acquérir

Meaning

  1. (transitive) to acquire, to obtain
  2. (transitive) to purchase
  3. (reflexive) to gain, to win (approval, etc.)

Concepts

acquire
get
gain
purchase
🛍️
buy
🛍️
obtain
achieve
win
catch
attain
take over
develop
take
accomplish
evolve
secure
raise
procure
learn

attain to

make headway
pull ahead

William Blackstone

absorb
larn
adopt
advance
assume
buy back
buy out
buy up
earn
embrace
find
🔍
forgo
gain ground
get ahead
hold
marry
prevail
study
waive
yield
Synonyms

acheter
A2
🛍️
gagner
A2
obtenir
B1
recevoir
B1
prendre
A1

se procurer

remporter
C2
accueillir
B2
atteindre
B1
accumuler
25k
procurer
C1
avoir
A1

avoir succès

faire
A1
assumer
C1
devenir
A2
développer
C1
apprendre
A2
naître
C1
occuper
A2
parvenir
C1
payer
A1
💸
procéder
C1
profiter
B1
racheter
C1
recueillir
C2
retenir
B2
réunir
C1
réussir
B2
rouler
B2

se faire

se payer

s’offrir

tenir
A2
vaincre
B2
bénéficier
C2

carotter

fricoter
37k
prévaloir
resquiller
tirer parti
tirer profit

tirer un profit

obtenir par subterfuge

se faire accorder

adopter
C1
appartenir
C2
arriver
A1
avancer
B1
bénéfice
C1
Translations

adquirir
adquirir
verwerven
obter
erwerben
behalen
comprar
🛍️
atingir
kazanmak
acquistare
erlangen
elde etmek
adquirir
ottenere
acquisire
Frequency

C2
Pronounced as (IPA)
/a.ke.ʁiʁ/
Etymology

Inherited from Middle French
acquerir
Inherited from Old French
aquerre
In summary

Inherited from Middle French acquerir, from Old French acquerir, aquerre, from Vulgar Latin *acquaerere, from Latin quaerere. Cf. also quérir, conquérir.

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