trouver

== French == === Alternative forms === treuver (obsolete) === Etymology === Inherited from Old French trover, truver, from Vulgar Latin *tropāre, from Latin tropus; compare English trope. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /tʁu.ve/ Rhymes: -e === Verb === trouver (transitive) to find; to retrieve something lost, turn up something hidden, or encounter something previously unknown to one (transitive) to find (something to be the case); to think or consider (something to be so) Je vous trouve si jolie. ― I find you so pretty. (reflexive, se trouver) to find oneself (at a place or in a situation) (reflexive, se trouver) to be found, to be situated, to be La boulangerie se trouve en face du cinéma. ― The bakery is [found] opposite the cinema. (impersonal, reflexive, se trouver) to be the case, to turn out (that) ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== trouveur === Further reading === “trouver”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 === Anagrams === rouvert == Middle French == === Etymology === From Old French trover, truver, from Vulgar Latin *tropāre, from Latin tropus. === Verb === trouver to find ==== Conjugation ==== Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive. ==== Descendants ==== French: trouver == Norman == === Alternative forms === trouvaïr (Guernsey) === Etymology === From Old French trover, truver, from Vulgar Latin *tropāre, from Latin tropus. === Pronunciation === === Verb === trouver (gerund trouv'thie) (Jersey) to find ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Antonyms ==== cachi (“to hide”) == Picard == === Etymology === From Old French trover, truver, from Vulgar Latin *tropāre, from Latin tropus. === Verb === trouver to find