affourcher
French, verb/a.fuʁ.ʃe/
affourcher is spelled A-F-F-O-U-R-C-H-E-R (10 letters). Affourcher is a French verb meaning “to anchor using the "forked moor" technique” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Faire mouiller une embarcation en jetant à la mer deux ancres de manière que leurs câbles forment une espèce…”.
What does affourcher mean in English?
verb
- 1
to anchor using the "forked moor" technique
- 2
to straddle
- 3
to attach pieces of wood using tongue and groove
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Faire mouiller une embarcation en jetant à la mer deux ancres de manière que leurs câbles forment une espèce de fourche. 2. Placer à califourchon. 3. Joindre deux pièces de bois dont l’une est à rainure et l’autre à baguette.
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 affourcher
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- affourchant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- affourché participle past
- affourche first-person indicative present
- affourches indicative present second-person
- affourchons first-person indicative plural
- affourchez indicative plural present
- affourchent indicative plural present
- affourchais first-person imperfect indicative
- affourchait imperfect indicative singular
- affourchions first-person imperfect indicative
- affourchiez imperfect indicative plural
- affourchaient imperfect indicative plural
- affourchai first-person historic indicative
- affourchas historic indicative past
- affourcha historic indicative past
- affourchâmes first-person historic indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce affourcher?
- /a.fuʁ.ʃe/
- \a.fuʁ.ʃe\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.