acheter
French, verb/aʃ.te/
acheter is spelled A-C-H-E-T-E-R (7 letters) and appears 105 times per million words in written French, the 787th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Acheter is a French verb meaning “to purchase; buy” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Acquérir quelque chose en l’échangeant contre sa valeur réelle ou supposée en devise”.
What does acheter mean in English?
verb
- 1
to purchase; buy
Achetez notre nouveau jouet!
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Acquérir quelque chose en l’échangeant contre sa valeur réelle ou supposée en devise. 2. Corrompre quelqu’un à l’aide de pots-de-vin. 3. Accepter, juger crédible. 4. Accoucher d’un enfant.
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 acheter
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- achetant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- acheté participle past
- achète first-person indicative present
- achètes indicative present second-person
- achetons first-person indicative plural
- achetez indicative plural present
- achètent indicative plural present
- achetais first-person imperfect indicative
- achetait imperfect indicative singular
- achetions first-person imperfect indicative
- achetiez imperfect indicative plural
- achetaient imperfect indicative plural
- achetai first-person historic indicative
- achetas historic indicative past
- acheta historic indicative past
- achetâmes first-person historic indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce acheter?
- /aʃ.te/
- /a.ʃə.te/
- \a.ʃə.te\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to acheter
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is acheter in French?
acheter appears 105 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).