obligée
French, verb/ɔ.bli.ʒe/
obligée is spelled O-B-L-I-G-É-E (7 letters) and appears 10 times per million words in written French, the 6,701st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Obligée is a French feminine verb meaning “feminine singular of obligé” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does obligée mean in English?
verb
- 1
femininefeminine singular of obligé
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Équivalent du mot obligé, en parlant d’une Femme.
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 obligée
- obligées plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce obligée?
- /ɔ.bli.ʒe/
- \ɔ.bli.ʒe\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is obligée in French?
obligée appears 10 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).