intriguer

English

Etymology

intrigue +‎ -er

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ɪnˈtɹiːɡə/

Noun

intriguer (plural intriguers)

1. One who intrigues; one who forms plots, or pursues an object by secret means.

   Synonym: intrigant

   • 1856 June 14, “England and America”, in The Saturday Review of Politics, Literature, Science, and Art, volume 2, number 33, London: John W. Parker and Son, page 142:

     [W]hatever may be the result, political intriguers will find it difficult to substitute a clamour against England for the universal excitement produced by domestic controversies.

References

• “intriguer”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
• “intriguer”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian intrigare. Doublet of intriquer.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛ̃.tʁi.ɡe/

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Verb

intriguer

1. (transitive) to puzzle; to make interested or curious
2. (intransitive) to scheme, to connive

Conjugation

Conjugation of intriguer (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	intriguer
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	intriguant /ɛ̃.tʁi.ɡɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		intrigué /ɛ̃.tʁi.ɡe/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	intrigue /ɛ̃.tʁiɡ/	intrigues /ɛ̃.tʁiɡ/	intrigue /ɛ̃.tʁiɡ/	intriguons /ɛ̃.tʁi.ɡɔ̃/	intriguez /ɛ̃.tʁi.ɡe/	intriguent /ɛ̃.tʁiɡ/
	imperfect	intriguais /ɛ̃.tʁi.ɡɛ/	intriguais /ɛ̃.tʁi.ɡɛ/	intriguait /ɛ̃.tʁi.ɡɛ/	intriguions /ɛ̃.tʁi.ɡjɔ̃/	intriguiez /ɛ̃.tʁi.ɡje/	intriguaient /ɛ̃.tʁi.ɡɛ/
	past historic2	intriguai /ɛ̃.tʁi.ɡe/	intriguas /ɛ̃.tʁi.ɡa/	intrigua /ɛ̃.tʁi.ɡa/	intriguâmes /ɛ̃.tʁi.ɡam/	intriguâtes /ɛ̃.tʁi.ɡat/	intriguèrent /ɛ̃.tʁi.ɡɛʁ/
	future	intriguerai /ɛ̃.tʁi.ɡʁe/	intrigueras /ɛ̃.tʁi.ɡʁa/	intriguera /ɛ̃.tʁi.ɡʁa/	intriguerons /ɛ̃.tʁi.ɡʁɔ̃/	intriguerez /ɛ̃.tʁi.ɡʁe/	intrigueront /ɛ̃.tʁi.ɡʁɔ̃/
	conditional	intriguerais /ɛ̃.tʁi.ɡʁɛ/	intriguerais /ɛ̃.tʁi.ɡʁɛ/	intriguerait /ɛ̃.tʁi.ɡʁɛ/	intriguerions /ɛ̃.tʁi.ɡə.ʁjɔ̃/	intrigueriez /ɛ̃.tʁi.ɡə.ʁje/	intrigueraient /ɛ̃.tʁi.ɡʁɛ/
(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	intrigue /ɛ̃.tʁiɡ/	intrigues /ɛ̃.tʁiɡ/	intrigue /ɛ̃.tʁiɡ/	intriguions /ɛ̃.tʁi.ɡjɔ̃/	intriguiez /ɛ̃.tʁi.ɡje/	intriguent /ɛ̃.tʁiɡ/
	imperfect2	intriguasse /ɛ̃.tʁi.ɡas/	intriguasses /ɛ̃.tʁi.ɡas/	intriguât /ɛ̃.tʁi.ɡa/	intriguassions /ɛ̃.tʁi.ɡa.sjɔ̃/	intriguassiez /ɛ̃.tʁi.ɡa.sje/	intriguassent /ɛ̃.tʁi.ɡas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	intrigue /ɛ̃.tʁiɡ/	—	intriguons /ɛ̃.tʁi.ɡɔ̃/	intriguez /ɛ̃.tʁi.ɡe/	—
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).

Further reading

• “intriguer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• irriguent