Subscriber login
Password
Forgot your password?
Library card login
Login with Shibboleth® »
Login with Athens »
Close menu
Oxford Dictionaries Online
The world's most trusted dictionaries
About
Subscriber services
What's new
Contact us
Help
Subscribe now
Already a subscriber or in a subscribing organization?
Login
Dictionary
Other language resources
US English
World English
Dictionary
Better writing
World of words
Puzzles and games
For children and schools
For learners of English
Email
Cite
recherché
(re|cher¦ché)
Pronunciation:
/rəˈʃɛːʃeɪ/
adjective
rare, exotic, or obscure:
a few linguistic terms are perhaps a bit recherché for the average readership
Origin:
French, literally 'carefully sought out', past participle of
rechercher
Nearby Words
recess
recession
recessional
recessionista
recessive
Rechabite
recharge
réchauffé
recheck
recherché
rechipping
rechristen
recidivist
Recife
recip.
recipe
recipient
reciprocal
reciprocal cross