acharner

== French == === Etymology === From a- +‎ Old French charn (“flesh”) +‎ -er. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /a.ʃaʁ.ne/ Homophones: acharnai, acharné, acharnée, acharnées, acharnés, acharnez === Verb === acharner (transitive) to incite; to sic [with direct object ‘someone or something, e.g. a dog’, along with après or contre or sur ‘on someone/something’] (pronominal) to hound, to fiercely attack [with après or contre or sur ‘someone/something’] (pronominal, figuratively) to slave away, to persevere [with après or contre or sur ‘at something’] (intransitive, pronominal, figuratively) to attach oneself excessively [with à ‘to someone/something’] ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== acharnement ==== Related terms ==== chair ==== Descendants ==== ⇒ German: acharniert === Further reading === “acharner”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012