French Word of the Day
acheter
/a-CHET-er/ • verb — 30th of Apr, 2026
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Meaning: to buy; to purchase
Examples
- Je vais acheter du pain.
(I'm going to buy some bread.) - Elle a acheté une nouvelle robe hier.
(She bought a new dress yesterday.) - Nous devons acheter des billets avant le concert.
(We must buy tickets before the concert.)
Synonyms
- acquérir
- se procurer
Used for purchasing goods or services. Acheter is an -ER verb but has a stem change in some present-tense forms (j'achète, tu achètes, il/elle achète; nous achetons). It emphasizes the act of paying to obtain something (compare with prendre, which can mean 'to take').
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