chercher
verb
Syllable Decomposition
cherchercercer ("to traverse in all directions, search") (around 1172) cerchier ("to try to discover someone or something"), then cercher (still attested in the eighteenth century), changed to chercher by assimilation. The Old French is derived from the Vulgar Latin circare, from circa, circum, circus ("around"). This verb, more expressive and with an easier conjugation, replaces the Latin word querre ("to seek").
Definitions
Conjugation
→ Conjugation of "chercher"Translations
german:versuchen
english:pick up'/%3e%3cuse%20xlink:href='%23cn-a'%20width='30'%20height='20'%20transform='matrix(-12.33562%20-20.5871%2020.58684%20-12.33577%20240.3%2048)'/%3e%3cuse%20xlink:href='%23cn-a'%20width='30'%20height='20'%20transform='matrix(-3.38573%20-23.75998%2023.75968%20-3.38578%20288%2095.8)'/%3e%3cuse%20xlink:href='%23cn-a'%20width='30'%20height='20'%20transform='matrix(6.5991%20-23.0749%2023.0746%206.59919%20288%20168)'/%3e%3cuse%20xlink:href='%23cn-a'%20width='30'%20height='20'%20transform='matrix(14.9991%20-18.73557%2018.73533%2014.99929%20240%20216)'/%3e%3c/svg%3e)
chinese:找
danish:søge
spanish:buscar
finnish:etsiä
greek:γυρεύω
italian:cercare'%20transform='translate(88%20-32)'%3e%3cpath%20fill='%23fff'%20d='M-128%2032h720v480h-720z'/%3e%3ccircle%20cx='523.1'%20cy='344.1'%20r='194.9'%20fill='%23bc002d'%20transform='translate(-168.4%208.6)scale(.76554)'/%3e%3c/g%3e%3c/svg%3e)
japanese:探す
dutch:uitzien
polish:szukać
portuguese:procurar
swedish:söka
turkish:aramak
See also
cherchâtes (v.) cherchasse (v.) cherchasses (v.) cherchassions (v.) cherchassiez (v.) cherchassent (v.) rechercher (v.) chercheuse (cn.) chercheuse (adj.) recherché (adj.) chercheur (cn.) chercheur (adj.) recherche (cn.) chercha (v.) cherchai (v.) cherchaient (v.) cherchais (v.) cherchait (v.) cherchâmes (v.) cherchas (v.)