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achopper

French, verb/a.ʃɔ.pe/

achopper is spelled A-C-H-O-P-P-E-R (8 letters) and appears about once in every 54 million words in written French, the 231,570th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Achopper is a French verb meaning “to stumble (on a stone)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Heurter un obstacle du pied, trébucher, faire un faux pas”.

What does achopper mean in English?

verb

  1. 1

    to stumble (on a stone)

  2. 2

    to hit a snag, find oneself up against something, to make a mistake, fail

  3. 3

    to hit a snag, to make a mistake

Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How French dictionaries define it

verb: 1. Heurter un obstacle du pied, trébucher, faire un faux pas. 2. Faillir, échouer. 3. Se tromper.

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 achopper

  • avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
  • achoppant gerund participle present
  • ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
  • achoppé participle past
  • achoppe first-person indicative present
  • achoppes indicative present second-person
  • achoppons first-person indicative plural
  • achoppez indicative plural present
  • achoppent indicative plural present
  • achoppais first-person imperfect indicative
  • achoppait imperfect indicative singular
  • achoppions first-person imperfect indicative
  • achoppiez imperfect indicative plural
  • achoppaient imperfect indicative plural
  • achoppai first-person historic indicative
  • achoppas historic indicative past
  • achoppa historic indicative past
  • achoppâmes first-person historic indicative

Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce achopper?

  • /a.ʃɔ.pe/
  • \a.ʃɔ.pe\

Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

How common is achopper in French?

achopper appears about once in every 54 million words in written French.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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