"obliger" meaning in French

See obliger in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /ɔ.bli.ʒe/ Audio: Fr-obliger.ogg
Etymology: Inherited from Middle French obliger, from Old French obligier, borrowed from Latin obligāre. Etymology templates: {{root|fr|ine-pro|*leyǵ-}}, {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|fr|frm|obliger|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Middle French obliger, {{inh+|fr|frm|obliger}} Inherited from Middle French obliger, {{inh|fr|fro|obligier}} Old French obligier, {{der|fr|la|obligō|obligāre}} Latin obligāre Head templates: {{fr-verb}} obliger Inflection templates: {{fr-conj-auto}} Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], obliger [infinitive], avoir + past participle [infinitive, multiword-construction], obligeant [gerund, participle, present], ayant + past participle [gerund, multiword-construction, participle, present], obligé [participle, past], oblige [first-person, indicative, present, singular], obliges [indicative, present, second-person, singular], oblige [indicative, present, singular, third-person], obligeons [first-person, indicative, plural, present], obligez [indicative, plural, present, second-person], obligent [indicative, plural, present, third-person], obligeais [first-person, imperfect, indicative, singular], obligeais [imperfect, indicative, second-person, singular], obligeait [imperfect, indicative, singular, third-person], obligions [first-person, imperfect, indicative, plural], obligiez [imperfect, indicative, plural, second-person], obligeaient [imperfect, indicative, plural, third-person], obligeai [first-person, historic, indicative, past, singular], obligeas [historic, indicative, past, second-person, singular], obligea [historic, indicative, past, singular, third-person], obligeâmes [first-person, historic, indicative, past, plural], obligeâtes [historic, indicative, past, plural, second-person], obligèrent [historic, indicative, past, plural, third-person], obligerai [first-person, future, indicative, singular], obligeras [future, indicative, second-person, singular], obligera [future, indicative, singular, third-person], obligerons [first-person, future, indicative, plural], obligerez [future, indicative, plural, second-person], obligeront [future, indicative, plural, third-person], obligerais [conditional, first-person, singular], obligerais [conditional, second-person, singular], obligerait [conditional, singular, third-person], obligerions [conditional, first-person, plural], obligeriez [conditional, plural, second-person], obligeraient [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], oblige [first-person, present, singular, subjunctive], obliges [present, second-person, singular, subjunctive], oblige [present, singular, subjunctive, third-person], obligions [first-person, plural, present, subjunctive], obligiez [plural, present, second-person, subjunctive], obligent [plural, present, subjunctive, third-person], obligeasse [first-person, imperfect, singular, subjunctive], obligeasses [imperfect, second-person, singular, subjunctive], obligeât [imperfect, singular, subjunctive, third-person], obligeassions [first-person, imperfect, plural, subjunctive], obligeassiez [imperfect, plural, second-person, subjunctive], obligeassent [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], oblige [imperative, second-person, singular], obligeons [first-person, imperative, plural], obligez [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. (transitive) to oblige, to require, to compel, to force [with direct object ‘someone’ and à (+ infinitive) ‘to do something’] Tags: transitive Synonyms: contraindre, forcer Related terms (obligation): obligataire, obligationnaire
    Sense id: en-obliger-fr-verb-UZ8o4pkX Categories (other): French verbs with conjugation -ger Disambiguation of French verbs with conjugation -ger: 24 38 38 Disambiguation of 'obligation': 79 15 5
  2. (passive voice) (intransitive) to have to [with de (+ infinitive) ‘do something’] Synonyms: devoir
    Sense id: en-obliger-fr-verb-xOCSntGD Categories (other): French verbs with conjugation -ger Disambiguation of French verbs with conjugation -ger: 24 38 38
  3. (Louisiana) to help, to aid Tags: Louisiana Synonyms: aider
    Sense id: en-obliger-fr-verb-i4mI8tMd Categories (other): Louisiana French, French entries with incorrect language header, French verbs with conjugation -ger, Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 24 32 44 Disambiguation of French verbs with conjugation -ger: 24 38 38 Disambiguation of Pages with 4 entries: 32 26 42 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 33 26 41
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: noblesse oblige Related terms: obligatoire, obligatoirement, désobliger

Inflected forms

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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "noblesse oblige"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*leyǵ-"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "root"
    },
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      "args": {
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      },
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        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "g": "",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "id": "",
        "lit": "",
        "nocat": "",
        "pos": "",
        "sc": "",
        "sort": "",
        "tr": "",
        "ts": ""
      },
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      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "frm",
        "3": "obliger"
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      "args": {
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      },
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    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "obligō",
        "4": "obligāre"
      },
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      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Inherited from Middle French obliger, from Old French obligier, borrowed from Latin obligāre.",
  "forms": [
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      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "fr-conj-auto",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "obliger",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "avoir + past participle",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive",
        "multiword-construction"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "obligeant",
      "ipa": "/ɔ.bli.ʒɑ̃/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "gerund",
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ayant + past participle",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "multiword-construction",
        "participle",
        "present"
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    },
    {
      "form": "obligé",
      "ipa": "/ɔ.bli.ʒe/",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "oblige",
      "ipa": "/ɔ.bliʒ/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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        "indicative",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "obliges",
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      "source": "conjugation",
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        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "oblige",
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      "source": "conjugation",
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        "present",
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        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "obligeons",
      "ipa": "/ɔ.bli.ʒɔ̃/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "obligez",
      "ipa": "/ɔ.bli.ʒe/",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "plural",
        "present",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "obligent",
      "ipa": "/ɔ.bliʒ/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "present",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "obligeais",
      "ipa": "/ɔ.bli.ʒɛ/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "indicative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "obligeais",
      "ipa": "/ɔ.bli.ʒɛ/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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        "indicative",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "obligeait",
      "ipa": "/ɔ.bli.ʒɛ/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "indicative",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "obligions",
      "ipa": "/ɔ.bli.ʒjɔ̃/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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        "imperfect",
        "indicative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "obligiez",
      "ipa": "/ɔ.bli.ʒje/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "obligeaient",
      "ipa": "/ɔ.bli.ʒɛ/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "obligeai",
      "ipa": "/ɔ.bli.ʒe/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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        "historic",
        "indicative",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "obligeas",
      "ipa": "/ɔ.bli.ʒa/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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        "indicative",
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "obligea",
      "ipa": "/ɔ.bli.ʒa/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "historic",
        "indicative",
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "obligeâmes",
      "ipa": "/ɔ.bli.ʒam/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "historic",
        "indicative",
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "obligeâtes",
      "ipa": "/ɔ.bli.ʒat/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "historic",
        "indicative",
        "past",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "obligèrent",
      "ipa": "/ɔ.bli.ʒɛʁ/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "historic",
        "indicative",
        "past",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "obligerai",
      "ipa": "/ɔ.bliʒ.ʁe/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "future",
        "indicative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "obligeras",
      "ipa": "/ɔ.bliʒ.ʁa/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "indicative",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "obligera",
      "ipa": "/ɔ.bliʒ.ʁa/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "indicative",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "obligerons",
      "ipa": "/ɔ.bliʒ.ʁɔ̃/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "future",
        "indicative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "obligerez",
      "ipa": "/ɔ.bliʒ.ʁe/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "obligeront",
      "ipa": "/ɔ.bliʒ.ʁɔ̃/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "obligerais",
      "ipa": "/ɔ.bliʒ.ʁɛ/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "first-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "obligerais",
      "ipa": "/ɔ.bliʒ.ʁɛ/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "obligerait",
      "ipa": "/ɔ.bliʒ.ʁɛ/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "obligerions",
      "ipa": "/ɔ.bli.ʒə.ʁjɔ̃/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "first-person",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "obligeriez",
      "ipa": "/ɔ.bli.ʒə.ʁje/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "obligeraient",
      "ipa": "/ɔ.bliʒ.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": "oblige",
      "ipa": "/ɔ.bliʒ/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "present",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "obliges",
      "ipa": "/ɔ.bliʒ/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "oblige",
      "ipa": "/ɔ.bliʒ/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "obligions",
      "ipa": "/ɔ.bli.ʒjɔ̃/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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        "plural",
        "present",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "obligiez",
      "ipa": "/ɔ.bli.ʒje/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "obligent",
      "ipa": "/ɔ.bliʒ/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "obligeasse",
      "ipa": "/ɔ.bli.ʒas/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "obligeasses",
      "ipa": "/ɔ.bli.ʒas/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "second-person",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "obligeât",
      "ipa": "/ɔ.bli.ʒa/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "obligeassions",
      "ipa": "/ɔ.bli.ʒa.sjɔ̃/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "plural",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "obligeassiez",
      "ipa": "/ɔ.bli.ʒa.sje/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "plural",
        "second-person",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "obligeassent",
      "ipa": "/ɔ.bli.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": "oblige",
      "ipa": "/ɔ.bliʒ/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "obligeons",
      "ipa": "/ɔ.bli.ʒɔ̃/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "obligez",
      "ipa": "/ɔ.bli.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": "obliger",
      "name": "fr-verb"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {},
      "name": "fr-conj-auto"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "French",
  "lang_code": "fr",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "obligatoire"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "obligatoirement"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "désobliger"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "24 38 38",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "French verbs with conjugation -ger",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to oblige, to require, to compel, to force"
      ],
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          "args": {
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            "2": "dirobj<someone> + :à(inf)<to do something>"
          },
          "expansion": "[with direct object ‘someone’ and à (+ infinitive) ‘to do something’]",
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      ],
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        ],
        [
          "require",
          "require"
        ],
        [
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        ],
        [
          "force",
          "force"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) to oblige, to require, to compel, to force [with direct object ‘someone’ and à (+ infinitive) ‘to do something’]"
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "_dis1": "79 15 5",
          "sense": "obligation",
          "word": "obligataire"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "79 15 5",
          "sense": "obligation",
          "word": "obligationnaire"
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              "(+",
              "infinitive)",
              "‘do",
              "something’"
            ]
          },
          "name": "+obj"
        }
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "have to",
          "have to"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "passive voice",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(passive voice) (intransitive) to have to [with de (+ infinitive) ‘do something’]"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "devoir"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Louisiana French"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to help, to aid"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "help",
          "help"
        ],
        [
          "aid",
          "aid"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Louisiana) to help, to aid"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "aider"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Louisiana"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ɔ.bli.ʒe/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "Fr-obliger.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/b/b5/Fr-obliger.ogg/Fr-obliger.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b5/Fr-obliger.ogg"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "obligé"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "obligeai"
    }
  ],
  "word": "obliger"
}

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