accrocher

From a- +‎ croc +‎ -er. Compare Franco-Provençal acrochiér, Italian accroccare.

• IPA^(key): /a.kʁɔ.ʃe/
• Homophones: accrochai, accroché, accrochée, accrochées, accrochés, accrochez

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accrocher

1. (transitive) to hook, hook up (attach with a hook)

   Accrocher quelque chose au mur. ― To hang something on the wall.

2. (transitive) to pick up, become attached to

   Accrocher de la poussière. ― To pick up dust.

3. (transitive) to pick up, to come to learn (e.g. a skill)

   Accrocher

4. (transitive) to get, get hold of, obtain something

   Accrocher une belle maison. ― To get a pretty house

   Accrocher du boulot. ― (familiar) To get a job

5. (transitive) to hang up (the phone) (end a telephone conversation)
6. (reflexive) to get hooked, get addicted
7. (reflexive) to cling onto, hold on to

   S'accrocher à l'amour. ― To hold on to love.

8. (reflexive) to collide, bump into one another

   Deux voitures se sont accrochées. ― Two cars collided.

• décrocher

• ⇒ English: inaccrochable

• “accrocher”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

• raccroche, raccroché