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trouver

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French

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old French trover, truver, from Vulgar Latin *tropāre, from Latin tropus; compare English trope.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /tʁu.ve/
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  • Rhymes: -e

Verb

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trouver

  1. (transitive) to find; to retrieve something lost, turn up something hidden, or encounter something previously unknown to one
    Quand est-ce qu’elle a trouvé les clés ?
    When did she find the keys?
  2. (transitive) to find (something to be the case); to think or consider (something to be so)
    Je vous trouve si jolie.I find you so pretty.
  3. (reflexive, se trouver) to find oneself (at a place or in a situation)
  4. (reflexive, se trouver) to be found, to be situated, to be
    La boulangerie se trouve en face du cinéma.The bakery is [found] opposite the cinema.
  5. (impersonal, reflexive, se trouver) to be the case, to turn out (that)
    Il se trouve que je passe près de chez vous.
    I happen to be heading past your place.

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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Further reading

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Anagrams

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Middle French

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Etymology

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From Old French trover, truver, from Vulgar Latin *tropāre, present active infinitive of *tropō, from Latin tropus.

Verb

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trouver

  1. to find

Conjugation

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  • Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.

Descendants

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  • French: trouver

Norman

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Old French trover, truver, from Vulgar Latin *tropāre, present active infinitive of *tropō, from Latin tropus.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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trouver (gerund trouv'thie)

  1. (Jersey) to find

Conjugation

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Antonyms

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Picard

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Etymology

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From Old French trover, truver, from Vulgar Latin *tropāre, present active infinitive of *tropō, from Latin tropus.

Verb

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trouver

  1. to find