on cherche

we're looking for

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phrase Common #8,070
we're looking for Often used in spoken French with the same sense as “we are looking for.”
FR: On cherche un bon restaurant dans le quartier.
EN: We're looking for a good restaurant in the neighborhood.

On cherche un autre logis.

We are looking for another place to live.

— Lust, Caution (2007)

On cherche encore la troisième.

We are still looking for the third one.

— Article 15 (2019)

On cherche toujours.

We are still looking.

Le Doug qu'on cherche est blanc.

The Doug we're looking for is white.

On cherche.

We are looking.

On cherche des armes, des systèmes radio.

We're looking for weapons and radio systems.

— Avatar : La Voie de l'eau (2022)

On cherche qui?

Who are we looking for?

On cherche une autre ville demain?

Are we looking for another city tomorrow?

— Kiki la petite sorcière (1989)

Les gars, laissez tout ça, on cherche la cible.

Guys, leave all that aside, we're looking for the target.

— Reconnu coupable (2026)

On cherche Pooja.

We're looking for Pooja.

— Article 15 (2019)

On cherche pas les cadavres.

We're not looking for corpses.

— Faute d'amour (2017)

C'est l'un de ceux qu'on cherche?

Is it one of the ones we're looking for?

— À l'ouest rien de nouveau (2022)

On cherche un garçon de neuf ans.

We're looking for a nine-year-old boy.

— Good Luck, Have Fun, Don't Die (2026)

On cherche encore.

We are still looking.

On cherche un ami, Astérix, qui habite ici.

We are looking for a friend, Asterix, who lives here.

— La Haine (1995)

Et on pourra trouver les réponses qu'on cherche.

And we will be able to find the answers we are looking for.

En général, on cherche pas à se vieillir.

Generally, people don't try to look older.

— La Vie d'Adèle - Chapitres 1 et 2 (2013)

Mais c'est pas ça qu'on cherche.

But that's not what we're looking for.

— Le Voleur de bicyclette (1948)

On cherche des armes.

We are looking for weapons.

— Le vent se lève (2006)

On cherche quoi?

What are we looking for?

— Arrête-moi si tu peux (2002)

On cherche à déménager.

We are looking to move.

— Léviathan (2014)

On cherche Ranchhoddas.

We're looking for Ranchhoddas.

— 3 Idiots (2009)

On cherche quelque chose.

We're looking for something.

— The Man From Nowhere (2010)

On cherche un nom de jeune fille.

We are looking for a maiden name.

— Chute libre (1993)

On cherche la maison de ses rêves?

Are you looking for your dream home?

On cherche un appartement.

We are looking for an apartment.

— Good Bye Lenin! (2003)

On cherche des solutions.

We are looking for solutions.

— Mommy (2014)

On cherche son corps.

They are searching for his body.

— Andhadhun (2018)

On cherche à me tuer.

Someone is trying to kill me.

— Andhadhun (2018)

On cherche cet endroit..

We’re looking for this place.

— On ne vit qu'une seule fois (2011)

On cherche quelque chose?

Are we looking for something?

— Pour une poignée de dollars (1964)

Quand on cherche on ne trouve pas.

When you search, you don't find.

— Les Sept Samouraïs (1954)

Je me demande ce qu'on cherche.

I wonder what we're looking for.

— Insaisissables 3 (2025)

On cherche un nouveau commencement.

We are looking for a new beginning.

— Apocalypto (2006)

On cherche Isidoro Gómez.

We're looking for Isidoro Gómez.

— Dans ses yeux (2009)