acquérir
French, verb/a.ke.ʁiʁ/
acquérir is spelled A-C-Q-U-É-R-I-R (8 letters) and appears 15 times per million words in written French, the 4,925th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Acquérir is a French verb meaning “to acquire, to obtain” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Devenir possesseur par le travail, par l’achat, par l’échange, par contrat ou alors par donation, par…”.
What does acquérir mean in English?
verb
- 1
to acquire, to obtain
- 2
to purchase
- 3
to gain, to win (approval, etc.)
Il s'est acquis quantité d'amis.
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Devenir possesseur par le travail, par l’achat, par l’échange, par contrat ou alors par donation, par succession ; particulièrement en parlant d’immeubles et d’autres choses qui procurent des profits ou des avantages d’une certaine durée. 2. Réussir à obtenir un savoir, un savoir-faire ou un savoir-être. 3. Prendre position pour une idée, une idéologie. 4. Accumuler, recevoir en parlant de toutes les choses qui peuvent être mises au nombre des biens et des avantages réels.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of acquérir
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- acquérant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- acquis participle past
- acquiers first-person indicative present
- acquiert indicative present singular
- acquérons first-person indicative plural
- acquérez indicative plural present
- acquièrent indicative plural present
- acquérais first-person imperfect indicative
- acquérait imperfect indicative singular
- acquérions first-person imperfect indicative
- acquériez imperfect indicative plural
- acquéraient imperfect indicative plural
- acquit historic indicative past
- acquîmes first-person historic indicative
- acquîtes historic indicative past
- acquirent historic indicative past
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce acquérir?
- /a.ke.ʁiʁ/
- \a.ke.ʁiʁ\
- [a.ke.ˈʁiʁ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to acquérir
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is acquérir in French?
acquérir appears 15 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).