"engager" meaning in French

See engager in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /ɑ̃.ɡa.ʒe/ Audio: Fr-engager.ogg , LL-Q150 (fra)-WikiLucas00-engager.wav [France, Lyon], LL-Q150 (fra)-Jérémy-Günther-Heinz Jähnick-engager.wav [France] (note: Somain), LL-Q150 (fra)-LoquaxFR-engager.wav [France, Vosges]
Etymology: From Middle French engager, from Old French engagier (“to pawn, make a pledge, plight”), from en- (“in, under”) + gage, guage (“pledge”), from Late Latin wadium (“pledge”), from Frankish *wadi ~ waddj- (“pledge”), from Proto-Germanic *wadją (“pledge, guarantee”), from Proto-Indo-European *wedʰ- (“guarantee, bail”). Cognate with Middle Dutch wedde (“property, pay”), Old High German wetti (“collateral, security agreement”), Gothic 𐍅𐌰𐌳𐌹 (wadi, “guarantee”), Old English wedd (“pledge, vow”). More at wed. Etymology templates: {{inh|fr|frm|engager}} Middle French engager, {{inh|fr|fro|engagier|t=to pawn, make a pledge, plight}} Old French engagier (“to pawn, make a pledge, plight”), {{der|fr|la-lat|wadium|t=pledge}} Late Latin wadium (“pledge”), {{der|fr|frk|*wadi|*wadi ~ waddj-|t=pledge}} Frankish *wadi ~ waddj- (“pledge”), {{der|fr|gem-pro|*wadją|t=pledge, guarantee}} Proto-Germanic *wadją (“pledge, guarantee”), {{der|fr|ine-pro|*wedʰ-|t=guarantee, bail}} Proto-Indo-European *wedʰ- (“guarantee, bail”), {{cog|dum|wedde|t=property, pay}} Middle Dutch wedde (“property, pay”), {{cog|goh|wetti|t=collateral, security agreement}} Old High German wetti (“collateral, security agreement”), {{cog|got|𐍅𐌰𐌳𐌹|t=guarantee}} Gothic 𐍅𐌰𐌳𐌹 (wadi, “guarantee”), {{cog|ang|wedd|t=pledge, vow}} Old English wedd (“pledge, vow”) Head templates: {{fr-verb}} engager Inflection templates: {{fr-conj-auto}} Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], engager [infinitive], avoir + past participle [infinitive, multiword-construction], engageant [gerund, participle, present], ayant + past participle [gerund, multiword-construction, participle, present], engagé [participle, past], engage [first-person, indicative, present, singular], engages [indicative, present, second-person, singular], engage [indicative, present, singular, third-person], engageons [first-person, indicative, plural, present], engagez [indicative, plural, present, second-person], engagent [indicative, plural, present, third-person], engageais [first-person, imperfect, indicative, singular], engageais [imperfect, indicative, second-person, singular], engageait [imperfect, indicative, singular, third-person], engagions [first-person, imperfect, indicative, plural], engagiez [imperfect, indicative, plural, second-person], engageaient [imperfect, indicative, plural, third-person], engageai [first-person, historic, indicative, past, singular], engageas [historic, indicative, past, second-person, singular], engagea [historic, indicative, past, singular, third-person], engageâmes [first-person, historic, indicative, past, plural], engageâtes [historic, indicative, past, plural, second-person], engagèrent [historic, indicative, past, plural, third-person], engagerai [first-person, future, indicative, singular], engageras [future, indicative, second-person, singular], engagera [future, indicative, singular, third-person], engagerons [first-person, future, indicative, plural], engagerez [future, indicative, plural, second-person], engageront [future, indicative, plural, third-person], engagerais [conditional, first-person, singular], engagerais [conditional, second-person, singular], engagerait [conditional, singular, third-person], engagerions [conditional, first-person, plural], engageriez [conditional, plural, second-person], engageraient [conditional, plural, third-person], present indicative of avoir + past participle [indicative, multiword-construction, perfect, present], imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle [indicative, multiword-construction, pluperfect], past historic of avoir + past participle [anterior, indicative, multiword-construction, past], future of avoir + past participle [future, indicative, multiword-construction, perfect], conditional of avoir + past participle [conditional, multiword-construction, perfect], engage [first-person, present, singular, subjunctive], engages [present, second-person, singular, subjunctive], engage [present, singular, subjunctive, third-person], engagions [first-person, plural, present, subjunctive], engagiez [plural, present, second-person, subjunctive], engagent [plural, present, subjunctive, third-person], engageasse [first-person, imperfect, singular, subjunctive], engageasses [imperfect, second-person, singular, subjunctive], engageât [imperfect, singular, subjunctive, third-person], engageassions [first-person, imperfect, plural, subjunctive], engageassiez [imperfect, plural, second-person, subjunctive], engageassent [imperfect, plural, subjunctive, third-person], present subjunctive of avoir + past participle [multiword-construction, past, subjunctive], imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle [multiword-construction, pluperfect, subjunctive], engage [imperative, second-person, singular], engageons [first-person, imperative, plural], engagez [imperative, plural, second-person], simple imperative of avoir + past participle [imperative, multiword-construction, second-person, singular], simple imperative of avoir + past participle [first-person, imperative, multiword-construction, plural], simple imperative of avoir + past participle [imperative, multiword-construction, plural, second-person]
  1. to pledge, commit
    Sense id: en-engager-fr-verb-pCfeyTLA
  2. to hire, sign, snap up
    Sense id: en-engager-fr-verb-~GrhteoD
  3. to involve
    Sense id: en-engager-fr-verb-S-BfdUCK
  4. to encourage
    Sense id: en-engager-fr-verb-JOME0xh4
  5. to pawn
    Sense id: en-engager-fr-verb-DJXcjDkv
  6. (military) to enlist
    Sense id: en-engager-fr-verb-MLJCFAyL Categories (other): Military Topics: government, military, politics, war
  7. to enter into (e.g., a conversation)
    Sense id: en-engager-fr-verb-fQtVW-gd Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header, French verbs with conjugation -ger Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 13 18 8 8 8 11 34 Disambiguation of French verbs with conjugation -ger: 13 17 9 9 9 11 30
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: engagement, engagiste

Inflected forms

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "engagement"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "engagiste"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "lang_code": "bg",
          "raw_tags": [
            "borrowed"
          ],
          "roman": "angažiram",
          "word": "ангажирам"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "German",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "engagieren"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Italian",
      "lang_code": "it",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "ingaggiare"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Ladino",
      "lang_code": "lad",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "engajar"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Polish",
      "lang_code": "pl",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "angażować"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "lang_code": "pt",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "engajar"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "lang_code": "ro",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "angaja"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "lang_code": "tr",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "angaje"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_links": [
    [
      "engager",
      "engager#Middle_French"
    ],
    [
      "engagier",
      "engagier#Old_French"
    ],
    [
      "en-",
      "en-#Old_French"
    ],
    [
      "gage",
      "gage#Old_French"
    ],
    [
      "guage",
      "guage#Old_French"
    ],
    [
      "wadium",
      "wadium#Latin"
    ],
    [
      "*wadi ~ waddj-",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/wadi"
    ],
    [
      "*wadją",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/wadją"
    ],
    [
      "*wedʰ-",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/wedʰ-"
    ],
    [
      "wedde",
      "wedde#Middle_Dutch"
    ],
    [
      "wetti",
      "wetti#Old_High_German"
    ],
    [
      "𐍅𐌰𐌳𐌹",
      "𐍅𐌰𐌳𐌹#Gothic"
    ],
    [
      "wedd",
      "wedd#Old_English"
    ],
    [
      "wed",
      "wed#English"
    ]
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "frm",
        "3": "engager"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle French engager",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "fro",
        "3": "engagier",
        "t": "to pawn, make a pledge, plight"
      },
      "expansion": "Old French engagier (“to pawn, make a pledge, plight”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "la-lat",
        "3": "wadium",
        "t": "pledge"
      },
      "expansion": "Late Latin wadium (“pledge”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "frk",
        "3": "*wadi",
        "4": "*wadi ~ waddj-",
        "t": "pledge"
      },
      "expansion": "Frankish *wadi ~ waddj- (“pledge”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*wadją",
        "t": "pledge, guarantee"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *wadją (“pledge, guarantee”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*wedʰ-",
        "t": "guarantee, bail"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *wedʰ- (“guarantee, bail”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "dum",
        "2": "wedde",
        "t": "property, pay"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Dutch wedde (“property, pay”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "goh",
        "2": "wetti",
        "t": "collateral, security agreement"
      },
      "expansion": "Old High German wetti (“collateral, security agreement”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "got",
        "2": "𐍅𐌰𐌳𐌹",
        "t": "guarantee"
      },
      "expansion": "Gothic 𐍅𐌰𐌳𐌹 (wadi, “guarantee”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "wedd",
        "t": "pledge, vow"
      },
      "expansion": "Old English wedd (“pledge, vow”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle French engager, from Old French engagier (“to pawn, make a pledge, plight”), from en- (“in, under”) + gage, guage (“pledge”), from Late Latin wadium (“pledge”), from Frankish *wadi ~ waddj- (“pledge”), from Proto-Germanic *wadją (“pledge, guarantee”), from Proto-Indo-European *wedʰ- (“guarantee, bail”). Cognate with Middle Dutch wedde (“property, pay”), Old High German wetti (“collateral, security agreement”), Gothic 𐍅𐌰𐌳𐌹 (wadi, “guarantee”), Old English wedd (“pledge, vow”). More at wed.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fr-conj-auto",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "engager",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "avoir + past participle",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive",
        "multiword-construction"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "engageant",
      "ipa": "/ɑ̃.ɡa.ʒɑ̃/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "gerund",
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ayant + past participle",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "gerund",
        "multiword-construction",
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "engagé",
      "ipa": "/ɑ̃.ɡa.ʒe/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "engage",
      "ipa": "/ɑ̃.ɡaʒ/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "indicative",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "engages",
      "ipa": "/ɑ̃.ɡaʒ/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "engage",
      "ipa": "/ɑ̃.ɡaʒ/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "engageons",
      "ipa": "/ɑ̃.ɡa.ʒɔ̃/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "engagez",
      "ipa": "/ɑ̃.ɡa.ʒe/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "present",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "engagent",
      "ipa": "/ɑ̃.ɡaʒ/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "present",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "engageais",
      "ipa": "/ɑ̃.ɡa.ʒɛ/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "indicative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "engageais",
      "ipa": "/ɑ̃.ɡa.ʒɛ/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "indicative",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "engageait",
      "ipa": "/ɑ̃.ɡa.ʒɛ/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "indicative",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "engagions",
      "ipa": "/ɑ̃.ɡa.ʒjɔ̃/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "indicative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "engagiez",
      "ipa": "/ɑ̃.ɡa.ʒje/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "engageaient",
      "ipa": "/ɑ̃.ɡa.ʒɛ/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "engageai",
      "ipa": "/ɑ̃.ɡa.ʒe/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "historic",
        "indicative",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "engageas",
      "ipa": "/ɑ̃.ɡa.ʒa/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "historic",
        "indicative",
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "engagea",
      "ipa": "/ɑ̃.ɡa.ʒa/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "historic",
        "indicative",
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "engageâmes",
      "ipa": "/ɑ̃.ɡa.ʒam/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "historic",
        "indicative",
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "engageâtes",
      "ipa": "/ɑ̃.ɡa.ʒat/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "historic",
        "indicative",
        "past",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "engagèrent",
      "ipa": "/ɑ̃.ɡa.ʒɛʁ/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "historic",
        "indicative",
        "past",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "engagerai",
      "ipa": "/ɑ̃.ɡaʒ.ʁe/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "future",
        "indicative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "engageras",
      "ipa": "/ɑ̃.ɡaʒ.ʁa/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "indicative",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "engagera",
      "ipa": "/ɑ̃.ɡaʒ.ʁa/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "indicative",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "engagerons",
      "ipa": "/ɑ̃.ɡaʒ.ʁɔ̃/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "future",
        "indicative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "engagerez",
      "ipa": "/ɑ̃.ɡaʒ.ʁe/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "engageront",
      "ipa": "/ɑ̃.ɡaʒ.ʁɔ̃/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "engagerais",
      "ipa": "/ɑ̃.ɡaʒ.ʁɛ/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "first-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "engagerais",
      "ipa": "/ɑ̃.ɡaʒ.ʁɛ/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "engagerait",
      "ipa": "/ɑ̃.ɡaʒ.ʁɛ/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "engagerions",
      "ipa": "/ɑ̃.ɡa.ʒə.ʁjɔ̃/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "first-person",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "engageriez",
      "ipa": "/ɑ̃.ɡa.ʒə.ʁje/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "engageraient",
      "ipa": "/ɑ̃.ɡaʒ.ʁɛ/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "present indicative of avoir + past participle",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "multiword-construction",
        "perfect",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "multiword-construction",
        "pluperfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "past historic of avoir + past participle",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "anterior",
        "indicative",
        "multiword-construction",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "future of avoir + past participle",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "indicative",
        "multiword-construction",
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "conditional of avoir + past participle",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "multiword-construction",
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "engage",
      "ipa": "/ɑ̃.ɡaʒ/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "present",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "engages",
      "ipa": "/ɑ̃.ɡaʒ/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "engage",
      "ipa": "/ɑ̃.ɡaʒ/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "engagions",
      "ipa": "/ɑ̃.ɡa.ʒjɔ̃/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "plural",
        "present",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "engagiez",
      "ipa": "/ɑ̃.ɡa.ʒje/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "engagent",
      "ipa": "/ɑ̃.ɡaʒ/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "engageasse",
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        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "engagerais",
      "ipa": "/ɑ̃.ɡaʒ.ʁɛ/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "first-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "engagerais",
      "ipa": "/ɑ̃.ɡaʒ.ʁɛ/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "engagerait",
      "ipa": "/ɑ̃.ɡaʒ.ʁɛ/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "engagerions",
      "ipa": "/ɑ̃.ɡa.ʒə.ʁjɔ̃/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "first-person",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "engageriez",
      "ipa": "/ɑ̃.ɡa.ʒə.ʁje/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "engageraient",
      "ipa": "/ɑ̃.ɡaʒ.ʁɛ/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "present indicative of avoir + past participle",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "multiword-construction",
        "perfect",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "multiword-construction",
        "pluperfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "past historic of avoir + past participle",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "anterior",
        "indicative",
        "multiword-construction",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "future of avoir + past participle",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "indicative",
        "multiword-construction",
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "conditional of avoir + past participle",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "multiword-construction",
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "engage",
      "ipa": "/ɑ̃.ɡaʒ/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "present",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "engages",
      "ipa": "/ɑ̃.ɡaʒ/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "engage",
      "ipa": "/ɑ̃.ɡaʒ/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "engagions",
      "ipa": "/ɑ̃.ɡa.ʒjɔ̃/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "plural",
        "present",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "engagiez",
      "ipa": "/ɑ̃.ɡa.ʒje/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "engagent",
      "ipa": "/ɑ̃.ɡaʒ/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "engageasse",
      "ipa": "/ɑ̃.ɡa.ʒas/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "engageasses",
      "ipa": "/ɑ̃.ɡa.ʒas/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "second-person",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "engageât",
      "ipa": "/ɑ̃.ɡa.ʒa/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "engageassions",
      "ipa": "/ɑ̃.ɡa.ʒa.sjɔ̃/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "plural",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "engageassiez",
      "ipa": "/ɑ̃.ɡa.ʒa.sje/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "plural",
        "second-person",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "engageassent",
      "ipa": "/ɑ̃.ɡa.ʒas/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "plural",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "present subjunctive of avoir + past participle",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "multiword-construction",
        "past",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "multiword-construction",
        "pluperfect",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "engage",
      "ipa": "/ɑ̃.ɡaʒ/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "ipa": "/ɑ̃.ɡa.ʒɔ̃/",
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      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "engagez",
      "ipa": "/ɑ̃.ɡa.ʒe/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "simple imperative of avoir + past participle",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "multiword-construction",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "simple imperative of avoir + past participle",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperative",
        "multiword-construction",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "simple imperative of avoir + past participle",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "multiword-construction",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "engager",
      "name": "fr-verb"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "name": "fr-conj-auto"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "French",
  "lang_code": "fr",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to pledge, commit"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "pledge",
          "pledge"
        ],
        [
          "commit",
          "commit"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to hire, sign, snap up"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "hire",
          "hire"
        ],
        [
          "sign",
          "sign"
        ],
        [
          "snap up",
          "snap up"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to involve"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "involve",
          "involve"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to encourage"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "encourage",
          "encourage"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to pawn"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "pawn",
          "pawn"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "fr:Military"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to enlist"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "military",
          "military"
        ],
        [
          "enlist",
          "enlist"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(military) to enlist"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "government",
        "military",
        "politics",
        "war"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to enter into (e.g., a conversation)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "enter into",
          "enter into"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ɑ̃.ɡa.ʒe/"
    },
    {
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      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/2/20/Fr-engager.ogg/Fr-engager.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/20/Fr-engager.ogg"
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q150 (fra)-WikiLucas00-engager.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/c/c8/LL-Q150_%28fra%29-WikiLucas00-engager.wav/LL-Q150_%28fra%29-WikiLucas00-engager.wav.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/c/c8/LL-Q150_%28fra%29-WikiLucas00-engager.wav/LL-Q150_%28fra%29-WikiLucas00-engager.wav.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "France",
        "Lyon"
      ]
    },
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      "note": "Somain",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/d/d7/LL-Q150_%28fra%29-J%C3%A9r%C3%A9my-G%C3%BCnther-Heinz_J%C3%A4hnick-engager.wav/LL-Q150_%28fra%29-J%C3%A9r%C3%A9my-G%C3%BCnther-Heinz_J%C3%A4hnick-engager.wav.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "France"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/3/33/LL-Q150_%28fra%29-LoquaxFR-engager.wav/LL-Q150_%28fra%29-LoquaxFR-engager.wav.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/3/33/LL-Q150_%28fra%29-LoquaxFR-engager.wav/LL-Q150_%28fra%29-LoquaxFR-engager.wav.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "France",
        "Vosges"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "engager"
}

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