chercher
French
Etymology
From Middle French chercher, cercher, altered from Old French cerchier through assimilation, from Late Latin circāre, present active infinitive of circō, from Latin circa, circus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʃɛʁ.ʃe/
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Verb
chercher
- (transitive) to look for, to seek
- Je cherche du boulot.
- I'm looking for some work.
- Je cherche du boulot.
- (intransitive, followed by à) to look (to do something)
- Chercher à expliquer ce phénomène.
- Look to explain this phenomenon.
- Chercher à expliquer ce phénomène.
- (transitive, slang) to mess with someone, ask for trouble
- Tu me cherches ou quoi ?
- (transitive) to pick up, to go and get
Conjugation
Conjugation of chercher (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | chercher | avoir cherché | |||||
| gerund | en cherchant | en ayant cherché | |||||
| present participle | cherchant /ʃɛʁ.ʃɑ̃/ | ||||||
| past participle | cherché /ʃɛʁ.ʃe/ | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | cherche /ʃɛʁʃ/ |
cherches /ʃɛʁʃ/ |
cherche /ʃɛʁʃ/ |
cherchons /ʃɛʁ.ʃɔ̃/ |
cherchez /ʃɛʁ.ʃe/ |
cherchent /ʃɛʁʃ/ |
| imperfect | cherchais /ʃɛʁ.ʃɛ/ |
cherchais /ʃɛʁ.ʃɛ/ |
cherchait /ʃɛʁ.ʃɛ/ |
cherchions /ʃɛʁ.ʃjɔ̃/ |
cherchiez /ʃɛʁ.ʃje/ |
cherchaient /ʃɛʁ.ʃɛ/ | |
| past historic1 | cherchai /ʃɛʁ.ʃe/ |
cherchas /ʃɛʁ.ʃa/ |
chercha /ʃɛʁ.ʃa/ |
cherchâmes /ʃɛʁ.ʃam/ |
cherchâtes /ʃɛʁ.ʃat/ |
cherchèrent /ʃɛʁ.ʃɛʁ/ | |
| future | chercherai /ʃɛʁ.ʃə.ʁe/ |
chercheras /ʃɛʁ.ʃə.ʁa/ |
cherchera /ʃɛʁ.ʃə.ʁa/ |
chercherons /ʃɛʁ.ʃə.ʁɔ̃/ |
chercherez /ʃɛʁ.ʃə.ʁe/ |
chercheront /ʃɛʁ.ʃə.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | chercherais /ʃɛʁ.ʃə.ʁɛ/ |
chercherais /ʃɛʁ.ʃə.ʁɛ/ |
chercherait /ʃɛʁ.ʃə.ʁɛ/ |
chercherions /ʃɛʁ.ʃə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
chercheriez /ʃɛʁ.ʃə.ʁje/ |
chercheraient /ʃɛʁ.ʃə.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 | cherche /ʃɛʁʃ/ |
cherches /ʃɛʁʃ/ |
cherche /ʃɛʁʃ/ |
cherchions /ʃɛʁ.ʃjɔ̃/ |
cherchiez /ʃɛʁ.ʃje/ |
cherchent /ʃɛʁʃ/ |
| imperfect1 | cherchasse /ʃɛʁ.ʃas/ |
cherchasses /ʃɛʁ.ʃas/ |
cherchât /ʃɛʁ.ʃa/ |
cherchassions /ʃɛʁ.ʃa.sjɔ̃/ |
cherchassiez /ʃɛʁ.ʃa.sje/ |
cherchassent /ʃɛʁ.ʃas/ | |
| 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 | – | |
| — | cherche /ʃɛʁʃ/ |
— | cherchons /ʃɛʁ.ʃɔ̃/ |
cherchez /ʃɛʁ.ʃe/ |
— | ||
| 1literary tenses | |||||||
Derived terms
Further reading
- “chercher” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Middle French
Alternative forms
Etymology
From an alteration of Old French cerchier, sercher, cercier, cercer through assimilation.
Verb
chercher
Conjugation
- Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.
Conjugation of chercher
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | chercher | avoir cherché | |||||
| gerund | en cherchant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | cherchant | ||||||
| past participle | cherché | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | ie (may be i' before a vowel) | tu | il | nous | vous | ilz, elles | |
| simple tenses |
present | cherche | cherches | cherche | cherchons | cherchez | cherchent |
| imperfect | cherchois, cherchoys | cherchois, cherchoys | cherchoit, cherchoyt | cherchions, cherchyons | cherchiez, cherchyez | cherchoient, cherchoyent | |
| past historic | chercha | cherchas | chercha | cherchasmes | cherchastes | chercherent | |
| future | chercherai, chercheray | chercheras | cherchera | chercherons | chercherez | chercheront | |
| conditional | chercherois, chercheroys | chercherois, chercheroys | chercheroit, chercheroyt | chercherions, chercheryons | chercheriez, chercheryez | chercheroient, chercheroyent | |
| 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 anterior | 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 ie | que tu | qu'il | que nous | que vous | qu'ilz, qu'elles | |
| simple tenses |
present | cherche | cherches | cherche | cherchons | cherchez | cherchent |
| imperfect | cherchasse | cherchasses | cherchast | cherchassions | cherchassiez | cherchassent | |
| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nous | vous | – | |
| — | cherche | — | cherchons | cherchez | — | ||
Descendants
- French: chercher
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