"trouver" meaning in French

See trouver in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /tʁu.ve/ Audio: Fr-trouver.ogg
Rhymes: -e Etymology: Inherited from Old French trover, truver, from Vulgar Latin *tropāre, from Latin tropus; compare English trope. Etymology templates: {{root|fr|ine-pro|*trep-}}, {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|fr|fro|trover|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Old French trover, {{inh+|fr|fro|trover}} Inherited from Old French trover, {{m|fro|truver}} truver, {{inh|fr|VL.|*tropō|*tropāre}} Vulgar Latin *tropāre, {{inh|fr|la|tropus}} Latin tropus, {{cog|en|trope}} English trope Head templates: {{fr-verb}} trouver Inflection templates: {{fr-conj-auto}} Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], trouver [infinitive], avoir + past participle [infinitive, multiword-construction], trouvant [gerund, participle, present], ayant + past participle [gerund, multiword-construction, participle, present], trouvé [participle, past], trouve [first-person, indicative, present, singular], tʁuv [first-person, indicative, present, singular], trouves [indicative, present, second-person, singular], trouve [indicative, present, singular, third-person], trouvons [first-person, indicative, plural, present], trouvez [indicative, plural, present, second-person], trouvent [indicative, plural, present, third-person], trouvais [first-person, imperfect, indicative, singular], trouvais [imperfect, indicative, second-person, singular], trouvait [imperfect, indicative, singular, third-person], trouvions [first-person, imperfect, indicative, plural], trouviez [imperfect, indicative, plural, second-person], trouvaient [imperfect, indicative, plural, third-person], trouvai [first-person, historic, indicative, past, singular], trouvas [historic, indicative, past, second-person, singular], trouva [historic, indicative, past, singular, third-person], trouvâmes [first-person, historic, indicative, past, plural], trouvâtes [historic, indicative, past, plural, second-person], trouvèrent [historic, indicative, past, plural, third-person], trouverai [first-person, future, indicative, singular], trouveras [future, indicative, second-person, singular], trouvera [future, indicative, singular, third-person], trouverons [first-person, future, indicative, plural], trouverez [future, indicative, plural, second-person], trouveront [future, indicative, plural, third-person], trouverais [conditional, first-person, singular], trouverais [conditional, second-person, singular], trouverait [conditional, singular, third-person], trouverions [conditional, first-person, plural], trouveriez [conditional, plural, second-person], trouveraient [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], trouve [first-person, present, singular, subjunctive], tʁuv [first-person, present, singular, subjunctive], trouves [present, second-person, singular, subjunctive], trouve [present, singular, subjunctive, third-person], trouvions [first-person, plural, present, subjunctive], trouviez [plural, present, second-person, subjunctive], trouvent [plural, present, subjunctive, third-person], trouvasse [first-person, imperfect, singular, subjunctive], trouvasses [imperfect, second-person, singular, subjunctive], trouvât [imperfect, singular, subjunctive, third-person], trouvassions [first-person, imperfect, plural, subjunctive], trouvassiez [imperfect, plural, second-person, subjunctive], trouvassent [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], trouve [imperative, second-person, singular], trouvons [first-person, imperative, plural], trouvez [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. (transitive) to find; to retrieve something lost, turn up something hidden, or encounter something previously unknown to one Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-trouver-fr-verb-4GQor~Hs Categories (other): French verbs with conjugation -er Disambiguation of French verbs with conjugation -er: 17 16 26 17 25
  2. (transitive) to find (something to be the case); to think or consider (something to be so) Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-trouver-fr-verb-MRODPrhI Categories (other): French verbs with conjugation -er Disambiguation of French verbs with conjugation -er: 17 16 26 17 25
  3. (reflexive, se trouver) to find oneself (at a place or in a situation) Tags: reflexive
    Sense id: en-trouver-fr-verb-SbQ1GnR~ Categories (other): French verbs with conjugation -er Disambiguation of French verbs with conjugation -er: 17 16 26 17 25
  4. (reflexive, se trouver) to be found, to be situated, to be Tags: reflexive
    Sense id: en-trouver-fr-verb-aBuYGTKX Categories (other): French verbs with conjugation -er Disambiguation of French verbs with conjugation -er: 17 16 26 17 25
  5. (impersonal, reflexive, se trouver) to be the case, to turn out (that) Tags: impersonal, reflexive
    Sense id: en-trouver-fr-verb-rDlI876E Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header, French verbs with conjugation -er Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 5 32 6 3 54 Disambiguation of French verbs with conjugation -er: 17 16 26 17 25
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: trouveur
Derived forms: enfant trouvé, ne pas se trouver sous le sabot d’un cheval, ne pas se trouver sous les sabots d’un cheval, objet trouvé (english: found object (art)), objets trouvés (english: lost-and-found, lost property office), qui cherche trouve, si ça se trouve, trouver à redire, trouver chaussure à son pied, trouver grâce, trouver la mort, trouver porte close, trouver preneur, trouver sa voie, trouver ses marques, trouver son bonheur, trouver son compte, trouver son maître, trouver visage de bois

Inflected forms

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      "form": "trouverai",
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        "singular"
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      "source": "conjugation",
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        "third-person"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "trouverions",
      "ipa": "/tʁu.və.ʁjɔ̃/",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "first-person",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "trouveriez",
      "ipa": "/tʁu.və.ʁje/",
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        "second-person"
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    {
      "form": "trouveraient",
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        "third-person"
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    },
    {
      "form": "present indicative of avoir + past participle",
      "source": "conjugation",
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      "form": "imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle",
      "source": "conjugation",
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      "form": "past historic of avoir + past participle",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "subjunctive"
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      "ipa": "/tʁu.vjɔ̃/",
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        "present",
        "subjunctive"
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      "form": "trouviez",
      "ipa": "/tʁu.vje/",
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        "second-person",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "trouvent",
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        "third-person"
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    },
    {
      "form": "trouvasse",
      "ipa": "/tʁu.vas/",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
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    },
    {
      "form": "trouvasses",
      "ipa": "/tʁu.vas/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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        "second-person",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "trouvât",
      "ipa": "/tʁu.va/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "trouvassions",
      "ipa": "/tʁu.va.sjɔ̃/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "plural",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "trouvassiez",
      "ipa": "/tʁu.va.sje/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "plural",
        "second-person",
        "subjunctive"
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    },
    {
      "form": "trouvassent",
      "ipa": "/tʁu.vas/",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "present subjunctive of avoir + past participle",
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        "subjunctive"
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    },
    {
      "form": "imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle",
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        "subjunctive"
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    },
    {
      "form": "trouve",
      "ipa": "/tʁuv/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "trouvons",
      "ipa": "/tʁu.vɔ̃/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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          "english": "I find you so pretty.",
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    "French terms inherited from Old French",
    "French terms inherited from Vulgar Latin",
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    {
      "word": "enfant trouvé"
    },
    {
      "word": "ne pas se trouver sous le sabot d’un cheval"
    },
    {
      "word": "ne pas se trouver sous les sabots d’un cheval"
    },
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      "english": "found object (art)",
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      "english": "lost-and-found, lost property office",
      "word": "objets trouvés"
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    {
      "word": "qui cherche trouve"
    },
    {
      "word": "si ça se trouve"
    },
    {
      "word": "trouver à redire"
    },
    {
      "word": "trouver chaussure à son pied"
    },
    {
      "word": "trouver grâce"
    },
    {
      "word": "trouver la mort"
    },
    {
      "word": "trouver porte close"
    },
    {
      "word": "trouver preneur"
    },
    {
      "word": "trouver sa voie"
    },
    {
      "word": "trouver ses marques"
    },
    {
      "word": "trouver son bonheur"
    },
    {
      "word": "trouver son compte"
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    {
      "word": "trouver son maître"
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    {
      "word": "trouver visage de bois"
    }
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      "ipa": "/tʁu.vas/",
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      "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"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "ipa": "/tʁuv/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "trouvons",
      "ipa": "/tʁu.vɔ̃/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "trouvez",
      "ipa": "/tʁu.ve/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "simple imperative of avoir + past participle",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "multiword-construction",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "simple imperative of avoir + past participle",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperative",
        "multiword-construction",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "simple imperative of avoir + past participle",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "multiword-construction",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "name": "fr-verb"
    }
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      "name": "fr-conj-auto"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "French",
  "lang_code": "fr",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "trouveur"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
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      "categories": [
        "French terms with usage examples",
        "French transitive verbs"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "When did she find the keys?",
          "text": "Quand est-ce qu’elle a trouvé les clés ?",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to find; to retrieve something lost, turn up something hidden, or encounter something previously unknown to one"
      ],
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        [
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          "find"
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        "(transitive) to find; to retrieve something lost, turn up something hidden, or encounter something previously unknown to one"
      ],
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      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "French terms with usage examples",
        "French transitive verbs"
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        {
          "english": "I find you so pretty.",
          "text": "Je vous trouve si jolie.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to find (something to be the case); to think or consider (something to be so)"
      ],
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          "find"
        ],
        [
          "think",
          "think"
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          "consider"
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        "(transitive) to find (something to be the case); to think or consider (something to be so)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "French reflexive verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to find oneself (at a place or in a situation)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "find",
          "find"
        ],
        [
          "oneself",
          "oneself"
        ]
      ],
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        "(reflexive, se trouver) to find oneself (at a place or in a situation)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "reflexive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "French reflexive verbs",
        "French terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "The bakery is [found] opposite the cinema.",
          "text": "La boulangerie se trouve en face du cinéma.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to be found, to be situated, to be"
      ],
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        [
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          "found"
        ],
        [
          "situated",
          "situated"
        ],
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          "be",
          "be"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(reflexive, se trouver) to be found, to be situated, to be"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "reflexive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "French impersonal verbs",
        "French reflexive verbs",
        "French terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "I happen to be heading past your place.",
          "text": "Il se trouve que je passe près de chez vous.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to be the case, to turn out (that)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "be the case",
          "be the case"
        ],
        [
          "turn out",
          "turn out"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(impersonal, reflexive, se trouver) to be the case, to turn out (that)"
      ],
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        "impersonal",
        "reflexive"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "ipa": "/tʁu.ve/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-e"
    },
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      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/26/Fr-trouver.ogg",
      "text": "audio"
    }
  ],
  "word": "trouver"
}

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  "msg": "unrecognized sense qualifier: reflexive, se trouver",
  "path": [
    "trouver"
  ],
  "section": "French",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "trouver",
  "trace": ""
}

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  "msg": "unrecognized sense qualifier: reflexive, se trouver",
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    "trouver"
  ],
  "section": "French",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "trouver",
  "trace": ""
}

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    "trouver"
  ],
  "section": "French",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "trouver",
  "trace": ""
}

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  "msg": "unrecognized sense qualifier: reflexive, se trouver",
  "path": [
    "trouver"
  ],
  "section": "French",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "trouver",
  "trace": ""
}

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  "called_from": "form_descriptions/1831",
  "msg": "unrecognized sense qualifier: impersonal, reflexive, se trouver",
  "path": [
    "trouver"
  ],
  "section": "French",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "trouver",
  "trace": ""
}

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  "called_from": "form_descriptions/1831",
  "msg": "unrecognized sense qualifier: impersonal, reflexive, se trouver",
  "path": [
    "trouver"
  ],
  "section": "French",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "trouver",
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}

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