encourager

== English == === Alternative forms === incourager (archaic) === Etymology === From encourage +‎ -er. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɪnˈkɝ.ɪd͡ʒəɹ/ === Noun === encourager (plural encouragers) One who provides encouragement. === See also === pour encourager les autres == French == === Etymology === Inherited from Old French encoragier. By surface analysis, en- +‎ courage +‎ -er. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɑ̃.ku.ʁa.ʒe/ === Verb === encourager (transitive) to encourage Antonym: décourager (reflexive pronominal) to motivate oneself Antonym: se décourager (reciprocal pronominal) to encourage each other (transitive) to promote ==== Conjugation ==== This is a regular -er verb, but the stem is written encourage- before endings that begin with -a- or -o- (to indicate that the -g- is a "soft" /ʒ/ and not a "hard" /ɡ/). This spelling change occurs in all verbs in -ger, such as neiger and manger. ==== Related terms ==== encouragement ==== Descendants ==== Haitian Creole: ankouraje → Romanian: încuraja === Further reading === “encourager”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012