récupérer

Meaning

1. to get back, to recover, to recuperate
2. to reform, to rehabilitate
3. to reclaim, to recover
4. to make up (e.g. time)
5. to co-opt, to appropriate, to recast to serve one's own ends

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ʁe.ky.pe.ʁe/

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin recuperāre. Doublet of recouvrer, which was inherited.

Sentences

Peter est chargé d'aller récupérer la précieuse marchandise .

Peter is tasked with picking up the precious merchandise.