What does haché in French mean?

What is the meaning of the word haché in French? The article explains the full meaning, pronunciation along with bilingual examples and instructions on how to use haché in French.

The word haché in French means minced, broken, intermittent, axe, chop, ravage, devastate, ruin, break up, make mincemeat of, roughen, ground beef, minced beef, beef mince, be back on the warpath, bury the hatchet, finely chopped, step-by-step, vegetable chopper, vegetable dicer, mincer, meat mincer, minced beef. To learn more, please see the details below.

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Meaning of the word haché

minced

adjectif (coupé fin) (meat: UK)

(adjective: Describes a noun or pronoun--for example, "a tall girl," "an interesting book," "a big house.")
La viande hachée est couverte d'une épaisse couche de purée de pommes de terre.
The ground meat is covered in a thick layer of mashed potatoes.

broken, intermittent

adjectif (discontinu)

(adjective: Describes a noun or pronoun--for example, "a tall girl," "an interesting book," "a big house.")
Notre conversation téléphonique était très hachée à cause des parasites. // Je t'entends mal, le son est haché.
I can't really hear you; the sound keeps breaking up.

axe

nom féminin (outil du bûcheron) (UK: tool, weapon)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
L'arbre tomba après plusieurs coups de hache.
The tree fell after several blows from the axe.

chop

verbe transitif (découper grossièrement)

(transitive verb: Verb taking a direct object--for example, "Say something." "She found the cat.")
Il faut hacher du bifteck pour faire de la bolognaise.
You have to mince steak to make bolognese.

ravage, devastate, ruin

verbe transitif (ravager)

(transitive verb: Verb taking a direct object--for example, "Say something." "She found the cat.")
La grêle a haché menu les plantations.
The hail ravaged the plantations.

break up

verbe transitif (détacher les syllabes)

(phrasal verb, transitive, separable: Verb with adverb(s) or preposition(s), having special meaning, divisible--for example, "call off" [=cancel], "call the game off," "call off the game.")
On le reconnaît à la façon qu'il a de hacher les mots.
He has a distinctive way of breaking up words.

make mincemeat of

verbe transitif (soutenu (mettre en pièces) (figurative)

(verbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end.")
Le feu croisé de ces deux mitrailleuses a haché le régiment ennemi.
The crossfire between the two machine guns made mincemeat of the enemy regiment.

roughen

verbe transitif (griffer avec un couteau)

(transitive verb: Verb taking a direct object--for example, "Say something." "She found the cat.")
Il vaut mieux hacher le support avant d'appliquer la colle.
It is best to roughen the substrate before applying the glue.

ground beef

nom masculin (steak de bœuf haché) (US)

minced beef, beef mince

nom masculin (viande) (UK)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
On prépare les hamburgers avec du bœuf haché.

be back on the warpath

locution verbale (figuré (débuter un conflit) (figurative)

(verbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end.")

bury the hatchet

locution verbale (figuré (faire la paix) (figurative)

(verbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end.")

finely chopped

locution adjectivale (coupé en très petits morceaux) (cookery)

(adjective: Describes a noun or pronoun--for example, "a tall girl," "an interesting book," "a big house.")
Je mets de la coriandre hachée menu dans mon guacamole.

step-by-step

locution adjectivale (familier, figuré (très détaillé)

(adjective: Describes a noun or pronoun--for example, "a tall girl," "an interesting book," "a big house.")
J'ai fait une notice hachée menue pour que ma mère utilise l'ordinateur.

vegetable chopper, vegetable dicer

nom masculin invariable (ustensile de cuisine) (device)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Théo passe les aubergines au hache-légumes pour faire sa moussaka.

mincer, meat mincer

nom masculin invariable (ustensile de cuisine) (UK)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Sébastien utilise toujours un hache-viande pour préparer ses hachis parmentier.

minced beef

nom masculin (morceau de viande de bœuf hachée) (UK)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Les enfants préfèrent souvent le steak haché au steak entier. Ma fille prendra un steak haché avec des frites, s'il vous plait.

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