attacher
French, verb/a.ta.ʃe/
attacher is a French verb meaning “to affix, bind, tie something to something else, especially with rope” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Fixer une chose ou une personne à une autre, en sorte qu’elle y tienne”.
What does attacher mean in English?
verb
- 1
to affix, bind, tie something to something else, especially with rope
- 2
to attach (durably bind, tie via links of emotional or physical dependence)
- 3
to become attached, become fond of (grow emotionally bound to)
Je me suis beaucoup attaché à cet animal.
- 4
to attach, attribute (a certain quality or value to)
J'attache énormément d'importance à ses opinions.
- 5
to exert oneself, to make an effort, to make a commitment
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Fixer une chose ou une personne à une autre, en sorte qu’elle y tienne. 2. Joindre, lier à quelqu’un, à quelque chose d’une façon durable. 3. Attribuer, faire dépendre de. 4. Intéresser vivement, en parlant des choses.
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 attacher
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- attachant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- attaché participle past
- attache first-person indicative present
- attaches indicative present second-person
- attachons first-person indicative plural
- attachez indicative plural present
- attachent indicative plural present
- attachais first-person imperfect indicative
- attachait imperfect indicative singular
- attachions first-person imperfect indicative
- attachiez imperfect indicative plural
- attachaient imperfect indicative plural
- attachai first-person historic indicative
- attachas historic indicative past
- attacha historic indicative past
- attachâmes first-person historic indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce attacher?
- /a.ta.ʃe/
- \a.ta.ʃe\
- [a.ta.ʃe]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to attacher
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is attacher in French?
attacher appears 9.5 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).