rechercher
French
Etymology
Since Middle French, from Old French recerchier, from re- + cerchier (“to look for”). Compare English research and recherche.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʁə.ʃɛʁ.ʃe/
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Verb
rechercher
- to search for, seek, to look for
- to search again, to look for again
Conjugation
Conjugation of rechercher (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | rechercher | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | recherchant /ʁə.ʃɛʁ.ʃɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | recherché /ʁə.ʃɛʁ.ʃe/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) | present | recherche /ʁə.ʃɛʁʃ/ | recherches /ʁə.ʃɛʁʃ/ | recherche /ʁə.ʃɛʁʃ/ | recherchons /ʁə.ʃɛʁ.ʃɔ̃/ | recherchez /ʁə.ʃɛʁ.ʃe/ | recherchent /ʁə.ʃɛʁʃ/ |
| imperfect | recherchais /ʁə.ʃɛʁ.ʃɛ/ | recherchais /ʁə.ʃɛʁ.ʃɛ/ | recherchait /ʁə.ʃɛʁ.ʃɛ/ | recherchions /ʁə.ʃɛʁ.ʃjɔ̃/ | recherchiez /ʁə.ʃɛʁ.ʃje/ | recherchaient /ʁə.ʃɛʁ.ʃɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | recherchai /ʁə.ʃɛʁ.ʃe/ | recherchas /ʁə.ʃɛʁ.ʃa/ | rechercha /ʁə.ʃɛʁ.ʃa/ | recherchâmes /ʁə.ʃɛʁ.ʃam/ | recherchâtes /ʁə.ʃɛʁ.ʃat/ | recherchèrent /ʁə.ʃɛʁ.ʃɛʁ/ | |
| future | rechercherai /ʁə.ʃɛʁ.ʃə.ʁe/ | rechercheras /ʁə.ʃɛʁ.ʃə.ʁa/ | recherchera /ʁə.ʃɛʁ.ʃə.ʁa/ | rechercherons /ʁə.ʃɛʁ.ʃə.ʁɔ̃/ | rechercherez /ʁə.ʃɛʁ.ʃə.ʁe/ | rechercheront /ʁə.ʃɛʁ.ʃə.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | rechercherais /ʁə.ʃɛʁ.ʃə.ʁɛ/ | rechercherais /ʁə.ʃɛʁ.ʃə.ʁɛ/ | rechercherait /ʁə.ʃɛʁ.ʃə.ʁɛ/ | rechercherions /ʁə.ʃɛʁ.ʃə.ʁjɔ̃/ | rechercheriez /ʁə.ʃɛʁ.ʃə.ʁje/ | rechercheraient /ʁə.ʃɛʁ.ʃə.ʁɛ/ | |
| (compound tenses) | present perfect | present indicative of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| past anterior2 | past historic of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | future of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | conditional of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il, qu’elle | que nous | que vous | qu’ils, qu’elles | |
| (simple tenses) | present | recherche /ʁə.ʃɛʁʃ/ | recherches /ʁə.ʃɛʁʃ/ | recherche /ʁə.ʃɛʁʃ/ | recherchions /ʁə.ʃɛʁ.ʃjɔ̃/ | recherchiez /ʁə.ʃɛʁ.ʃje/ | recherchent /ʁə.ʃɛʁʃ/ |
| imperfect2 | recherchasse /ʁə.ʃɛʁ.ʃas/ | recherchasses /ʁə.ʃɛʁ.ʃas/ | recherchât /ʁə.ʃɛʁ.ʃa/ | recherchassions /ʁə.ʃɛʁ.ʃa.sjɔ̃/ | recherchassiez /ʁə.ʃɛʁ.ʃa.sje/ | recherchassent /ʁə.ʃɛʁ.ʃas/ | |
| (compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | recherche /ʁə.ʃɛʁʃ/ | — | recherchons /ʁə.ʃɛʁ.ʃɔ̃/ | recherchez /ʁə.ʃɛʁ.ʃe/ | — | |
| compound | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | |
| 1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en. | |||||||
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
Related terms
- chercher
- recherche
Further reading
- “rechercher”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.