Attacher (en. Attach)

/a.ta.ʃe/

Meaning & Definition

EnglishFrench

verb

To unite two or more elements by a physical means.

He attached the document with a staple.

Il a attaché le document avec une agrafe.

Establish a link or a connection between ideas or people.

She attached great importance to her education.

Elle a attaché une grande importance à son éducation.

To make an object fixed or stable.

You must secure the table so that it does not move.

Il faut attacher la table pour qu'elle ne bouge pas.

From the Latin 'attachare', composed of 'ad-' and 'attachare', meaning 'to attach'.

to be attached to

To focus intensely on something.

s'attacher à

fasten your seatbelts

To prepare for an event mainly by driving.

attacher les ceintures

to secure one's hat

To get ready to change one’s situation.

attacher son chapeau

attachment

Emotional or material link to something or someone.

attachement

detach

To separate what has been attached.

détacher

contacts

The people with whom one communicates or has relationships.

contacts

To hook strongly.

He attached his girlfriend to the lighthouse of the boat during the party.

Il a attaché sa copine au phare du bateau pendant la fête.

To commit seriously to someone.

They became attached to each other like magnets.

Ils se sont attachés l'un à l'autre comme des aimants.