hache

See also: haché

Aragonese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈat͡ʃe/
• Rhymes: -atʃe
• Syllabification: ha‧che

Noun

hache m

1. The name of the Latin-script letter H/h.

See also

• (Latin-script letter names) letra; a, be / be alta, ce, de, e, efe, gue, hache, i, i larga, ca, ele, eme, ene, o, pe, cu, erre, ese, te, u, ve baixa, ve dople, xe, i griega, zeta

French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French hache, from Old French hache, borrowed from Frankish *happjā (“axe, hatchet”).

Pronunciation

• ^{(aspirated h)} IPA^(key): /aʃ/

• Audio (Paris):

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• (Louisiana) IPA^(key): /haʃ/
• Rhymes: -aʃ
• Homophones: ache, aches, hachent, haches, hash
• Hyphenation: hache

Noun

hache f (plural haches)

1. axe

Derived terms

• enterrer la hache de guerre

Verb

hache

1. inflection of hacher:
   1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

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

Middle English

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Old French hache, from Frankish *happjā, from Proto-Germanic *hapjǭ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhat͡ʃ(ə)/

Noun

hache (plural hachez)

2. A war axe; an axe used as a weapon.
3. (rare) An axe used as a tool.

Related terms

• hachet

References

• “hache, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-08-05.

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Old French haschiee, hachïe.

Alternative forms

• hacche, hachee

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhat͡ʃeː/

Noun

hache (plural haches)

2. (rare) sorrow, distress.

References

• “hachẹ̄, n.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-08-05.

Etymology 3

Noun

hache

1. Alternative form of hacche

Middle French

Etymology

From Old French hache, from Frankish *happjā.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhaʃə/

Noun

hache f (plural haches)

1. axe (bladed weapon)

Descendants

• French: hache

Norman

Etymology 1

From Old French hache, from Frankish *happjā, from Proto-Germanic *hapjǭ, *habjǭ (“knife”).

Noun

hache f (plural haches)

1. (Jersey) axe

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English hash.

Noun

hache f (plural haches)

1. (Jersey) hash sign, number sign

Old French

Alternative forms

• hace

Etymology

From Frankish *happjā, from Proto-Germanic *hapjǭ, *habjǭ (“knife”), probably ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kop- (“to strike, beat”).

Pronunciation

• (classical) IPA^(key): /ˈhat͡ʃə/
• (late) IPA^(key): /ˈhaʃə/

Noun

hache oblique singular, f (oblique plural haches, nominative singular hache, nominative plural haches)

1. axe (bladed weapon)

Derived terms

• hachete

Descendants

• Bourguignon: haiche
• Champenois: haiche (Troyen), hate (Rémois)
• Middle French: hache
  • French: hache
• Gallo: haïche
• Poitevin-Saintongeais: hache
• Walloon: hatche
• → Iberia:
  • Asturian: hacha, hachu
  • Old Catalan: atxa
  • Old Galician-Portuguese: acha
    • Portuguese: acha
  • Old Spanish: facha
    • Spanish: hacha
    • → Old Galician-Portuguese: facha
      • Galician: facha
• → Italy:
  • Calabrian: haccia
  • Italian: azza, accia (archaic)
• → Middle English: hache

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈat͡ʃe/ [ˈa.t͡ʃe]

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -atʃe
• Syllabification: ha‧che

Etymology 1

Noun

hache f (plural haches)

1. The name of the Latin-script letter H/h.

Derived terms

• el verbo echar echa la hache por la ventana

 

Etymology 2

Verb

hache

1. inflection of hachar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

See also

• (Latin-script letter names) letra; a, be, ce, de, e, efe, ge, hache, i, jota, ka, ele, eme, ene, eñe, o, pe, cu, ere, ese, te, u, ve / uve, ve doble / uve doble, equis, ye, zeta

Further reading

• “hache”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• atse

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Spanish hache, the Spanish name of the letter H/h. Doublet of eyts.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈʔat͡ʃe/ [ˈʔaː.t͡ʃɛ]
  • IPA^(key): (no yod coalescence) /ˈʔatse/ [ˈʔat̪.sɛ]
• Rhymes: -at͡ʃe, (no yod coalescence) -atse
• Syllabification: ha‧che

Noun

hache (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜆ᜔ᜐᜒ)

1. (historical) the name of the Latin-script letter H/h, in the Abecedario

   Synonyms: (in the Filipino alphabet) eyts, (in the Abakada alphabet) ha

Derived terms

• atseng pinatutunog
• atseng walang-tunog

 

Further reading

• “hache”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018