb/a.ʃaʁ.ne/
acharner is spelled A-C-H-A-R-N-E-R (8 letters) and appears 1.0 times per million words in written French, the 31,386th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Acharner is a French verb meaning “to incite; to sic” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Donner aux chiens, aux oiseaux de proie le goût, l’appétit de la chair”.
What does acharner mean in English?
verb
- 1
to incite; to sic
On avait acharné les chiens contre le taureau.
- 2
to hound, to fiercely attack
- 3
to slave away, to persevere
- 4
to attach oneself excessively
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Donner aux chiens, aux oiseaux de proie le goût, l’appétit de la chair. 2. Exciter un animal, un homme contre un autre. 3. Agir avec une animosité opiniâtre. 4. S’attacher avec fureur, avec opiniâtreté.
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 acharner
- s'acharner infinitive
- s'être + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- s'acharnant gerund participle present
- ayant gerund multiword-construction participle
- étant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- acharné participle past
- m'acharne first-person indicative present
- t'acharnes indicative present second-person
- s'acharne indicative present singular
- nous acharnons first-person indicative plural
- vous acharnez indicative plural present
- s'acharnent indicative plural present
- m'acharnais first-person imperfect indicative
- t'acharnais imperfect indicative second-person
- s'acharnait imperfect indicative singular
- nous acharnions first-person imperfect indicative
- vous acharniez imperfect indicative plural
- s'acharnaient imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce acharner?
- /a.ʃaʁ.ne/
- \a.ʃaʁ.ne\
- [a.ʃaʁ.ne]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is acharner in French?
acharner appears 1.0 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).