mystifier

English

Etymology

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

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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	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 only usable with the preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, the past historic, past anterior, imperfect subjunctive and pluperfect subjunctive tenses may be found to have been replaced with the indicative present perfect, indicative pluperfect, present subjunctive and past subjunctive tenses respectively (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 (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).