enquérir
French, verb/ɑ̃.ke.ʁiʁ/
enquérir is a French verb meaning “to inquire (about = de)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “S’informer ; faire des recherches”.
What does enquérir mean in English?
verb
- 1
to inquire (about = de)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. S’informer ; faire des recherches. 2. Interroger.
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 enquérir
- s'enquérir infinitive
- s'être + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- s'enquérant gerund participle present
- ayant gerund multiword-construction participle
- étant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- enquis participle past
- m'enquiers first-person indicative present
- t'enquiers indicative present second-person
- s'enquiert indicative present singular
- nous enquérons first-person indicative plural
- vous enquérez indicative plural present
- s'enquièrent indicative plural present
- m'enquérais first-person imperfect indicative
- t'enquérais imperfect indicative second-person
- s'enquérait imperfect indicative singular
- nous enquérions first-person imperfect indicative
- vous enquériez imperfect indicative plural
- s'enquéraient imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce enquérir?
- /ɑ̃.ke.ʁiʁ/
- \ɑ̃.ke.ʁiʁ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is enquérir in French?
enquérir appears about once in every 2 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).