chercher

Meaning

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

Concepts

search
look for
seek
🔍

search for

look up
hunt
go after
look

be after

want
try
pursue
attempt
pick up
gather
strive
fossick
get
hunting
investigate
look after
look to
lookup
pick
⛏️
plan
ponder

quest after

quest for

ransack
reach
refer
reflect
request
ruse
seek out
sound out
strain
stratagem
think
🤔
trick
trouble

fish for

hunt for

look around
mess with

wish for

go looking for

research
cast around
search
Synonyms

rechercher
C1
🔍
fouiller
B2
vouloir
A2
trouver
A1
🔍
essayer
A1
examiner
B2
tâcher
25k

essayer de trouver

poursuivre
B2
recherche
A2
désirer
C2
demander
A1

s’efforcer

parvenir
C1
exiger
C2
tâter
21k
tendre
B2
tenter
B2
aspirer
C2
requérir

chercher à

consulter
C1
sembler
C1
conclure
C1
efforcer
33k
peiner
46k
juger
B2
🧑‍⚖️
lutter
C1
paraître
B2
penser
A1
🤔
planifier
C2
pourchasser
C2
préférer
20k
prendre
A1
prévoir
C1
promettre
B2
railler
ramener
A2
réclamer
C1
recommander
C2
référer
26k
réfléchir
B1
regretter
B2
rencontrer
A2
ressentir
B2
rétorquer
ruse
C1

se démener

s’efforcer de

sentir
A2
👃
Translations

buscar
🔍
suchen
cercare
procurar
zoeken
buscar
🔍
buscar
🔍
aramak
🔍
cercar

ψάχνω

opzoeken

cercar

αναζητώ

quaerere
Frequency

A1
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ʃɛʁ.ʃe/
Etymology

Inherited from Middle French
chercher
Inherited from Old French
cerchier
Inherited from Latin
Latin
circa
In summary

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

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