terrifier
English
Etymology
terrify + -er
Noun
terrifier (plural terrifiers)
- One who, or that which, terrifies.
French
Etymology
Loaned from Vulgar Latin *terrificare, from Latin terror + faciō, facere (“make”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tɛ.ʁi.fje/, /te.ʁi.fje/
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Verb
terrifier
- (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 | – | – | – | ||||
| 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:
(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.