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Webster 1913 Edition


Recherche


Re-cherˊché′

(re-shârˊshā̍′)
,
Adj.
[F.]
Sought out with care; choice.
Hence:
of rare quality, elegance, or attractiveness; peculiar and refined in kind.

Definition 2024


Recherche

Recherche

See also: recherche and recherché

German

Noun

Recherche f (genitive Recherche, plural Recherchen)

  1. research, investigation

Synonyms

recherche

recherche

See also: Recherche and recherché

English

Alternative forms

Adjective

recherche (comparative more recherche, superlative most recherche)

  1. Exquisite; lavishly elegant and refined.
  2. Exotic or obscure.

French

Etymology

Deverbal of rechercher (to research).

Pronunciation

Noun

recherche f (plural recherches)

  1. research

Descendants

Verb

recherche

  1. first-person singular present indicative of rechercher
  2. third-person singular present indicative of rechercher
  3. first-person singular present subjunctive of rechercher
  4. third-person singular present subjunctive of rechercher
  5. second-person singular imperative of rechercher