attaché
French, noun
attaché is spelled A-T-T-A-C-H-É (7 letters) and appears 17 times per million words in written French, the 4,323rd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Attaché is a French masculine noun meaning “attaché, attache (employment of civil servant in several administrations)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a past participle of attacher. Without its accent, attache is a different word: “Fastener”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Emploi de fonctionnaire dans plusieurs administrations”.
What does attaché mean in English?
adjective
- 1
attached, attached to, bound, committed, connected, devoted, fastened, fixed, joined-up, secured, strapped, tethered, tie-on, tied, wired
noun
- 1
masculineattaché, attache (employment of civil servant in several administrations)
Un attaché à la Bibliothèque nationale.
verb
- 1
past participle of attacher
noun
- 1
feminineFastener.
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- 2
second-person singular imperative
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Fixé, lié. 2. Être attaché à qqch. Aimer beaucoup qqch/qqn qui est important pour soi.
noun: 1. Emploi de fonctionnaire dans plusieurs administrations.
noun: 1. Ce qui sert à attacher. 2. Ce qui sert à attacher. 3. Ce qui sert à relier deux ou plusieurs pièces d’un ouvrage ou à le fixer. 4. Dispositif permettant la fixation des rails sur les traverses
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 attaché
- attachée feminine
- attachés masculine plural
- attachées feminine plural
- attaches plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to attaché
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is attaché in French?
attaché appears 17 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).