accroche-cœur, n.m., (—) (curl) heart-breaker, kiss-curl. En —; curled up, twisted.
accrochement, n.m., locking (of carriages); difficulty, hitch, delay.
accrocher, v.a., to hang up or upon, to hook; to catch, to tear; to get, to pick up; to lock, to get locked with; to grapple (a ship); to delay, stop, put off, pawn. — sa montre; to pawn one’s watch. Il lui à accroché de l’argent; he has done him out of some money.
s’accrocher, v.r., to catch in; to hang on; to lay hold of, to cling to.
accroire, v.a., to believe. Faire — à; to make believe. En faire — à quelqu’un; to impose upon any one. S’en faire —; to be self-conceited, to overrate one’s self.
accroissement, n.m., increase, growth, enlargement, extension, development.
accroître, v.a., to increase, to enlarge, to amplify, to augment, to raise.
accroître, v.n., to increase, to augment.
s’accroître, v.r., to increase, to grow; to be augmented or advanced, to improve.
accroupi, -e, adj., squat, cowering, crouching.