obliger

English

Etymology

oblige +‎ -er

Noun

obliger (plural obligers)

1. One who, or that which, obliges.

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Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.

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French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin obligāre, present active infinitive of obligō.

Pronunciation

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Verb

obliger

1. (transitive) to oblige

Conjugation

• This is a regular -er verb, but the stem is written oblige- before endings that begin with -a- or -o- (to indicate that the -g- is a “soft” /ʒ/ and not a “hard” /ɡ/). This spelling-change occurs in all verbs in -ger, such as neiger and manger.

   Conjugation of obliger (see also Appendix:French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		obliger			avoir obligé
gerund		en obligeant			en ayant obligé
present participle		obligeant
past participle		obligé
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il	nous	vous	ils
simple tenses	present	oblige	obliges	oblige	obligeons	obligez	obligent
	imperfect	obligeais	obligeais	obligeait	obligions	obligiez	obligeaient
	past historic1	obligeai	obligeas	obligea	obligeâmes	obligeâtes	obligèrent
	future	obligerai	obligeras	obligera	obligerons	obligerez	obligeront
	conditional	obligerais	obligerais	obligerait	obligerions	obligeriez	obligeraient
compound tenses	present perfect	Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect	Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	past anterior1	Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	future perfect	Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	conditional perfect	Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il	que nous	que vous	qu’ils
simple tenses	present	oblige	obliges	oblige	obligions	obligiez	obligent
	imperfect1	obligeasse	obligeasses	obligeât	obligeassions	obligeassiez	obligeassent
compound tenses	past	Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect1	Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
		—	oblige	—	obligeons	obligez	—
1literary tenses

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Latin

Verb

obliger

1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of obligō

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Middle French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin obligāre, present active infinitive of obligō.

Verb

obliger

1. (transitive) to oblige

Conjugation

   Conjugation of obliger

		simple			compound
infinitive		obliger			avoir obligé
gerund		en obligeant			Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle
present participle		obligeant
past participle		obligé
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (may be j' before a vowel)	tu	il	nous	vous	ils, elles
simple tenses	present	oblige	obliges	oblige	obligeons	obligez	obligent
	imperfect	obligeois, obligeoys	obligeois, obligeoys	obligeoit, obligeoyt	obligions, obligyons	obligiez, obligyez	obligeoient, obligeoyent
	past historic	obligea	obligeas	obligea	obligeasmes	obligeastes	obligerent
	future	obligerai, obligeray	obligeras	obligera	obligerons	obligerez	obligeront
	conditional	obligerois, obligeroys	obligerois, obligeroys	obligeroit, obligeroyt	obligerions, obligeryons	obligeriez, obligeryez	obligeroient, obligeroyent
compound tenses	present perfect	Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect	Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	past anterior	Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	future perfect	Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	conditional perfect	Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle
subjunctive		que je	que tu	qu'il	que nous	que vous	qu'ils, qu'elles
simple tenses	present	oblige	obliges	oblige	obligeons	obligez	obligent
	imperfect	obligeasse	obligeasses	obligeast	obligeassions	obligeassiez	obligeassent
compound tenses	past	Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect	Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
		—	oblige	—	obligeons	obligez	—