amadouer
French, verb/a.ma.dwe/
amadouer is spelled A-M-A-D-O-U-E-R (8 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written French, the 37,709th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Amadouer is a French verb meaning “to coax; to sweet-talk (persuade gradually)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Flatter quelqu’un pour le disposer à ce qu’on désire de lui”.
What does amadouer mean in English?
verb
- 1
to coax; to sweet-talk (persuade gradually)
- 2
to cajole
- 3
to humour (person)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Flatter quelqu’un pour le disposer à ce qu’on désire de lui. 2. Se calmer.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of amadouer
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- amadouant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- amadoué participle past
- amadoue first-person indicative present
- amadoues indicative present second-person
- amadouons first-person indicative plural
- amadouez indicative plural present
- amadouent indicative plural present
- amadouais first-person imperfect indicative
- amadouait imperfect indicative singular
- amadouions first-person imperfect indicative
- amadouiez imperfect indicative plural
- amadouaient imperfect indicative plural
- amadouai first-person historic indicative
- amadouas historic indicative past
- amadoua historic indicative past
- amadouâmes first-person historic indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce amadouer?
- /a.ma.dwe/
- \a.ma.dwe\
- [a.ma.dwe]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to amadouer
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is amadouer in French?
amadouer appears about once in every 1 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).