terrifier

English

Etymology

terrify +‎ -er

Noun

terrifier (plural terrifiers)

1. 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/

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Verb

terrifier

1. (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		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
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: 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

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