recherche

See also: Recherche and recherché

English

Alternative forms

• recherché

Etymology

From French recherché

Adjective

recherche (comparative more recherche, superlative most recherche)

1. Exquisite; lavishly elegant and refined.
2. Exotic or obscure.

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French

Etymology

Deverbal of rechercher (“to research”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʁə.ʃɛʁʃ/

• Audio (France, Paris)

  (file)

• Homophones: recherchent, recherches
• Hyphenation: re‧cherche

Noun

recherche f (plural recherches)

1. research

Descendants

• German: Recherche

Verb

recherche

1. first-person singular present indicative of rechercher
2. third-person singular present indicative of rechercher
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of rechercher
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of rechercher
5. second-person singular imperative of rechercher

Further reading

• “recherche” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).