acquérir
See also: acquerir
French
Etymology
From Middle French acquerir, from an alteration (based on the model of the original Latin acquīrere), of Old French aquerre, itself from Vulgar Latin acquaerere. Cf. also quérir, conquérir.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /a.ke.ʁiʁ/
Audio (France, Paris) (file) - Rhymes: -iʁ
Verb
acquérir
- (transitive) to acquire, to obtain
- Synonym: obtenir
- (transitive) to purchase
- Synonym: acheter
- (reflexive, s'acquérir) to gain, to win (approval, etc.)
- Il s'est acquis quantité d'amis.
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- Il s'est acquis les bonnes grâces de son supérieur.
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Conjugation
Conjugation of acquérir (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | acquérir | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | acquérant /a.ke.ʁɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | acquis /a.ki/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | acquiers /a.kjɛʁ/ |
acquiers /a.kjɛʁ/ |
acquiert /a.kjɛʁ/ |
acquérons /a.ke.ʁɔ̃/ |
acquérez /a.ke.ʁe/ |
acquièrent /a.kjɛʁ/ |
| imperfect | acquérais /a.ke.ʁɛ/ |
acquérais /a.ke.ʁɛ/ |
acquérait /a.ke.ʁɛ/ |
acquérions /a.ke.ʁjɔ̃/ |
acquériez /a.ke.ʁje/ |
acquéraient /a.ke.ʁɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | acquis /a.ki/ |
acquis /a.ki/ |
acquit /a.ki/ |
acquîmes /a.kim/ |
acquîtes /a.kit/ |
acquirent /a.kiʁ/ | |
| future | acquerrai /a.kɛ.ʁe/ or /a.ke.ʁe/ |
acquerras /a.kɛ.ʁa/ or /a.ke.ʁa/ |
acquerra /a.kɛ.ʁa/ or /a.ke.ʁa/ |
acquerrons /a.kɛ.ʁɔ̃/ or /a.ke.ʁɔ̃/ |
acquerrez /a.kɛ.ʁe/ or /a.ke.ʁe/ |
acquerront /a.kɛ.ʁɔ̃/ or /a.ke.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | acquerrais /a.kɛ.ʁɛ/ or /a.ke.ʁɛ/ |
acquerrais /a.kɛ.ʁɛ/ or /a.ke.ʁɛ/ |
acquerrait /a.kɛ.ʁɛ/ or /a.ke.ʁɛ/ |
acquerrions /a.kɛ.ʁjɔ̃/ or /a.ke.ʁjɔ̃/ |
acquerriez /a.kɛ.ʁje/ or /a.ke.ʁje/ |
acquerraient /a.kɛ.ʁɛ/ or /a.ke.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 | acquière /a.kjɛʁ/ |
acquières /a.kjɛʁ/ |
acquière /a.kjɛʁ/ |
acquérions /a.ke.ʁjɔ̃/ |
acquériez /a.ke.ʁje/ |
acquièrent /a.kjɛʁ/ |
| imperfect2 | acquisse /a.kis/ |
acquisses /a.kis/ |
acquît /a.ki/ |
acquissions /a.ki.sjɔ̃/ |
acquissiez /a.ki.sje/ |
acquissent /a.kis/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | acquiers /a.kjɛʁ/ |
— | acquérons /a.ke.ʁɔ̃/ |
acquérez /a.ke.ʁe/ |
— | |
| 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). | |||||||
Conjugation of s'acquérir (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | s'acquérir | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | s'être + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | s'acquérant /sa.ke.ʁɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant or étant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | acquis /a.ki/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | m'acquiers /ma.kjɛʁ/ |
t'acquiers /ta.kjɛʁ/ |
s'acquiert /sa.kjɛʁ/ |
nous acquérons /nu.z‿a.ke.ʁɔ̃/ |
vous acquérez /vu.z‿a.ke.ʁe/ |
s'acquièrent /sa.kjɛʁ/ |
| imperfect | m'acquérais /ma.ke.ʁɛ/ |
t'acquérais /ta.ke.ʁɛ/ |
s'acquérait /sa.ke.ʁɛ/ |
nous acquérions /nu.z‿a.ke.ʁjɔ̃/ |
vous acquériez /vu.z‿a.ke.ʁje/ |
s'acquéraient /sa.ke.ʁɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | m'acquis /ma.ki/ |
t'acquis /ta.ki/ |
s'acquit /sa.ki/ |
nous acquîmes /nu.z‿a.kim/ |
vous acquîtes /vu.z‿a.kit/ |
s'acquirent /sa.kiʁ/ | |
| future | m'acquerrai /ma.kɛ.ʁe/ or /ma.ke.ʁe/ |
t'acquerras /ta.kɛ.ʁa/ or /ta.ke.ʁa/ |
s'acquerra /sa.kɛ.ʁa/ or /sa.ke.ʁa/ |
nous acquerrons /nu.z‿a.kɛ.ʁɔ̃/ or /nu.z‿a.ke.ʁɔ̃/ |
vous acquerrez /vu.z‿a.kɛ.ʁe/ or /vu.z‿a.ke.ʁe/ |
s'acquerront /sa.kɛ.ʁɔ̃/ or /sa.ke.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | m'acquerrais /ma.kɛ.ʁɛ/ or /ma.ke.ʁɛ/ |
t'acquerrais /ta.kɛ.ʁɛ/ or /ta.ke.ʁɛ/ |
s'acquerrait /sa.kɛ.ʁɛ/ or /sa.ke.ʁɛ/ |
nous acquerrions /nu.z‿a.kɛ.ʁjɔ̃/ or /nu.z‿a.ke.ʁjɔ̃/ |
vous acquerriez /vu.z‿a.kɛ.ʁje/ or /vu.z‿a.ke.ʁje/ |
s'acquerraient /sa.kɛ.ʁɛ/ or /sa.ke.ʁɛ/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
present perfect | present indicative of s'être + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | imperfect indicative of s'être + past participle | ||||||
| past anterior2 | past historic of s'être + past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | future of s'être + past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | conditional of s'être + past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il, qu’elle | que nous | que vous | qu’ils, qu’elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | m'acquière /ma.kjɛʁ/ |
t'acquières /ta.kjɛʁ/ |
s'acquière /sa.kjɛʁ/ |
nous acquérions /nu.z‿a.ke.ʁjɔ̃/ |
vous acquériez /vu.z‿a.ke.ʁje/ |
s'acquièrent /sa.kjɛʁ/ |
| imperfect2 | m'acquisse /ma.kis/ |
t'acquisses /ta.kis/ |
s'acquît /sa.ki/ |
nous acquissions /nu.z‿a.ki.sjɔ̃/ |
vous acquissiez /vu.z‿a.ki.sje/ |
s'acquissent /sa.kis/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of s'être + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of s'être + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | acquiers-toi /a.kjɛʁ.twa/ |
— | acquérons-nous /a.ke.ʁɔ̃.nu/ |
acquérez-vous /a.ke.ʁe.vu/ |
— | |
| compound | — | simple imperative of s'être + past participle | — | simple imperative of s'être + past participle | simple imperative of s'être + 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). | |||||||
Derived terms
Related terms
Further reading
- “acquérir”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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