different between attacher vs fixed

English

Etymology

attach +? -er.

Noun

attacher (plural attachers)

1. Someone who attaches.
2. A means of attaching.

Anagrams

• achatter, re-attach, reattach

French

Etymology

From Old French atachier, variant of estachier (“bind”), derived from estache (“stick”), from Frankish *stakka (“stick”). Cognate with Old Occitan estacha, Italian stacca, Spanish estaca; from Gothic *stakka. Doublet of attaquer.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.ta.?e/

Verb

attacher

1. to affix, bind, tie something to something else, especially with rope
2. (usually passive) to attach (durably bind, tie via links of emotional or physical dependence)
3. (takes a reflexive pronoun) to become attached, become fond of (grow emotionally bound to)

4. to attach, attribute (a certain quality or value to)

5. (reflexive, with à) to exert oneself, to make an effort, to make a commitment

Conjugation

Derived terms

• attacher Pierre avec Paul
• attacher sa tuque

Related terms

• taquet

Further reading

• “attacher” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• rachetât, tchatera

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /f?kst/
• Rhymes: -?kst

Verb

fixed

1. simple past tense and past participle of fix

Adjective

fixed (comparative more fixed, superlative most fixed)

1. Not changing, not able to be changed, staying the same.

   fixed assets

   I work fixed hours for a fixed salary.

   Every religion has its own fixed ideas.

   He looked at me with a fixed glare.

2. Stationary.
3. Attached; affixed.
5. Chemically stable.
6. Supplied with what one needs.

   She's nicely fixed after two divorce settlements.

7. (law) Of sound, recorded on a permanent medium.

   In the United States, recordings are only granted copyright protection when the sounds in the recording were fixed and first published on or after February 15, 1972.

8. (dialectal, informal) Surgically rendered infertile (spayed, neutered or castrated).

   a fixed tomcat; the she-cat has been fixed

9. Rigged; fraudulently prearranged.
10. (of a problem) Resolved; corrected.
11. Repaired

Synonyms

• (not able to be changed, staying the same): stable, immobile

Antonyms

• (not able to be changed, staying the same): mobile

Derived terms

Translations

See also

• broken
• crooked
• bribe

Anagrams

• defix