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)

		simple			compound
infinitive		mystifier			avoir mystifié
gerund		en mystifiant			en ayant mystifié
present participle		mystifiant /mis.ti.fjɑ̃/
past participle		mystifié /mis.ti.fje/
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il	nous	vous	ils
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 historic1	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	Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect	Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	past anterior1	Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	future perfect	Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	conditional perfect	Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il	que nous	que vous	qu’ils
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/
	imperfect1	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	Use the present subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect1	Use the imperfect subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
		—	mystifie /mis.ti.fi/	—	mystifions /mis.ti.fjɔ̃/	mystifiez /mis.ti.fje/	—
1literary tenses

Derived terms

• démystifier

Further reading

• “mystifier” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).