cajoler
French, verb/ka.ʒɔ.le/
cajoler is spelled C-A-J-O-L-E-R (7 letters) and appears about once in every 6 million words in written French, the 78,246th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Cajoler is a French verb meaning “to cuddle, to cradle in one's arms” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Montrer sa tendresse par des gestes doux, caressants”.
What does cajoler mean in English?
verb
- 1
to cuddle, to cradle in one's arms
- 2
datedto flatter, to cajole
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Montrer sa tendresse par des gestes doux, caressants. 2. Flatter, entretenir quelqu’un de choses qui lui plaisent et qui le touchent. 3. Tâcher de séduire par de belles paroles.
verb: 1. Variante de cageoler.
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 cajoler
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- cajolant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- cajolé participle past
- cajole first-person indicative present
- cajoles indicative present second-person
- cajolons first-person indicative plural
- cajolez indicative plural present
- cajolent indicative plural present
- cajolais first-person imperfect indicative
- cajolait imperfect indicative singular
- cajolions first-person imperfect indicative
- cajoliez imperfect indicative plural
- cajolaient imperfect indicative plural
- cajolai first-person historic indicative
- cajolas historic indicative past
- cajola historic indicative past
- cajolâmes first-person historic indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce cajoler?
- /ka.ʒɔ.le/
- \ka.ʒɔ.le\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to cajoler
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is cajoler in French?
cajoler appears about once in every 6 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).