hache

See also: haché and Haché

Aragonese

Pronunciation

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

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”). In spite of the similar pronunciation, unrelated to Italian ascia, from Latin ascia (“axe”).

Pronunciation

• ^{(aspirated h)} IPA^(key): /aʃ/

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• (Louisiana) IPA^(key): /haʃ/

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• 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

Galician

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈat͡ʃe/ [ˈa̠.t͡ʃɪ]
• Rhymes: -atʃe

Noun

hache m (plural haches)

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

See also

• (Latin-script letter names) letra; a, be, ce, de, e, efe, gue, hache, i, ele, eme, ene, eñe, o, pe, que, erre, ese, te, u, uve, xe, ceta / zeta

Further reading

• “hache”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026

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 5 August 2018.

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Old French haschiee, hachïe.

Alternative forms

• hacche, hachee

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhat͡ʃeː/

Noun

hache (plural haches)

2. (rare) pain, torment, anguish.

References

• “hachẹ̄, n.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 5 August 2018.

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

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *happia, 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

Borrowings

• → Iberia:
  • Asturian: hacha, hachu
  • Old Catalan: atxa
  • Old Galician-Portuguese: acha
    • Portuguese: acha
  • Old Spanish: facha
    • Spanish: hacha
      • → Asturian: hachu, hacha
      • → Cebuano: atsa
      • → Kaiwá: hácha
      • → Isthmus Mixe: achë
      • → Mbya Guarani: haxa
      • → Morelos Nahuatl: acha
      • → Paraguayan Guarani: ácha, hácha
      • → Rayón Zoque: jacha
      • → Tezoatlán Mixtec: achá
      • → Western Apache: acha
      • → Zacatlán-Ahuacatlán-Tepetzintla Nahuatl: acha
    • → Old Galician-Portuguese: facha
      • Galician: facha
• → Italy:
  • Calabrian: haccia
  • Italian: azza, accia (archaic)
• → Middle English: hache

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈat͡ʃe/ [ˈa.t͡ʃe]

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• Rhymes: -atʃe
• Syllabification: ha‧che

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Old French ache, from Vulgar Latin *acca.

Noun

hache f (plural haches)

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

Usage notes

Nominally, hache always takes the usual feminine articles la and una (la hache, una hache). This makes it an exception to the rule according to which feminine nouns beginning with stressed /ˈa/ frequently take the articles el and un otherwise reserved for masculine nouns (e.g., el alma, un alma).

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, erre, ese, te, u, uve, uve doble, equis, ye, zeta

Further reading

• “hache”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025

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 palatal assimilation) /ˈʔatse/ [ˈʔat̪.sɛ]
• Rhymes: -at͡ʃe, (no palatal assimilation) -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, 2018