Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

acharné

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: acharne
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

1

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Relentlessly opposed; irreconcilable.

Archaic

Example Sentences

"Aherne is acharné against him, and so is Sullivan: I am much cooler than either of them."
"He is acharné against Prussia, cannot bear her alliance with Austria, or tolerate the idea that Austria and Prussia should be able to defend the north of Germany."
"What though now they are acharné, yet brothers and sisters must at last be reconciled, and they will give each other the preference to French, Spaniards, etc."
"There were no serious attempts to call it off and the warring powers remained acharné — to use a fashionable word of the day — until the end."

Etymology

Borrowed from French acharné.

Origin

Source language: French

Word Breakdown

Root: acharné

Usage

Archaic

Inflected Forms

more acharné (comparative) most acharné (superlative)

Questions

What does acharné mean?: Relentlessly opposed; irreconcilable.
Where does acharné come from?: It is traced to French.

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