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Webster 1913 Edition
Cajoler
Ca-jol′er
,Noun.
A flatterer; a wheedler.
Webster 1828 Edition
Cajoler
CAJOLER
,Noun.
Definition 2024
cajoler
cajoler
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”), which is from Medieval Latin gabiola, from Late Latin caveola, diminutive of Latin cavea (“cage, coop, enclosure, stall”).
Verb
cajoler
Conjugation
Conjugation of cajoler (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | cajoler | avoir cajolé | |||||
| gerund | en cajolant | en ayant cajolé | |||||
| present participle | cajolant /ka.ʒɔ.lɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | cajolé /ka.ʒɔ.le/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| 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/ |
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| past historic1 | cajolai /ka.ʒɔ.le/ |
cajolas /ka.ʒɔ.la/ |
cajola /ka.ʒɔ.la/ |
cajolâmes /ka.ʒɔ.lam/ |
cajolâtes /ka.ʒɔ.lat/ |
cajolèrent /ka.ʒɔ.lɛʁ/ |
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| 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/ |
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| 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/ |
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| compound tenses |
present perfect | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior1 | Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il | que nous | que vous | qu’ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | cajole /ka.ʒɔl/ |
cajoles /ka.ʒɔl/ |
cajole /ka.ʒɔl/ |
cajolions /ka.ʒɔ.ljɔ̃/ |
cajoliez /ka.ʒɔ.lje/ |
cajolent /ka.ʒɔl/ |
| imperfect1 |
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/ |
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| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect1 | Use the imperfect subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nous | vous | – | |
| — | cajole /ka.ʒɔl/ |
— | cajolons /ka.ʒɔ.lɔ̃/ |
cajolez /ka.ʒɔ.le/ |
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