mystifier

English

Etymology

From 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

Synonyms

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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