intrigue

== English == === Alternative forms === entrigue === Etymology === Borrowed from French intrigue, from Italian intricare, from Latin intrīcō (“I entangle, perplex, embarrass”). Doublet of intricate. === Pronunciation === (noun) enPR: ĭn'trēg, IPA(key): /ˈɪntɹiːɡ/ (verb) enPR: ĭntrēg', IPA(key): /ɪnˈtɹiːɡ/ Rhymes: -iːɡ === Noun === intrigue (countable and uncountable, plural intrigues) A complicated or clandestine plot or scheme intended to effect some purpose by secret artifice; conspiracy; stratagem. Synonym: machination The plot of a play, poem or romance; the series of complications in which a writer involves their imaginary characters. Clandestine intercourse between persons; illicit intimacy; a liaison or affair. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Verb === intrigue (third-person singular simple present intrigues, present participle intriguing, simple past and past participle intrigued) (intransitive) To conceive or carry out a secret plan intended to harm; to form a plot or scheme. (transitive) To arouse the interest of; to fascinate. (intransitive) To have clandestine or illicit intercourse. (transitive) To fill with artifice and duplicity; to complicate. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Related terms === === References === William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “intrigue”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. “intrigue”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. == French == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɛ̃.tʁiɡ/ === Etymology 1 === Deverbal from intriguer. ==== Noun ==== intrigue f (plural intrigues) intrigue (complicated or clandestine plot or scheme intended to effect some purpose by secret artifice) Synonym: machination (narratology) plot (the course of a story) ===== Descendants ===== → English: intrigue === Etymology 2 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Verb ==== intrigue inflection of intriguer: first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive second-person singular imperative === Further reading === “intrigue”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Portuguese == === Pronunciation === === Verb === intrigue inflection of intrigar: first/third-person singular present subjunctive third-person singular imperative == Spanish == === Verb === intrigue inflection of intrigar: first/third-person singular present subjunctive third-person singular imperative