quérir

See also: querir

French

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.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ke.ʁiʁ/
  • (file)

Verb

quérir

  1. (literary or archaic) to seek; used especially after certain verbs
    Il a fait (ou envoyé) quérir son frère.He bade his brother come.
    Il est allé quérir le château.He went in quest of the castle.
  2. (archaic) to want

Conjugation

  • Many dictionaries give quérir as a defective verb, only appearing as an infinitive. However historically, it has a conjugation.

This verb is impersonal and is conjugated only in the third-person singular.

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Sabir: quérir

Further reading

Sabir

Etymology

From French quérir (to seek).

Verb

quérir

  1. to want

References

  • Feissat et Demonchy, Dictionnaire de la Langue Franque, ou Petit Mauresque
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