intriguer

English

Etymology

intrigue +‎ -er

Pronunciation
  • (UK) IPA(key): /ɪnˈtɹiːɡə/

Noun

intriguer (plural intriguers)

  1. One who intrigues; one who forms plots, or pursues an object by secret means.

References
  • intriguer in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911
  • intriguer in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian intrigare. Doublet of intriquer.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɛ̃.tʁi.ɡe/
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Verb

intriguer

  1. (transitive) to puzzle; to make interested or curious
  2. (intransitive) to scheme, to connive

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 – tu – nous vous –
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:
  • 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).

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