chercher

Signification

1. to look for, to seek
2. to look (to do something)
3. (slang) to mess with someone, ask for trouble
4. to pick up, to go and get
5. to get to know oneself
6. to seek for each other

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ʃɛʁ.ʃe/

Étymologie

Inherited from Middle French chercher, cercher, altered from Old French cerchier through assimilation, from Late Latin circāre, from Latin circa, circus.

Phrases

Il se lève pour chercher les enfants et préparer un petit-déjeuner .

He gets up to pick up the children and prepare breakfast.

Ann finit par aider Graham à chercher un appartement , qui lui révèle être impuissant .

Ann ends up helping Graham look for an apartment, which reveals to her that she is helpless.

Enfin , les exécuteurs vinrent le chercher pour le conduire au lieu du supplice .

Finally, the executioners came to pick him up and drive him away instead of being tortured.