acquièrent

Acquièrent is a French verb form used to describe the action of obtaining something. It is the third-person plural present indicative of the verb acquérir, which means to acquire, obtain, or gain possession of something.

Uses of acquérir cover a wide range of meanings, from acquiring tangible items to acquiring skills, experience, or ownership in a business context. Common expressions include acquérir des compétences (to acquire skills), acquérir de l’expérience (to gain experience), and acquérir une société or acquérir une participation (to acquire a company or a stake). For example, Ils acquièrent des actions translates to “They acquire (or obtain) shares,” while L’entreprise acquiert une participation dans une start-up means “The company is acquiring a stake in a start-up.”

Grammatical notes: acquièrent is the present tense plural form. Other present-tense forms include j’acquiers, tu acquiers, il acquiert, nous acquérons, vous acquérez. The past participle is acquis, used in compound tenses such as the passé composé (ils ont acquis). The imperfect form is acquéraient (written with the accent as acqué-raient), and the future tense uses the form acquerront for plural subjects.

Related terms include acquisition (the act or process of acquiring), acquéreur (buyer) and acquéreuse (female buyer). The verb is common in legal, financial, and everyday contexts, reflecting the general notion of gaining possession or control through effort, purchase, or other means.