hache
French, noun
hache is spelled H-A-C-H-E (5 letters) and appears 4.9 times per million words in written French, the 11,366th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Hache is a French feminine noun meaning “axe” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of hacher. With an accent, haché is a different word: “past participle of hacher”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Instrument de fer, historiquement en pierre, cuivre ou bronze, cunéiforme, qui a un manche et qui sert à…”.
What does hache mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineaxe
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- 2
second-person singular imperative
verb
- 1
past participle of hacher
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Coupé en petits morceaux ; passé au hachoir. 2. Se dit d’un style coupé en petites phrases manquant de liaison, d’un style inégal. 3. Se dit aussi d’un terrain entrecoupé, interrompu en divers endroits. 4. Qualifie la surface d’un plan d’eau dont la surface est agitée, brisée par les vagues.
noun: 1. Steak haché.
noun: 1. Instrument de fer, historiquement en pierre, cuivre ou bronze, cunéiforme, qui a un manche et qui sert à couper ou à fendre le bois. 2. Houe utilisée pour briser les mottes de terre encore grosses après un passage de charrue. 3. Partie pointue du piolet. 4. Arme de même forme.
noun: 1. Nom de la lettre « h » de l’alphabet latin.
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 hache
- haches plural
- hachée feminine
- hachés masculine plural
- hachées feminine plural
- ^((h aspiré))\a.ʃe\ singular masculine
- ^((h aspiré))\aʃ\ singular plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to hache
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is hache in French?
hache appears 4.9 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).