rechercher
French
editEtymology
editSince Middle French, from Old French recerchier, from re- + cerchier (“to look for”). Compare English research and recherche.
Pronunciation
editVerb
editrechercher
Conjugation
editConjugation of rechercher (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | rechercher | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | recherchant /ʁə.ʃɛʁ.ʃɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | recherché /ʁə.ʃɛʁ.ʃe/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | recherche /ʁə.ʃɛʁʃ/ |
recherches /ʁə.ʃɛʁʃ/ |
recherche /ʁə.ʃɛʁʃ/ |
recherchons /ʁə.ʃɛʁ.ʃɔ̃/ |
recherchez /ʁə.ʃɛʁ.ʃe/ |
recherchent /ʁə.ʃɛʁʃ/ |
| imperfect | recherchais /ʁə.ʃɛʁ.ʃɛ/ |
recherchais /ʁə.ʃɛʁ.ʃɛ/ |
recherchait /ʁə.ʃɛʁ.ʃɛ/ |
recherchions /ʁə.ʃɛʁ.ʃjɔ̃/ |
recherchiez /ʁə.ʃɛʁ.ʃje/ |
recherchaient /ʁə.ʃɛʁ.ʃɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | recherchai /ʁə.ʃɛʁ.ʃe/ |
recherchas /ʁə.ʃɛʁ.ʃa/ |
rechercha /ʁə.ʃɛʁ.ʃa/ |
recherchâmes /ʁə.ʃɛʁ.ʃam/ |
recherchâtes /ʁə.ʃɛʁ.ʃat/ |
recherchèrent /ʁə.ʃɛʁ.ʃɛʁ/ | |
| future | rechercherai /ʁə.ʃɛʁ.ʃə.ʁe/ |
rechercheras /ʁə.ʃɛʁ.ʃə.ʁa/ |
recherchera /ʁə.ʃɛʁ.ʃə.ʁa/ |
rechercherons /ʁə.ʃɛʁ.ʃə.ʁɔ̃/ |
rechercherez /ʁə.ʃɛʁ.ʃə.ʁe/ |
rechercheront /ʁə.ʃɛʁ.ʃə.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | rechercherais /ʁə.ʃɛʁ.ʃə.ʁɛ/ |
rechercherais /ʁə.ʃɛʁ.ʃə.ʁɛ/ |
rechercherait /ʁə.ʃɛʁ.ʃə.ʁɛ/ |
rechercherions /ʁə.ʃɛʁ.ʃə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
rechercheriez /ʁə.ʃɛʁ.ʃə.ʁje/ |
rechercheraient /ʁə.ʃɛʁ.ʃə.ʁɛ/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
present perfect | present indicative of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| past anterior2 | past historic of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | future of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | conditional of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il, qu’elle | que nous | que vous | qu’ils, qu’elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | recherche /ʁə.ʃɛʁʃ/ |
recherches /ʁə.ʃɛʁʃ/ |
recherche /ʁə.ʃɛʁʃ/ |
recherchions /ʁə.ʃɛʁ.ʃjɔ̃/ |
recherchiez /ʁə.ʃɛʁ.ʃje/ |
recherchent /ʁə.ʃɛʁʃ/ |
| imperfect2 | recherchasse /ʁə.ʃɛʁ.ʃas/ |
recherchasses /ʁə.ʃɛʁ.ʃas/ |
recherchât /ʁə.ʃɛʁ.ʃa/ |
recherchassions /ʁə.ʃɛʁ.ʃa.sjɔ̃/ |
recherchassiez /ʁə.ʃɛʁ.ʃa.sje/ |
recherchassent /ʁə.ʃɛʁ.ʃas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | recherche /ʁə.ʃɛʁʃ/ |
— | recherchons /ʁə.ʃɛʁ.ʃɔ̃/ |
recherchez /ʁə.ʃɛʁ.ʃe/ |
— | |
| compound | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | |
| 1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en. | |||||||
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
Related terms
editFurther reading
edit- “rechercher”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.