amadouer

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French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French amadouer (to coax, lure), from a- + *madouer (to lure, give food to), from Old Norse mata (to lure, feed), from Proto-Germanic *matōną, *matjaną (to feed, eat), from Proto-Indo-European *meh₂d- (wet). Cognate with Icelandic mata (to bait, allure), Danish made (to feed), Gothic 𐌼𐌰𐍄𐌾𐌰𐌽 (matjan, to eat, have a meal), Old English mete (food). More at meat.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /a.ma.dwe/
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Verb

amadouer

  1. to coax; to sweet-talk (persuade gradually)
  2. to cajole
  3. to humour (person)

Conjugation

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Further reading

Middle French

Etymology

from Old Norse mata (to lure, feed), from Proto-Germanic *matōną, *matjaną (to feed, eat), from Proto-Indo-European *meh₂d- (wet). Cognate with Icelandic mata (to bait, allure), Danish made (to feed), Gothic 𐌼𐌰𐍄𐌾𐌰𐌽 (matjan, to eat, have a meal), Old English mete (food). More at meat.

Pronunciation

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Verb

amadouer

  1. to coax; to sweet-talk (persuade gradually) (Can we add an example for this sense?)
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Conjugation

  • Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.

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