Essaie de trouver ou d'obtenir quelque chose.
Tries to find or get something.
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See how the word “recherche” is used in sentences
L'entreprise recherche un designer. — The company seeks a designer.
Qui recherche un coin tranquille à l'heure du déjeuner ? — Who seeks a quiet spot at lunchtime?
Personne ne recherche les ennuis un lundi matin. — Nobody seeks trouble on a Monday morning.
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Download the app for free French vocabulary testRecherche is the exact counterpart of seeks in its natural habitat: it stands at the head of French job adverts and small ads just as seeks does in English. Entreprise recherche développeur — no article, no preposition, the same telegraphic style.
It is also a noun, la recherche, meaning research and the search alike — la recherche scientifique, à la recherche du temps perdu. The verb is rechercher, a step above the plain chercher, and that step is precisely the difference between look for and seek.
chercher to look for
The plain verb. Rechercher stands to chercher as seek stands to look for — one notch more formal, not a different meaning.
trouver to find
The result rather than the effort.
recherche research
The noun carries both senses at once, which English splits between search and research.
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