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Webster 1913 Edition
Recherche
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Re-cherˊché′
(re-shârˊshā̍′)
, Adj.
 [F.] 
Sought out with care; choice. 
Hence: 
of rare quality, elegance, or attractiveness; peculiar and refined in kind. 
Definition 2025
Recherche
recherche
recherche
English
Alternative forms
Adjective
recherche (comparative more recherche, superlative most recherche)
- Exquisite; lavishly elegant and refined.
 - Exotic or obscure.
 
French
Etymology
Deverbal of rechercher (“to research”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʁə.ʃɛʁʃ/
 - Homophones: recherchent, recherches
 - Hyphenation: re‧cherche
 
Noun
recherche f (plural recherches)
Descendants
- German: Recherche
 
Verb
recherche
- first-person singular present indicative of rechercher
 - third-person singular present indicative of rechercher
 - first-person singular present subjunctive of rechercher
 - third-person singular present subjunctive of rechercher
 - second-person singular imperative of rechercher