intriguer
English
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ɪnˈtɹiːɡə/
Noun
intriguer (plural intriguers)
- One who intrigues; one who forms plots, or pursues an object by secret means.
- Synonym: intrigant
- 1856 June 14, “England and America”, in The Saturday Review of Politics, Literature, Science, and Art, volume 2, number 33, London: John W. Parker and Son, page 142:
- [W]hatever may be the result, political intriguers will find it difficult to substitute a clamour against England for the universal excitement produced by domestic controversies.
References
- “intriguer”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
- “intriguer”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɛ̃.tʁi.ɡe/
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Verb
intriguer
Conjugation
Conjugation of intriguer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | intriguer | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | intriguant /ɛ̃.tʁi.ɡɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | intrigué /ɛ̃.tʁi.ɡe/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | intrigue /ɛ̃.tʁiɡ/ |
intrigues /ɛ̃.tʁiɡ/ |
intrigue /ɛ̃.tʁiɡ/ |
intriguons /ɛ̃.tʁi.ɡɔ̃/ |
intriguez /ɛ̃.tʁi.ɡe/ |
intriguent /ɛ̃.tʁiɡ/ |
| imperfect | intriguais /ɛ̃.tʁi.ɡɛ/ |
intriguais /ɛ̃.tʁi.ɡɛ/ |
intriguait /ɛ̃.tʁi.ɡɛ/ |
intriguions /ɛ̃.tʁi.ɡjɔ̃/ |
intriguiez /ɛ̃.tʁi.ɡje/ |
intriguaient /ɛ̃.tʁi.ɡɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | intriguai /ɛ̃.tʁi.ɡe/ |
intriguas /ɛ̃.tʁi.ɡa/ |
intrigua /ɛ̃.tʁi.ɡa/ |
intriguâmes /ɛ̃.tʁi.ɡam/ |
intriguâtes /ɛ̃.tʁi.ɡat/ |
intriguèrent /ɛ̃.tʁi.ɡɛʁ/ | |
| future | intriguerai /ɛ̃.tʁi.ɡʁe/ |
intrigueras /ɛ̃.tʁi.ɡʁa/ |
intriguera /ɛ̃.tʁi.ɡʁa/ |
intriguerons /ɛ̃.tʁi.ɡʁɔ̃/ |
intriguerez /ɛ̃.tʁi.ɡʁe/ |
intrigueront /ɛ̃.tʁi.ɡʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | intriguerais /ɛ̃.tʁi.ɡʁɛ/ |
intriguerais /ɛ̃.tʁi.ɡʁɛ/ |
intriguerait /ɛ̃.tʁi.ɡʁɛ/ |
intriguerions /ɛ̃.tʁi.ɡə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
intrigueriez /ɛ̃.tʁi.ɡə.ʁje/ |
intrigueraient /ɛ̃.tʁi.ɡʁɛ/ | |
| (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 | intrigue /ɛ̃.tʁiɡ/ |
intrigues /ɛ̃.tʁiɡ/ |
intrigue /ɛ̃.tʁiɡ/ |
intriguions /ɛ̃.tʁi.ɡjɔ̃/ |
intriguiez /ɛ̃.tʁi.ɡje/ |
intriguent /ɛ̃.tʁiɡ/ |
| imperfect2 | intriguasse /ɛ̃.tʁi.ɡas/ |
intriguasses /ɛ̃.tʁi.ɡas/ |
intriguât /ɛ̃.tʁi.ɡa/ |
intriguassions /ɛ̃.tʁi.ɡa.sjɔ̃/ |
intriguassiez /ɛ̃.tʁi.ɡa.sje/ |
intriguassent /ɛ̃.tʁi.ɡas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | intrigue /ɛ̃.tʁiɡ/ |
— | intriguons /ɛ̃.tʁi.ɡɔ̃/ |
intriguez /ɛ̃.tʁi.ɡe/ |
— | |
| 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
- “intriguer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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