different between obliger vs obliges

English

Etymology

oblige +? -er

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??bla?d??(?)/

Noun

obliger (plural obligers)

1. One who, or that which, obliges.

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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

Verb

obliges

1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of oblige

Anagrams

• biogels, globies

French

Verb

obliges

1. second-person singular present indicative of obliger
2. second-person singular present subjunctive of obliger

Latin

Verb

oblig?s

1. second-person singular present active subjunctive of oblig?