confuse

== English == === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /kənˈfjuːz/ (General American, Canada) IPA(key): /kənˈfjuz/ (General Australian, New Zealand) IPA(key): /kənˈfjʉːz/ Rhymes: -uːz === Etymology 1 === Back-formation from confused, from Middle English confused (“frustrated, ruined”), from Anglo-Norman confus, from Latin cōnfūsus, past participle of cōnfundō. ==== Verb ==== confuse (third-person singular simple present confuses, present participle confusing, simple past and past participle confused) (transitive) to puzzle, perplex, baffle, bewilder (somebody); to afflict by being complicated, contradictory, or otherwise difficult to understand (transitive) To mix up, muddle up (one thing with another); to mistake (one thing for another). (transitive) To mix thoroughly; to confound; to disorder. (transitive, dated) To make uneasy and ashamed; to embarrass. (transitive, obsolete) To rout; discomfit. (intransitive) To be confused. ===== Synonyms ===== flummox mistake See also Thesaurus:confuse ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Related terms ===== confused confusing confusion ===== Translations ===== ==== See also ==== discombobulate === Etymology 2 === From Middle English confus, from Old French confus, from Latin cōnfūsus, past participle of cōnfundō. ==== Adjective ==== confuse (comparative more confuse, superlative most confuse) (obsolete) Synonym of confused. ===== Derived terms ===== === References === “confuse”, in OneLook Dictionary Search. William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin Eli Smith, editors (1895–1910), “confuse”, in The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia: […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. == French == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /kɔ̃.fyz/ === Adjective === confuse feminine singular of confus == Italian == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /konˈfu.ze/ Rhymes: -uze Hyphenation: con‧fù‧se === Etymology 1 === ==== Participle ==== confuse f pl feminine plural of confuso ==== Adjective ==== confuse f pl feminine plural of confuso === Etymology 2 === ==== Verb ==== confuse third-person singular past historic of confondere == Latin == === Participle === cōnfūse vocative masculine singular of cōnfūsus === References === “confuse”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “confuse”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers "confuse", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887) “confuse”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.