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

• mystificator

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).

Derived terms

• démystifier

Further reading

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