quérir

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Meaning

  1. to seek; used especially after certain verbs
  2. to want

Pronounced as (IPA)
/ke.ʁiʁ/
Etymology

Inherited from Middle French querir, from Old French querre (with conjugation change), from Latin quaerere (“to seek”). Compare also Walloon cweri. Cognate with Spanish querer.

Cognate with Spanish
Spanish
querer

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