obligeant
French, adjective/ɔ.bli.ʒɑ̃/
obligeant is spelled O-B-L-I-G-E-A-N-T (9 letters) and appears 3.5 times per million words in written French, the 14,436th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Obligeant is a French adjective meaning “obliging” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a present participle of obliger. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui aime à obliger, à faire plaisir”.
What does obligeant mean in English?
adjective
- 1
obliging
- 2
accommodating
verb
- 1
present participle of obliger
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui aime à obliger, à faire plaisir. 2. Paroles et actes qui dénotent un désir d’obliger, de faire plaisir.
noun: 1. Personne qui se rend utile, qui rend service.
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 obligeant
- obligeante feminine
- obligeants masculine plural
- obligeantes feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce obligeant?
- /ɔ.bli.ʒɑ̃/
- \ɔ.bli.ʒɑ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is obligeant in French?
obligeant appears 3.5 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).