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attacher Pierre avec Paul

French, verb/a.ta.ʃe pjɛ.ʁ‿a.vɛk pɔl/

attacher Pierre avec Paul is a French verb meaning “to fasten a button in the wrong buttonhole” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Attacher un bouton avec la mauvaise boutonnière”.

What does attacher Pierre avec Paul mean in English?

verb

  1. 1

    to fasten a button in the wrong buttonhole

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

How French dictionaries define it

verb: 1. Attacher un bouton avec la mauvaise boutonnière.

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.

How do you pronounce attacher Pierre avec Paul?

  • /a.ta.ʃe pjɛ.ʁ‿a.vɛk pɔl/
  • /a.ta.ʃe pje.ʁ‿a.vɛk pɔl/
  • \a.ta.ʃe pjɛ.ʁ‿a.vɛk pɔl\

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