stupéfaire

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sty.pe.fɛʁ/

Verb

stupéfaire

1. to stupify, astonish

   Synonyms: stupéfier, stupéfactionner

Conjugation

Conjugation of stupéfaire (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	stupéfaire
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	stupéfaisant /sty.pef.zɑ̃/ or /sty.pɛf.zɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		stupéfait /sty.pe.fɛ/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	stupéfais /sty.pe.fɛ/	stupéfais /sty.pe.fɛ/	stupéfait /sty.pe.fɛ/	stupéfaisons /sty.pef.zɔ̃/ or /sty.pɛf.zɔ̃/	stupéfaites /sty.pe.fɛt/	stupéfont /sty.pe.fɔ̃/
	imperfect	stupéfaisais /sty.pef.zɛ/ or /sty.pɛf.zɛ/	stupéfaisais /sty.pef.zɛ/ or /sty.pɛf.zɛ/	stupéfaisait /sty.pef.zɛ/ or /sty.pɛf.zɛ/	stupéfaisions /sty.pe.fə.zjɔ̃/	stupéfaisiez /sty.pe.fə.zje/	stupéfaisaient /sty.pef.zɛ/ or /sty.pɛf.zɛ/
	past historic2	stupéfis /sty.pe.fi/	stupéfis /sty.pe.fi/	stupéfit /sty.pe.fi/	stupéfîmes /sty.pe.fim/	stupéfîtes /sty.pe.fit/	stupéfirent /sty.pe.fiʁ/
	future	stupéferai /sty.pe.fʁe/	stupéferas /sty.pe.fʁa/	stupéfera /sty.pe.fʁa/	stupéferons /sty.pe.fʁɔ̃/	stupéferez /sty.pe.fʁe/	stupéferont /sty.pe.fʁɔ̃/
	conditional	stupéferais /sty.pe.fʁɛ/	stupéferais /sty.pe.fʁɛ/	stupéferait /sty.pe.fʁɛ/	stupéferions /sty.pe.fə.ʁjɔ̃/	stupéferiez /sty.pe.fə.ʁje/	stupéferaient /sty.pe.fʁɛ/
(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	stupéfasse /sty.pe.fas/	stupéfasses /sty.pe.fas/	stupéfasse /sty.pe.fas/	stupéfassions /sty.pe.fa.sjɔ̃/	stupéfassiez /sty.pe.fa.sje/	stupéfassent /sty.pe.fas/
	imperfect2	stupéfisse /sty.pe.fis/	stupéfisses /sty.pe.fis/	stupéfît /sty.pe.fi/	stupéfissions /sty.pe.fi.sjɔ̃/	stupéfissiez /sty.pe.fi.sje/	stupéfissent /sty.pe.fis/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	stupéfais /sty.pe.fɛ/	—	stupéfaisons /sty.pef.zɔ̃/ or /sty.pɛf.zɔ̃/	stupéfaites /sty.pe.fɛt/	—
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).

Further reading

• “stupéfaire”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.