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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for obliger in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

French

Etymology

From Middle French obliger, borrowed from Latin obligāre, present active infinitive of obligō.

Pronunciation

Verb

obliger

  1. (transitive) to oblige, to require

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
/ɔ.bli.ʒɑ̃/
past participle obligé
/ɔ.bli.ʒe/
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il nous vous ils
simple
tenses		 present oblige
/ɔ.bliʒ/		 obliges
/ɔ.bliʒ/		 oblige
/ɔ.bliʒ/		 obligeons
/ɔ.bli.ʒɔ̃/		 obligez
/ɔ.bli.ʒe/		 obligent
/ɔ.bliʒ/
imperfect obligeais
/ɔ.bli.ʒɛ/		 obligeais
/ɔ.bli.ʒɛ/		 obligeait
/ɔ.bli.ʒɛ/		 obligions
/ɔ.bli.ʒjɔ̃/		 obligiez
/ɔ.bli.ʒje/		 obligeaient
/ɔ.bli.ʒɛ/
past historic1 obligeai
/ɔ.bli.ʒe/		 obligeas
/ɔ.bli.ʒa/		 obligea
/ɔ.bli.ʒa/		 obligeâmes
/ɔ.bli.ʒam/		 obligeâtes
/ɔ.bli.ʒat/		 obligèrent
/ɔ.bli.ʒɛʁ/
future obligerai
/ɔ.bliʒ.ʁe/		 obligeras
/ɔ.bliʒ.ʁa/		 obligera
/ɔ.bliʒ.ʁa/		 obligerons
/ɔ.bliʒ.ʁɔ̃/		 obligerez
/ɔ.bliʒ.ʁe/		 obligeront
/ɔ.bliʒ.ʁɔ̃/
conditional obligerais
/ɔ.bliʒ.ʁɛ/		 obligerais
/ɔ.bliʒ.ʁɛ/		 obligerait
/ɔ.bliʒ.ʁɛ/		 obligerions
/ɔ.bli.ʒə.ʁjɔ̃/		 obligeriez
/ɔ.bli.ʒə.ʁje/		 obligeraient
/ɔ.bliʒ.ʁɛ/
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
/ɔ.bliʒ/		 obliges
/ɔ.bliʒ/		 oblige
/ɔ.bliʒ/		 obligions
/ɔ.bli.ʒjɔ̃/		 obligiez
/ɔ.bli.ʒje/		 obligent
/ɔ.bliʒ/
imperfect1 obligeasse
/ɔ.bli.ʒas/		 obligeasses
/ɔ.bli.ʒas/		 obligeât
/ɔ.bli.ʒa/		 obligeassions
/ɔ.bli.ʒa.sjɔ̃/		 obligeassiez
/ɔ.bli.ʒa.sje/		 obligeassent
/ɔ.bli.ʒas/
compound
tenses		 past Use the present subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle
pluperfect1 Use the imperfect subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
— oblige
/ɔ.bliʒ/		 — obligeons
/ɔ.bli.ʒɔ̃/		 obligez
/ɔ.bli.ʒe/		 —
1literary tenses

Further reading

Latin

Verb

obliger

  1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of obligō

Middle French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin obligāre, present active infinitive of obligō.

Verb

obliger

  1. (transitive) to oblige

Conjugation

  • As parler except an extra e is inserted after the final g before a and o.
  • Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.
   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 ie (may be i' before a vowel) tu il nous vous ilz, 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 ie que tu qu'il que nous que vous qu'ilz, 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 —

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