different between obliger vs obligatory

English

Etymology

oblige +? -er

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??bla?d??(?)/

Noun

obliger (plural obligers)

1. One who, or that which, obliges.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Sir H. Wotton to this entry?)

Anagrams

• oilberg

French

Etymology

From Middle French obliger, from Old French obligier, borrowed from Latin oblig?re, present active infinitive of oblig?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?.bli.?e/
• Homophones: obligé, obligeai

Verb

obliger

1. (transitive) to oblige, to require, to compel, to force someone (to do something: (transitive with à))

   Synonyms: contraindre, forcer

2. (Louisiana) to help, to aid
3. (passive) (transitive with de) to have to

   Synonym: devoir

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” /?/ and not a “hard” /?/). This spelling-change occurs in all verbs in -ger, such as neiger and manger.

Related terms

• obligation

Further reading

• “obliger” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Latin

Verb

obliger

1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of oblig?

Middle French

Etymology

From Old French obligier, from Latin oblig?re, present active infinitive of oblig?.

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.

Descendants

• French: obliger

English

Etymology

From Middle English obligatorie, from Latin obligat?rius.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /??bl???t??i/, /??bl???t??i/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /??bl???t(?)?i/

Adjective

obligatory (comparative more obligatory, superlative most obligatory)

1. Imposing obligation, legally, morally, or otherwise; binding; mandatory.
   • 1673, Richard Baxter, Christian Directory

     […] if he speak the words of an oath in a strange language, thinking they signify something else, or if he spake in his sleep, or deliration, or distraction, it is no oath, and so not obligatory.
2. Requiring a matter or obligation.

Synonyms

• bounden
• mandatory

Antonyms

• optional

Related terms

Translations

Further reading

• obligatory in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

Middle English

Adjective

obligatory

1. Alternative form of obligatorie