acquérir

See also: acquerir

French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French acquerir, from Old French acquerir, aquerre, from Vulgar Latin *acquaerere, from Latin quaerere. Cf. also quérir, conquérir.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /a.ke.ʁiʁ/
  • Audio (France, Paris)(file)
  • Rhymes: -iʁ

Verb

acquérir

  1. (transitive) to acquire, to obtain
    Synonym: obtenir
  2. (transitive) to purchase
    Synonym: acheter
  3. (reflexive, s'acquérir) to gain, to win (approval, etc.)
    Il s’est acquis quantité d’amis.
    He made many friends.
    Il s’est acquis les bonnes grâces de son supérieur.
    He earned the good graces of his superior.

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 – tu – nous vous –
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:
  • past historic → present perfect
  • past anterior → pluperfect
  • imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive
  • pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive

(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 – tu – nous vous –
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:
  • past historic → present perfect
  • past anterior → pluperfect
  • imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive
  • pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive

(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

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