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 *acquaeriō, acquaerere, acquaerāre. Cf. also quérir, conquérir.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /a.ke.ʁiʁ/
  • Audio (France, Paris)(file)
  • 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)
present participle acquérant
/a.ke.ʁɑ̃/
past participle acquis
/a.ki/
infinitive
simple acquérir
compound avoir + past participle
gerund1
simple acquérant
/a.ke.ʁɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle 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/		 acquerras
/a.kɛ.ʁa/		 acquerra
/a.kɛ.ʁa/		 acquerrons
/a.kɛ.ʁɔ̃/		 acquerrez
/a.kɛ.ʁe/		 acquerront
/a.kɛ.ʁɔ̃/
conditional acquerrais
/a.kɛ.ʁɛ/		 acquerrais
/a.kɛ.ʁɛ/		 acquerrait
/a.kɛ.ʁɛ/		 acquerrions
/a.kɛ.ʁjɔ̃/		 acquerriez
/a.kɛ.ʁje/		 acquerraient
/a.kɛ.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 Only usable with preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, the past historic, past anterior, imperfect subjunctive and pluperfect subjunctive tenses may be found to have been replaced with the indicative present perfect, indicative pluperfect, present subjunctive and past subjunctive tenses respectively (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).
Conjugation of s'acquérir (see also Appendix:French verbs)
present participle s'acquérant
/sa.ke.ʁɑ̃/
past participle acquis
/a.ki/
infinitive
simple s'acquérir
compound s'être + past participle
gerund1
simple s'acquérant
/sa.ke.ʁɑ̃/
compound s'étant + past participle
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle 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/		 t'acquerras
/ta.kɛ.ʁa/		 s'acquerra
/sa.kɛ.ʁa/		 nous acquerrons
/nu.z‿a.kɛ.ʁɔ̃/		 vous acquerrez
/vu.z‿a.kɛ.ʁe/		 s'acquerront
/sa.kɛ.ʁɔ̃/
conditional m'acquerrais
/ma.kɛ.ʁɛ/		 t'acquerrais
/ta.kɛ.ʁɛ/		 s'acquerrait
/sa.kɛ.ʁɛ/		 nous acquerrions
/nu.z‿a.kɛ.ʁjɔ̃/		 vous acquerriez
/vu.z‿a.kɛ.ʁje/		 s'acquerraient
/sa.kɛ.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 Only usable with preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, the past historic, past anterior, imperfect subjunctive and pluperfect subjunctive tenses may be found to have been replaced with the indicative present perfect, indicative pluperfect, present subjunctive and past subjunctive tenses respectively (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

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