"quérir" meaning in French

See quérir in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /ke.ʁiʁ/ Audio: LL-Q150 (fra)-Lyokoï-quérir.wav
Etymology: Inherited from Middle French querir, from Old French querre (with conjugation change), from Latin quaerere (“to seek”). Compare also Walloon cweri. Cognate with Portuguese querer and Spanish querer. Etymology templates: {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|fr|frm|querir|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Middle French querir, {{inh+|fr|frm|querir}} Inherited from Middle French querir, {{inh|fr|fro|querre}} Old French querre, {{inh|fr|la|quaerō|quaerere|t=to seek}} Latin quaerere (“to seek”), {{cog|wa|cweri}} Walloon cweri, {{cog|pt|querer}} Portuguese querer, {{cog|es|querer}} Spanish querer Head templates: {{fr-verb}} quérir Inflection templates: {{fr-conj-auto}} Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], quérir [infinitive], avoir + past participle [infinitive, multiword-construction], quérant [gerund, participle, present], ayant + past participle [gerund, multiword-construction, participle, present], quis [participle, past], quiers [first-person, indicative, present, singular], quiers [indicative, present, second-person, singular], quiert [indicative, present, singular, third-person], quérons [first-person, indicative, plural, present], quérez [indicative, plural, present, second-person], quièrent [indicative, plural, present, third-person], quérais [first-person, imperfect, indicative, singular], quérais [imperfect, indicative, second-person, singular], quérait [imperfect, indicative, singular, third-person], quérions [first-person, imperfect, indicative, plural], quériez [imperfect, indicative, plural, second-person], quéraient [imperfect, indicative, plural, third-person], quis [first-person, historic, indicative, past, singular], quis [historic, indicative, past, second-person, singular], quit [historic, indicative, past, singular, third-person], quîmes [first-person, historic, indicative, past, plural], quîtes [historic, indicative, past, plural, second-person], quirent [historic, indicative, past, plural, third-person], querrai [first-person, future, indicative, singular], querrai [first-person, future, indicative, singular], querras [future, indicative, second-person, singular], querras [future, indicative, second-person, singular], querra [future, indicative, singular, third-person], querra [future, indicative, singular, third-person], querrons [first-person, future, indicative, plural], querrons [first-person, future, indicative, plural], querrez [future, indicative, plural, second-person], querrez [future, indicative, plural, second-person], querront [future, indicative, plural, third-person], querront [future, indicative, plural, third-person], querrais [conditional, first-person, singular], querrais [conditional, first-person, singular], querrais [conditional, second-person, singular], querrais [conditional, second-person, singular], querrait [conditional, singular, third-person], querrait [conditional, singular, third-person], querrions [conditional, first-person, plural], querrions [conditional, first-person, plural], querriez [conditional, plural, second-person], querriez [conditional, plural, second-person], querraient [conditional, plural, third-person], querraient [conditional, plural, third-person], present indicative of avoir + past participle [indicative, multiword-construction, perfect, present], imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle [indicative, multiword-construction, pluperfect], past historic of avoir + past participle [anterior, indicative, multiword-construction, past], future of avoir + past participle [future, indicative, multiword-construction, perfect], conditional of avoir + past participle [conditional, multiword-construction, perfect], quière [first-person, present, singular, subjunctive], quières [present, second-person, singular, subjunctive], quière [present, singular, subjunctive, third-person], quérions [first-person, plural, present, subjunctive], quériez [plural, present, second-person, subjunctive], quièrent [plural, present, subjunctive, third-person], quisse [first-person, imperfect, singular, subjunctive], quisses [imperfect, second-person, singular, subjunctive], quît [imperfect, singular, subjunctive, third-person], quissions [first-person, imperfect, plural, subjunctive], quissiez [imperfect, plural, second-person, subjunctive], quissent [imperfect, plural, subjunctive, third-person], present subjunctive of avoir + past participle [multiword-construction, past, subjunctive], imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle [multiword-construction, pluperfect, subjunctive], quiers [imperative, second-person, singular], quérons [first-person, imperative, plural], quérez [imperative, plural, second-person], simple imperative of avoir + past participle [imperative, multiword-construction, second-person, singular], simple imperative of avoir + past participle [first-person, imperative, multiword-construction, plural], simple imperative of avoir + past participle [imperative, multiword-construction, plural, second-person]
  1. (literary or archaic) to seek; used especially after certain verbs Tags: archaic, literary
    Sense id: en-quérir-fr-verb-vUZ5DyOH Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 72 28 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 66 34 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 66 34
  2. (archaic) to want Tags: archaic
    Sense id: en-quérir-fr-verb-lNUNkoH8
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: acquérir, conquérir, enquérir, requérir

Inflected forms

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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "acquérir"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "conquérir"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "enquérir"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "requérir"
    }
  ],
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          "args": {
            "1": "pml",
            "2": "quérir"
          },
          "expansion": "Sabir: quérir",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Sabir: quérir"
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
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      },
      "expansion": "Inherited",
      "name": "glossary"
    },
    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "frm",
        "3": "querir",
        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "g": "",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "id": "",
        "lit": "",
        "nocat": "",
        "pos": "",
        "sc": "",
        "sort": "",
        "tr": "",
        "ts": ""
      },
      "expansion": "Middle French querir",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "frm",
        "3": "querir"
      },
      "expansion": "Inherited from Middle French querir",
      "name": "inh+"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "fro",
        "3": "querre"
      },
      "expansion": "Old French querre",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "la",
        "3": "quaerō",
        "4": "quaerere",
        "t": "to seek"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin quaerere (“to seek”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "wa",
        "2": "cweri"
      },
      "expansion": "Walloon cweri",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pt",
        "2": "querer"
      },
      "expansion": "Portuguese querer",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "es",
        "2": "querer"
      },
      "expansion": "Spanish querer",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Inherited from Middle French querir, from Old French querre (with conjugation change), from Latin quaerere (“to seek”). Compare also Walloon cweri. Cognate with Portuguese querer and Spanish querer.",
  "forms": [
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      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fr-conj-auto",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "quérir",
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      "ipa": "/ke.ʁɑ̃/",
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        "past"
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      "source": "conjugation",
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        "indicative",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "quiers",
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        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "quérons",
      "ipa": "/ke.ʁɔ̃/",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
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      "form": "quérez",
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      "source": "conjugation",
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        "plural",
        "present",
        "second-person"
      ]
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      "form": "quièrent",
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      "source": "conjugation",
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        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "present",
        "third-person"
      ]
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      "form": "quérais",
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      "source": "conjugation",
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        "imperfect",
        "indicative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "quérais",
      "ipa": "/ke.ʁɛ/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "indicative",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "quérait",
      "ipa": "/ke.ʁɛ/",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "imperfect",
        "indicative",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "quérions",
      "ipa": "/ke.ʁjɔ̃/",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "imperfect",
        "indicative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "quériez",
      "ipa": "/ke.ʁje/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "quéraient",
      "ipa": "/ke.ʁɛ/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "quis",
      "ipa": "/ki/",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "historic",
        "indicative",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
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      "ipa": "/ki/",
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        "indicative",
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "quit",
      "ipa": "/ki/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "historic",
        "indicative",
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "quîmes",
      "ipa": "/kim/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "historic",
        "indicative",
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
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      "form": "quîtes",
      "ipa": "/kit/",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "indicative",
        "past",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "quirent",
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      "source": "conjugation",
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        "indicative",
        "past",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "querrai",
      "ipa": "/kɛ.ʁe/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "future",
        "indicative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "querrai",
      "ipa": "/ke.ʁe/",
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      "tags": [
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        "indicative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "querras",
      "ipa": "/kɛ.ʁa/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "indicative",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "querras",
      "ipa": "/ke.ʁa/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "indicative",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "querra",
      "ipa": "/kɛ.ʁa/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "indicative",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "querra",
      "ipa": "/ke.ʁa/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "indicative",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "querrons",
      "ipa": "/kɛ.ʁɔ̃/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "future",
        "indicative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "querrons",
      "ipa": "/ke.ʁɔ̃/",
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        "indicative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
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        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "querrez",
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        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "querront",
      "ipa": "/kɛ.ʁɔ̃/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "querront",
      "ipa": "/ke.ʁɔ̃/",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "querrais",
      "ipa": "/kɛ.ʁɛ/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "first-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "querrais",
      "ipa": "/ke.ʁɛ/",
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        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "ipa": "/kɛ.ʁɛ/",
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        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "querrais",
      "ipa": "/ke.ʁɛ/",
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        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "querrait",
      "ipa": "/kɛ.ʁɛ/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "querrait",
      "ipa": "/ke.ʁɛ/",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "querrions",
      "ipa": "/kɛ.ʁjɔ̃/",
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        "first-person",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "querrions",
      "ipa": "/ke.ʁjɔ̃/",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "first-person",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "querriez",
      "ipa": "/kɛ.ʁje/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "querriez",
      "ipa": "/ke.ʁje/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "querraient",
      "ipa": "/kɛ.ʁɛ/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "querraient",
      "ipa": "/ke.ʁɛ/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "present indicative of avoir + past participle",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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        "multiword-construction",
        "perfect",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "multiword-construction",
        "pluperfect"
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    },
    {
      "form": "past historic of avoir + past participle",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "anterior",
        "indicative",
        "multiword-construction",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "future of avoir + past participle",
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        "indicative",
        "multiword-construction",
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "conditional of avoir + past participle",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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        "multiword-construction",
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "quière",
      "ipa": "/kjɛʁ/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "present",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "quières",
      "ipa": "/kjɛʁ/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "quière",
      "ipa": "/kjɛʁ/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "quérions",
      "ipa": "/ke.ʁjɔ̃/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "plural",
        "present",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "quériez",
      "ipa": "/ke.ʁje/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "quièrent",
      "ipa": "/kjɛʁ/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "quisse",
      "ipa": "/kis/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "quisses",
      "ipa": "/kis/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "second-person",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "quît",
      "ipa": "/ki/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "quissions",
      "ipa": "/ki.sjɔ̃/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "plural",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "quissiez",
      "ipa": "/ki.sje/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "plural",
        "second-person",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "quissent",
      "ipa": "/kis/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "plural",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "present subjunctive of avoir + past participle",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "multiword-construction",
        "past",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "multiword-construction",
        "pluperfect",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "quiers",
      "ipa": "/kjɛʁ/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "quérons",
      "ipa": "/ke.ʁɔ̃/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "quérez",
      "ipa": "/ke.ʁe/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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        "plural",
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    {
      "form": "simple imperative of avoir + past participle",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "multiword-construction",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "quérir",
      "name": "fr-verb"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "name": "fr-conj-auto"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "French",
  "lang_code": "fr",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "French literary terms",
        "French terms with archaic senses",
        "French terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "He bade his brother come.",
          "text": "Il a fait (ou envoyé) quérir son frère.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "He went in quest of the castle.",
          "text": "Il est allé quérir le château.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to seek; used especially after certain verbs"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "seek",
          "seek"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(literary or archaic) to seek; used especially after certain verbs"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "literary"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "French terms with archaic senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to want"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "want",
          "want"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(archaic) to want"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "archaic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ke.ʁiʁ/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q150 (fra)-Lyokoï-quérir.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/a/a0/LL-Q150_%28fra%29-Lyoko%C3%AF-qu%C3%A9rir.wav/LL-Q150_%28fra%29-Lyoko%C3%AF-qu%C3%A9rir.wav.mp3",
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    }
  ],
  "word": "quérir"
}

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