terrifier
English
Etymology
Noun
terrifier (plural terrifiers)
- One who, or that which, terrifies.
French
Etymology
Loaned from Vulgar Latin *terrificare, from Latin terrārī + faciō, facere (“make”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tɛ.ʁi.fje/ ~ /te.ʁi.fje/
Audio: (file)
Verb
terrifier
- (transitive) to terrify
- Synonyms: épouvanter, horrifier
Conjugation
Conjugation of terrifier (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | terrifier | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | terrifiant /tɛ.ʁi.fjɑ̃/ or /te.ʁi.fjɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | terrifié /tɛ.ʁi.fje/ or /te.ʁi.fje/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | terrifie /tɛ.ʁi.fi/ or /te.ʁi.fi/ |
terrifies /tɛ.ʁi.fi/ or /te.ʁi.fi/ |
terrifie /tɛ.ʁi.fi/ or /te.ʁi.fi/ |
terrifions /tɛ.ʁi.fjɔ̃/ or /te.ʁi.fjɔ̃/ |
terrifiez /tɛ.ʁi.fje/ or /te.ʁi.fje/ |
terrifient /tɛ.ʁi.fi/ or /te.ʁi.fi/ |
| imperfect | terrifiais /tɛ.ʁi.fjɛ/ or /te.ʁi.fjɛ/ |
terrifiais /tɛ.ʁi.fjɛ/ or /te.ʁi.fjɛ/ |
terrifiait /tɛ.ʁi.fjɛ/ or /te.ʁi.fjɛ/ |
terrifiions /tɛ.ʁi.fi.jɔ̃/ or /te.ʁi.fi.jɔ̃/ |
terrifiiez /tɛ.ʁi.fi.je/ or /te.ʁi.fi.je/ |
terrifiaient /tɛ.ʁi.fjɛ/ or /te.ʁi.fjɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | terrifiai /tɛ.ʁi.fje/ or /te.ʁi.fje/ |
terrifias /tɛ.ʁi.fja/ or /te.ʁi.fja/ |
terrifia /tɛ.ʁi.fja/ or /te.ʁi.fja/ |
terrifiâmes /tɛ.ʁi.fjam/ or /te.ʁi.fjam/ |
terrifiâtes /tɛ.ʁi.fjat/ or /te.ʁi.fjat/ |
terrifièrent /tɛ.ʁi.fjɛʁ/ or /te.ʁi.fjɛʁ/ | |
| future | terrifierai /tɛ.ʁi.fi.ʁe/ or /te.ʁi.fi.ʁe/ |
terrifieras /tɛ.ʁi.fi.ʁa/ or /te.ʁi.fi.ʁa/ |
terrifiera /tɛ.ʁi.fi.ʁa/ or /te.ʁi.fi.ʁa/ |
terrifierons /tɛ.ʁi.fi.ʁɔ̃/ or /te.ʁi.fi.ʁɔ̃/ |
terrifierez /tɛ.ʁi.fi.ʁe/ or /te.ʁi.fi.ʁe/ |
terrifieront /tɛ.ʁi.fi.ʁɔ̃/ or /te.ʁi.fi.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | terrifierais /tɛ.ʁi.fi.ʁɛ/ or /te.ʁi.fi.ʁɛ/ |
terrifierais /tɛ.ʁi.fi.ʁɛ/ or /te.ʁi.fi.ʁɛ/ |
terrifierait /tɛ.ʁi.fi.ʁɛ/ or /te.ʁi.fi.ʁɛ/ |
terrifierions /tɛ.ʁi.fi.ʁjɔ̃/ or /te.ʁi.fi.ʁjɔ̃/ |
terrifieriez /tɛ.ʁi.fi.ʁje/ or /te.ʁi.fi.ʁje/ |
terrifieraient /tɛ.ʁi.fi.ʁɛ/ or /te.ʁi.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 | terrifie /tɛ.ʁi.fi/ or /te.ʁi.fi/ |
terrifies /tɛ.ʁi.fi/ or /te.ʁi.fi/ |
terrifie /tɛ.ʁi.fi/ or /te.ʁi.fi/ |
terrifiions /tɛ.ʁi.fi.jɔ̃/ or /te.ʁi.fi.jɔ̃/ |
terrifiiez /tɛ.ʁi.fi.je/ or /te.ʁi.fi.je/ |
terrifient /tɛ.ʁi.fi/ or /te.ʁi.fi/ |
| imperfect2 | terrifiasse /tɛ.ʁi.fjas/ or /te.ʁi.fjas/ |
terrifiasses /tɛ.ʁi.fjas/ or /te.ʁi.fjas/ |
terrifiât /tɛ.ʁi.fja/ or /te.ʁi.fja/ |
terrifiassions /tɛ.ʁi.fja.sjɔ̃/ or /te.ʁi.fja.sjɔ̃/ |
terrifiassiez /tɛ.ʁi.fja.sje/ or /te.ʁi.fja.sje/ |
terrifiassent /tɛ.ʁi.fjas/ or /te.ʁi.fjas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | terrifie /tɛ.ʁi.fi/ or /te.ʁi.fi/ |
— | terrifions /tɛ.ʁi.fjɔ̃/ or /te.ʁi.fjɔ̃/ |
terrifiez /tɛ.ʁi.fje/ or /te.ʁi.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:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
Further reading
- “terrifier”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.