mystifier

English

Etymology

mystify +‎ -er

Noun

mystifier (plural mystifiers)

  1. A person who obscures or muddles information, making something appear to be a mystery.
  2. A situation that is puzzling, or mystifying

French

Etymology

From Latin mysta +‎ -ifier.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /mis.ti.fje/
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Verb

mystifier

  1. to mystify, fool

Conjugation
Conjugation of mystifier (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple mystifier
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple mystifiant
/mis.ti.fjɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle mystifié
/mis.ti.fje/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present mystifie
/mis.ti.fi/		 mystifies
/mis.ti.fi/		 mystifie
/mis.ti.fi/		 mystifions
/mis.ti.fjɔ̃/		 mystifiez
/mis.ti.fje/		 mystifient
/mis.ti.fi/
imperfect mystifiais
/mis.ti.fjɛ/		 mystifiais
/mis.ti.fjɛ/		 mystifiait
/mis.ti.fjɛ/		 mystifiions
/mis.ti.fi.jɔ̃/		 mystifiiez
/mis.ti.fi.je/		 mystifiaient
/mis.ti.fjɛ/
past historic2 mystifiai
/mis.ti.fje/		 mystifias
/mis.ti.fja/		 mystifia
/mis.ti.fja/		 mystifiâmes
/mis.ti.fjam/		 mystifiâtes
/mis.ti.fjat/		 mystifièrent
/mis.ti.fjɛʁ/
future mystifierai
/mis.ti.fi.ʁe/		 mystifieras
/mis.ti.fi.ʁa/		 mystifiera
/mis.ti.fi.ʁa/		 mystifierons
/mis.ti.fi.ʁɔ̃/		 mystifierez
/mis.ti.fi.ʁe/		 mystifieront
/mis.ti.fi.ʁɔ̃/
conditional mystifierais
/mis.ti.fi.ʁɛ/		 mystifierais
/mis.ti.fi.ʁɛ/		 mystifierait
/mis.ti.fi.ʁɛ/		 mystifierions
/mis.ti.fi.ʁjɔ̃/		 mystifieriez
/mis.ti.fi.ʁje/		 mystifieraient
/mis.ti.fi.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 mystifie
/mis.ti.fi/		 mystifies
/mis.ti.fi/		 mystifie
/mis.ti.fi/		 mystifiions
/mis.ti.fi.jɔ̃/		 mystifiiez
/mis.ti.fi.je/		 mystifient
/mis.ti.fi/
imperfect2 mystifiasse
/mis.ti.fjas/		 mystifiasses
/mis.ti.fjas/		 mystifiât
/mis.ti.fja/		 mystifiassions
/mis.ti.fja.sjɔ̃/		 mystifiassiez
/mis.ti.fja.sje/		 mystifiassent
/mis.ti.fjas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — mystifie
/mis.ti.fi/		 — mystifions
/mis.ti.fjɔ̃/		 mystifiez
/mis.ti.fje/		 —
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).

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