# chèrchiér
## Franco-Provençal
### Alternative forms

* shourshë, shourshyë, soursi, sheurshë, chèrché, tyezhi, shourshi, sersë, shorshyë, tsourtsi

### Etymology

Inherited from Late Latin circāre.

### Verb

chèrchiér (ORB, broad)
* to look for, seek
    Je chèrcho mon ami.I'm looking for my friend.

#### Conjugation

| | | simple | simple | simple | compound | compound | compound |
| infinitive | infinitive | chèrchier | chèrchier | chèrchier | haveir chèrchié | haveir chèrchié | haveir chèrchié |
| gerund | gerund | chèrchient | chèrchient | chèrchient | hayent chèrchié | hayent chèrchié | hayent chèrchié |
| auxiliary verb | auxiliary verb | haveir | haveir | haveir | haveir | haveir | haveir |
| past participle | | masculine | masculine | masculine | feminine | feminine | feminine |
| past participle | singular | chèrchié | chèrchié | chèrchié | chèrchiée | chèrchiée | chèrchiée |
| past participle | plural | chèrchiés | chèrchiés | chèrchiés | chèrchiées | chèrchiées | chèrchiées |
| | | singular | singular | singular | plural | plural | plural |
| | | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person |
| indicative | | jo | te | il | nos | vos | ils |
| indicative | present | chèrcho | chèrches | chèrchet | chèrchems | chèrchieds | chèrchont |
| indicative | imperfect | chèrchiévo | chèrchiéves | chèrchiévet | chèrchièvams | chèrchièvads | chèrchiévant |
| indicative | preterite | chèrchei | chèrchés | chèrchét | chèrchémos | chèrchêtes | chèrchéront |
| indicative | future | chèrcherai | chèrcherés | chèrcherat | chèrcherems | chèrchereds | chèrcheránt |
| indicative | conditional | chèrcherim | chèrcheries | chèrcheriet | chèrcheriams | chèrcheriads | chèrcheriant |
| compound tenses | present perfect | present indicative of haveir + past participle | present indicative of haveir + past participle | present indicative of haveir + past participle | present indicative of haveir + past participle | present indicative of haveir + past participle | present indicative of haveir + past participle |
| compound tenses | pluperfect | imperfect indicative of haveir + past participle | imperfect indicative of haveir + past participle | imperfect indicative of haveir + past participle | imperfect indicative of haveir + past participle | imperfect indicative of haveir + past participle | imperfect indicative of haveir + past participle |
| compound tenses | past anterior | preterite indicative of haveir + past participle | preterite indicative of haveir + past participle | preterite indicative of haveir + past participle | preterite indicative of haveir + past participle | preterite indicative of haveir + past participle | preterite indicative of haveir + past participle |
| compound tenses | future perfect | future indicative of haveir + past participle | future indicative of haveir + past participle | future indicative of haveir + past participle | future indicative of haveir + past participle | future indicative of haveir + past participle | future indicative of haveir + past participle |
| compound tenses | conditional perfect | conditional of haveir + past participle | conditional of haveir + past participle | conditional of haveir + past participle | conditional of haveir + past participle | conditional of haveir + past participle | conditional of haveir + past participle |
| subjunctive | | que jo | que te | qu'il | que nos | que vos | qu'ils |
| subjunctive | present | chèrcho | chèrches | chèrchet | chèrchams | chèrchads | chèrchant |
| subjunctive | imperfect | chèrchesso | chèrchesses | chèrchesset | chèrchessams | chèrchessads | chèrchessant |
| compound tenses | past | present subjunctive of haveir + past participle | present subjunctive of haveir + past participle | present subjunctive of haveir + past participle | present subjunctive of haveir + past participle | present subjunctive of haveir + past participle | present subjunctive of haveir + past participle |
| compound tenses | pluperfect | imperfect subjunctive of haveir + past participle | imperfect subjunctive of haveir + past participle | imperfect subjunctive of haveir + past participle | imperfect subjunctive of haveir + past participle | imperfect subjunctive of haveir + past participle | imperfect subjunctive of haveir + past participle |
| imperative | imperative | — | te | — | nos | vos | — |
| imperative | imperative | | chèrchi | | chèrchems | chèrchieds | |

#### Derived terms

* rechèrchiér

### References

* chercher in DicoFranPro: Dictionnaire Français/Francoprovençal – on dicofranpro.llm.umontreal.ca
* chèrchiér in Lo trèsor Arpitan – on arpitan.eu

### Further information

* AIS: Sprach- und Sachatlas Italiens und der Südschweiz [Linguistic and Ethnographic Atlas of Italy and Southern Switzerland] – map 1635: “abbiamo cercato insieme dappertutto” – on navigais-web.pd.istc.cnr.it
* ALF: Atlas Linguistique de la France [Linguistic Atlas of France] – map 22: “aller chercher” – on lig-tdcge.imag.fr
* Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “cĭrcāre”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volume 2: C Q K, page 695