chercher

Meaning

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

Concepts

search

look for

seek

search for

look up

look

be after

go after

hunt

want

try

pursue

gather

strive

attempt

pick up

look after

lookup

buy

demand

request

wish for

fish for

go looking for

pick

sound out

investigate

hunt for

desire

ruse

stratagem

trick

look around

fetch

seek out

trouble

ponder

reflect

think

almost

explore

research

beat about

cast about

cast around

plan

feel

find

consult

refer

hunting

reach

strain

quest after

quest for

anticipate

look to

assay

essay

get

mess with

fossick

ransack

𐑅𐐯𐑉𐐽

discover

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ʃɛʁ.ʃe/

Etymology

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

Sentences

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.