acquérir
See also: acquerir
French
Etymology
From Middle French acquerir, from an alteration (based on the model of the original Latin acquīrere), of Old French aquerre, itself from Vulgar Latin *acquaerō, acquaerere, acquaerāre. Cf. also quérir, conquérir.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /a.ke.ʁiʁ/
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Audio (France, Paris) (file) - Rhymes: -iʁ
Verb
acquérir
- (transitive) to acquire, to obtain
- (transitive) to purchase
- (reflexive, s'acquérir) to gain, to win (approval, etc.)
Conjugation
Conjugation of acquérir (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | acquérir | avoir acquis | |||||
| gerund | en acquérant | en ayant acquis | |||||
| present participle | acquérant /a.ke.ʁɑ̃/ | ||||||
| past participle | acquis /a.ki/ | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | acquiers /a.kjɛʁ/ |
acquiers /a.kjɛʁ/ |
acquiert /a.kjɛʁ/ |
acquérons /a.ke.ʁɔ̃/ |
acquérez /a.ke.ʁe/ |
acquièrent /a.kjɛʁ/ |
| imperfect | acquérais /a.ke.ʁɛ/ |
acquérais /a.ke.ʁɛ/ |
acquérait /a.ke.ʁɛ/ |
acquérions /a.ke.ʁjɔ̃/ |
acquériez /a.ke.ʁje/ |
acquéraient /a.ke.ʁɛ/ | |
| past historic1 | acquis /a.ki/ |
acquis /a.ki/ |
acquit /a.ki/ |
acquîmes /a.kim/ |
acquîtes /a.kit/ |
acquirent /a.kiʁ/ | |
| future | acquerrai /a.kɛ.ʁe/ |
acquerras /a.kɛ.ʁa/ |
acquerra /a.kɛ.ʁa/ |
acquerrons /a.kɛ.ʁɔ̃/ |
acquerrez /a.kɛ.ʁe/ |
acquerront /a.kɛ.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | acquerrais /a.kɛ.ʁɛ/ |
acquerrais /a.kɛ.ʁɛ/ |
acquerrait /a.kɛ.ʁɛ/ |
acquerrions /a.kɛ.ʁjɔ̃/ |
acquerriez /a.kɛ.ʁje/ |
acquerraient /a.kɛ.ʁɛ/ | |
| compound tenses |
present perfect | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior1 | Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il | que nous | que vous | qu’ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | acquière /a.kjɛʁ/ |
acquières /a.kjɛʁ/ |
acquière /a.kjɛʁ/ |
acquérions /a.ke.ʁjɔ̃/ |
acquériez /a.ke.ʁje/ |
acquièrent /a.kjɛʁ/ |
| imperfect1 | acquisse /a.kis/ |
acquisses /a.kis/ |
acquît /a.ki/ |
acquissions /a.ki.sjɔ̃/ |
acquissiez /a.ki.sje/ |
acquissent /a.kis/ | |
| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect1 | Use the imperfect subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nous | vous | – | |
| — | acquiers /a.kjɛʁ/ |
— | acquérons /a.ke.ʁɔ̃/ |
acquérez /a.ke.ʁe/ |
— | ||
| 1literary tenses | |||||||
Conjugation of s'acquérir (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | s'acquérir | s'être acquis | |||||
| gerund | en s'acquérant | en s'étant acquis | |||||
| present participle | s'acquérant /s‿a.ke.ʁɑ̃/ | ||||||
| past participle | acquis /a.ki/ | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | m'acquiers /m‿a.kjɛʁ/ |
t'acquiers /t‿a.kjɛʁ/ |
s'acquiert /s‿a.kjɛʁ/ |
nous acquérons /nu.z‿a.ke.ʁɔ̃/ |
vous acquérez /vu.z‿a.ke.ʁe/ |
s'acquièrent /s‿a.kjɛʁ/ |
| imperfect | m'acquérais /m‿a.ke.ʁɛ/ |
t'acquérais /t‿a.ke.ʁɛ/ |
s'acquérait /s‿a.ke.ʁɛ/ |
nous acquérions /nu.z‿a.ke.ʁjɔ̃/ |
vous acquériez /vu.z‿a.ke.ʁje/ |
s'acquéraient /s‿a.ke.ʁɛ/ | |
| past historic1 | m'acquis /m‿a.ki/ |
t'acquis /t‿a.ki/ |
s'acquit /s‿a.ki/ |
nous acquîmes /nu.z‿a.kim/ |
vous acquîtes /vu.z‿a.kit/ |
s'acquirent /s‿a.kiʁ/ | |
| future | m'acquerrai /m‿a.kɛ.ʁe/ |
t'acquerras /t‿a.kɛ.ʁa/ |
s'acquerra /s‿a.kɛ.ʁa/ |
nous acquerrons /nu.z‿a.kɛ.ʁɔ̃/ |
vous acquerrez /vu.z‿a.kɛ.ʁe/ |
s'acquerront /s‿a.kɛ.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | m'acquerrais /m‿a.kɛ.ʁɛ/ |
t'acquerrais /t‿a.kɛ.ʁɛ/ |
s'acquerrait /s‿a.kɛ.ʁɛ/ |
nous acquerrions /nu.z‿a.kɛ.ʁjɔ̃/ |
vous acquerriez /vu.z‿a.kɛ.ʁje/ |
s'acquerraient /s‿a.kɛ.ʁɛ/ | |
| compound tenses |
present perfect | Use the present tense of s'être followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of s'être followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior1 | Use the past historic tense of s'être followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of s'être followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of s'être followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il | que nous | que vous | qu’ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | m'acquière /m‿a.kjɛʁ/ |
t'acquières /t‿a.kjɛʁ/ |
s'acquière /s‿a.kjɛʁ/ |
nous acquérions /nu.z‿a.ke.ʁjɔ̃/ |
vous acquériez /vu.z‿a.ke.ʁje/ |
s'acquièrent /s‿a.kjɛʁ/ |
| imperfect1 | m'acquisse /m‿a.kis/ |
t'acquisses /t‿a.kis/ |
s'acquît /s‿a.ki/ |
nous acquissions /nu.z‿a.ki.sjɔ̃/ |
vous acquissiez /vu.z‿a.ki.sje/ |
s'acquissent /s‿a.kis/ | |
| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive tense of s'être followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect1 | Use the imperfect subjunctive tense of s'être followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nous | vous | – | |
| — | acquiers-toi /a.kjɛʁ.‿twa/ |
— | acquérons-nous /a.ke.ʁɔ̃.‿nu/ |
acquérez-vous /a.ke.ʁe.‿vu/ |
— | ||
| 1literary tenses | |||||||
Synonyms
Related terms
Further reading
- “acquérir” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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