acquérir

French

Pronunciation

• IPA: /a.ke.ʁiʁ/, X-SAMPA: /a.ke.RiR/

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• Rhymes: -iʁ

Verb

acquérir

1. (transitive) to acquire, to obtain
2. (transitive) to purchase
3. (reflexive, s'acquérir) to gain, to win (approval, etc.)

Conjugation

   Conjugation of acquérir (see also Appendix:French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		acquérir			avoir acquis
gerund		en acquérant			en ayant acquis
present participle		acquérant
past participle		acquis
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il	nous	vous	ils
simple tenses	present	acquiers	acquiers	acquiert	acquérons	acquérez	acquièrent
	imperfect	acquérais	acquérais	acquérait	acquérions	acquériez	acquéraient
	past historic1	acquis	acquis	acquit	acquîmes	acquîtes	acquirent
	future	acquerrai	acquerras	acquerra	acquerrons	acquerrez	acquerront
	conditional	acquerrais	acquerrais	acquerrait	acquerrions	acquerriez	acquerraient
compound tenses	present perfect	Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect	Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	past anterior1	Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	future perfect	Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	conditional perfect	Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il	que nous	que vous	qu’ils
simple tenses	present	acquière	acquières	acquière	acquérions	acquériez	acquièrent
	imperfect1	acquisse	acquisses	acquît	acquissions	acquissiez	acquissent
compound tenses	past	Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect1	Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
		—	acquiers	—	acquérons	acquérez	—
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Related terms

• acquisitif
• acquisitivement

Synonyms

• obtenir
• acheter