amadouer

French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French amadouer (“to coax, lure”), from a- + *madouer (“to lure, give food to”), from Old Norse mata (“to lure, feed”), from Proto-Germanic *matōną, *matjaną (“to feed, eat”), from Proto-Indo-European *meh₂d- (“wet”). Cognate with Icelandic mata (“to bait, allure”), Danish made (“to feed”), Gothic 𐌼𐌰𐍄𐌾𐌰𐌽 (matjan, “to eat, have a meal”), Old English mete (“food”). More at meat.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.ma.dwe/

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Verb

amadouer

1. to coax; to sweet-talk (persuade gradually)
2. to cajole
3. to humour (person)

Conjugation

Conjugation of amadouer (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	amadouer
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	amadouant /a.ma.dwɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		amadoué /a.ma.dwe/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	amadoue /a.ma.du/	amadoues /a.ma.du/	amadoue /a.ma.du/	amadouons /a.ma.dwɔ̃/	amadouez /a.ma.dwe/	amadouent /a.ma.du/
	imperfect	amadouais /a.ma.dwɛ/	amadouais /a.ma.dwɛ/	amadouait /a.ma.dwɛ/	amadouions /a.ma.du.jɔ̃/	amadouiez /a.ma.du.je/	amadouaient /a.ma.dwɛ/
	past historic2	amadouai /a.ma.dwe/	amadouas /a.ma.dwa/	amadoua /a.ma.dwa/	amadouâmes /a.ma.dwam/	amadouâtes /a.ma.dwat/	amadouèrent /a.ma.dwɛʁ/
	future	amadouerai /a.ma.du.ʁe/	amadoueras /a.ma.du.ʁa/	amadouera /a.ma.du.ʁa/	amadouerons /a.ma.du.ʁɔ̃/	amadouerez /a.ma.du.ʁe/	amadoueront /a.ma.du.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	amadouerais /a.ma.du.ʁɛ/	amadouerais /a.ma.du.ʁɛ/	amadouerait /a.ma.du.ʁɛ/	amadouerions /a.ma.du.ʁjɔ̃/	amadoueriez /a.ma.du.ʁje/	amadoueraient /a.ma.du.ʁɛ/
(compound tenses)	present perfect	present indicative of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
	past anterior2	past historic of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il, qu’elle	que nous	que vous	qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple tenses)	present	amadoue /a.ma.du/	amadoues /a.ma.du/	amadoue /a.ma.du/	amadouions /a.ma.du.jɔ̃/	amadouiez /a.ma.du.je/	amadouent /a.ma.du/
	imperfect2	amadouasse /a.ma.dwas/	amadouasses /a.ma.dwas/	amadouât /a.ma.dwa/	amadouassions /a.ma.dwa.sjɔ̃/	amadouassiez /a.ma.dwa.sje/	amadouassent /a.ma.dwas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	amadoue /a.ma.du/	—	amadouons /a.ma.dwɔ̃/	amadouez /a.ma.dwe/	—
compound		—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way: past historic → present perfect past anterior → pluperfect imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Derived terms

• amadou

Further reading

• “amadouer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Middle French

Etymology

from Old Norse mata (“to lure, feed”), from Proto-Germanic *matōną, *matjaną (“to feed, eat”), from Proto-Indo-European *meh₂d- (“wet”). Cognate with Icelandic mata (“to bait, allure”), Danish made (“to feed”), Gothic 𐌼𐌰𐍄𐌾𐌰𐌽 (matjan, “to eat, have a meal”), Old English mete (“food”). More at meat.

Verb

amadouer

1. to coax; to sweet-talk (persuade gradually) (Can we add an example for this sense?)

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Conjugation

• Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.

Conjugation of amadouer

infinitive	simple	amadouer
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle1 or gerund2	simple	amadouant
	compound	present participle or gerund of avoir + past participle
past participle		amadoué
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ie (i’)	tu	il, elle	nous	vous	ilz, elles
(simple tenses)	present	amadoue	amadoues	amadoue	amadouons	amadouez	amadouent
	imperfect	amadouois, amadouoys	amadouois, amadouoys	amadouoit, amadouoyt	amadouions, amadouyons	amadouiez, amadouyez	amadouoient, amadouoyent
	past historic	amadoua	amadouas	amadoua	amadouasmes	amadouastes	amadouerent
	future	amadouerai, amadoueray	amadoueras	amadouera	amadouerons	amadouerez	amadoueront
	conditional	amadouerois, amadoueroys	amadouerois, amadoueroys	amadoueroit, amadoueroyt	amadouerions, amadoueryons	amadoueriez, amadoueryez	amadoueroient, amadoueroyent
(compound tenses)	present perfect	present indicative of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
	past anterior	past historic of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que ie (i’)	que tu	qu’il, qu’elle	que nous	que vous	qu’ilz, qu’elles
(simple tenses)	present	amadoue	amadoues	amadoue	amadouons	amadouez	amadouent
	imperfect	amadouasse	amadouasses	amadouast	amadouassions	amadouassiez	amadouassent
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	amadoue	—	amadouons	amadouez	—
compound		—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—
1 The present participle was variable in gender and number until the 17th century (Anne Sancier-Château [1995], Une esthétique nouvelle: Honoré d'Urfé, correcteur de l'Astrée, p. 179). The French Academy would eventually declare it not to be declined in 1679.
2 The gerund was held to be invariable by grammarians of the early 17th century, and was usable with preposition en, as in Modern French, although the preposition was not mandatory (Anne Sancier-Château [1995], op. cit., p. 180).