cajoler

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English

Etymology

cajole +‎ -er

Pronunciation

Noun

cajoler (plural cajolers)

  1. A person who cajoles; a flatterer.
  2. (linguistics) A speech act intended to persuade or convince, such as the utterance "you know".

French

Etymology

Probably a blend of Middle French cageoler (“chatter like a jay”, from gajole (dialectal diminutive of geai (“jaybird”))) + Old French gaioler (“entice into a cage”, from gaiole), which is from Late Latin caveola (diminutive from Latin cavea (“cage, coop, enclosure, stall”)).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ka.ʒɔ.le/
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Verb

cajoler

  1. to cuddle, to cradle in one's arms
  2. (dated) to flatter, to cajole

Conjugation

Conjugation of cajoler (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple cajoler
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple cajolant
/ka.ʒɔ.lɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle cajolé
/ka.ʒɔ.le/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present cajole
/ka.ʒɔl/ 		cajoles
/ka.ʒɔl/ 		cajole
/ka.ʒɔl/ 		cajolons
/ka.ʒɔ.lɔ̃/ 		cajolez
/ka.ʒɔ.le/ 		cajolent
/ka.ʒɔl/
imperfect cajolais
/ka.ʒɔ.lɛ/ 		cajolais
/ka.ʒɔ.lɛ/ 		cajolait
/ka.ʒɔ.lɛ/ 		cajolions
/ka.ʒɔ.ljɔ̃/ 		cajoliez
/ka.ʒɔ.lje/ 		cajolaient
/ka.ʒɔ.lɛ/
past historic2 cajolai
/ka.ʒɔ.le/ 		cajolas
/ka.ʒɔ.la/ 		cajola
/ka.ʒɔ.la/ 		cajolâmes
/ka.ʒɔ.lam/ 		cajolâtes
/ka.ʒɔ.lat/ 		cajolèrent
/ka.ʒɔ.lɛʁ/
future cajolerai
/ka.ʒɔl.ʁe/ 		cajoleras
/ka.ʒɔl.ʁa/ 		cajolera
/ka.ʒɔl.ʁa/ 		cajolerons
/ka.ʒɔl.ʁɔ̃/ 		cajolerez
/ka.ʒɔl.ʁe/ 		cajoleront
/ka.ʒɔl.ʁɔ̃/
conditional cajolerais
/ka.ʒɔl.ʁɛ/ 		cajolerais
/ka.ʒɔl.ʁɛ/ 		cajolerait
/ka.ʒɔl.ʁɛ/ 		cajolerions
/ka.ʒɔ.lə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		cajoleriez
/ka.ʒɔ.lə.ʁje/ 		cajoleraient
/ka.ʒɔl.ʁɛ/
(compound
tenses) 		present perfect present indicative of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
past anterior2 past historic of avoir + past participle
future perfect future of avoir + past participle
conditional perfect conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive que je (j’) que tu qu’il, qu’elle que nous que vous qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple
tenses) 		present cajole
/ka.ʒɔl/ 		cajoles
/ka.ʒɔl/ 		cajole
/ka.ʒɔl/ 		cajolions
/ka.ʒɔ.ljɔ̃/ 		cajoliez
/ka.ʒɔ.lje/ 		cajolent
/ka.ʒɔl/
imperfect2 cajolasse
/ka.ʒɔ.las/ 		cajolasses
/ka.ʒɔ.las/ 		cajolât
/ka.ʒɔ.la/ 		cajolassions
/ka.ʒɔ.la.sjɔ̃/ 		cajolassiez
/ka.ʒɔ.la.sje/ 		cajolassent
/ka.ʒɔ.las/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — cajole
/ka.ʒɔl/ 		— cajolons
/ka.ʒɔ.lɔ̃/ 		cajolez
/ka.ʒɔ.le/ 		—
compound — simple imperative of avoir + past participle — simple imperative of avoir + past participle simple imperative of avoir + past participle —
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way:
  • past historic → present perfect
  • past anterior → pluperfect
  • imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive
  • pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive

(Christopher Kendris , Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Descendants

  • → English: cajole
  • → Esperanto: kaĵoli

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