acquérir
See also: acquerir
French edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Middle French acquerir, from Old French acquerir, aquerre, from Vulgar Latin *acquaerere, from Latin quaerere. Cf. also quérir, conquérir.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
acquérir
- (transitive) to acquire, to obtain
- Synonym: obtenir
- (transitive) to purchase
- Synonym: acheter
- (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 edit
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 | – | – | – | ||||
| 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:
(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 | – | – | – | ||||
| 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:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
Derived terms edit
- acquéreur
- bien mal acquis ne profite jamais
- par acquit de conscience
- prendre pour acquis
- syndrome d’immunodéficience acquise
- tenir pour acquis
Related terms edit
Further reading edit
- “acquérir”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.