This is the 3188th most frequent Catalan word.
recerques
"Recerques" in Catalan means "researches" or "investigations" in English.
In this context, 'recerques' refers to 'research' in the plural form, denoting academic or scientific investigations.
Estic treballant en unes recerques per la meva tesi doctoral.
I am working on some research for my doctoral thesis.
Here, 'recerques' is used to mean 'research', focusing on historical studies conducted by an individual.
Les teves recerques sobre història local són molt interessants.
Your research on local history is very interesting.
In this sentence, 'recerques' signifies 'studies', which implies specific published works.