obligée

This is the 10818th most frequent French word.


obligée

"Obligée" means "obliged" or "compelled."


The word "obligée" is used as an adjective showing necessity due to circumstances, with a feminine subject agreement.

Je suis obligée de partir tôt aujourd'hui.

I am obliged to leave early today.


The term "obligée" denotes a moral or emotional sense of duty, again agreeing in gender with the subject.

Elle se sent obligée d'aider ses amis.

She feels obligated to help her friends.


Here, "obligées" is the past participle fem.pl, reflecting a necessity caused by external factors and agrees with the feminine plural subject.

Nous étions obligées de changer nos plans à cause du mauvais temps.

We were compelled to change our plans because of the bad weather.