quérir
See also: querir
French
Etymology
From Middle French querir, from Old French querre (with conjugation change), from Latin quaerere, present active infinitive of quaerō (“I seek”). Compare also Walloon cweri.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ke.ʁiʁ/
Verb
quérir
- (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.
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.
Conjugation of quérir (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| present participle | quérant /ke.ʁɑ̃/ | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| past participle | quis /ki/ | ||||||
| infinitive | |||||||
| simple | quérir | ||||||
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| gerund1 | |||||||
| simple | quérant /ke.ʁɑ̃/ | ||||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | — | — | quiert /kjɛʁ/ |
— | — | — |
| imperfect | — | — | quérait /ke.ʁɛ/ |
— | — | — | |
| past historic2 | — | — | quit /ki/ |
— | — | — | |
| future | — | — | querra /kɛ.ʁa/ |
— | — | — | |
| conditional | — | — | querrait /kɛ.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 | — | — | quière /kjɛʁ/ |
— | — | — |
| imperfect2 | — | — | quît /ki/ |
— | — | — | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| compound | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | |
| 1 Only usable with preposition en. | |||||||
| 2 In less formal writing or speech, the past historic, past anterior, imperfect subjunctive and pluperfect subjunctive tenses may be found to have been replaced with the indicative present perfect, indicative pluperfect, present subjunctive and past subjunctive tenses respectively (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
Conjugation of quérir (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| present participle | quérant /ke.ʁɑ̃/ | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| past participle | quis /ki/ | ||||||
| infinitive | |||||||
| simple | quérir | ||||||
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| gerund1 | |||||||
| simple | quérant /ke.ʁɑ̃/ | ||||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | quiers /kjɛʁ/ |
quiers /kjɛʁ/ |
quiert /kjɛʁ/ |
quérons /ke.ʁɔ̃/ |
quérez /ke.ʁe/ |
quièrent /kjɛʁ/ |
| imperfect | quérais /ke.ʁɛ/ |
quérais /ke.ʁɛ/ |
quérait /ke.ʁɛ/ |
quérions /ke.ʁjɔ̃/ |
quériez /ke.ʁje/ |
quéraient /ke.ʁɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | quis /ki/ |
quis /ki/ |
quit /ki/ |
quîmes /kim/ |
quîtes /kit/ |
quirent /kiʁ/ | |
| future | querrai /kɛ.ʁe/ |
querras /kɛ.ʁa/ |
querra /kɛ.ʁa/ |
querrons /kɛ.ʁɔ̃/ |
querrez /kɛ.ʁe/ |
querront /kɛ.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | querrais /kɛ.ʁɛ/ |
querrais /kɛ.ʁɛ/ |
querrait /kɛ.ʁɛ/ |
querrions /kɛ.ʁjɔ̃/ |
querriez /kɛ.ʁje/ |
querraient /kɛ.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 | quière /kjɛʁ/ |
quières /kjɛʁ/ |
quière /kjɛʁ/ |
quérions /ke.ʁjɔ̃/ |
quériez /ke.ʁje/ |
quièrent /kjɛʁ/ |
| imperfect2 | quisse /kis/ |
quisses /kis/ |
quît /ki/ |
quissions /ki.sjɔ̃/ |
quissiez /ki.sje/ |
quissent /kis/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | quiers /kjɛʁ/ |
— | quérons /ke.ʁɔ̃/ |
quérez /ke.ʁe/ |
— | |
| compound | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | |
| 1 Only usable with preposition en. | |||||||
| 2 In less formal writing or speech, the past historic, past anterior, imperfect subjunctive and pluperfect subjunctive tenses may be found to have been replaced with the indicative present perfect, indicative pluperfect, present subjunctive and past subjunctive tenses respectively (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
Further reading
- “quérir” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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