quête

quest, search

noun KET Rare

Origin: Old French queste, from Latin quaesita

Usage Note

Quête is both a literary or heroic quest (la quête du Graal, the quest for the Holy Grail) and a practical search (en quête d'un emploi, in search of a job). It also means a collection taken up at church. The verb quêter means to search for or to take up a collection.

Examples

"Il est en quête d'une nouvelle vie."

Natural Translation

He is in search of a new life.

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