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The French word for search is
fouiller





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French Definition


search
     1. v. Fouiller.
           Here he was searched. And nothing being found upon him, locked up. Il y fut fouillé et comme on ne trouvait rien sur lui on l'enferma. Oliver Twist. Charles Dickens. p. 86.
     2. v. Fouiller. Examiner les habits de quelqu'un en explorant ses poches, en le palpant etc. afin de trouver quelque chose qu'il pourrait cacher (spécialement parce qu'il l'aurait volé). Le verbe s'emploie tout particulièrement en relation avec la police.
     3. v. Rechercher.
           The little boy searched his room everywhere for his lost toy, but he didn't find it.
     4. n. Recherche. (note) La recherche de la connaissance scientifique, c'est research.
     5. n. (Juri) Perquisition.
           Search for evidence.

Translations for search and their definitions

recherche
     1. n-f. research
     2. n-f. search
     3. v. first-person singular present of rechercher
     4. v. third-person singular present of rechercher
     5. v. second-person singular imperative of rechercher


chercher
     1. v. to look for, to seek
           Je cherche du boulot. - I'm looking for some work.
     2. v. to look (to do something)
           Chercher à expliquer ce phénomène. - Look to explain this phenomenon.
     3. v. to mess with someone, ask for trouble
           Tu me cherches ou quoi ?
     4. v. to pick up, to go and get
     5. v. (takes a reflexive pronoun reflexive) to get to know oneself
     6. v. (takes a reflexive pronoun reciprocal) to seek for each other


rechercher
     1. v. to search for, seek, to look for
     2. v. to search again, to look for again


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