feindre

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French feindre, faindre, from Latin fingere.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /fɛ̃dʁ/
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Verb

feindre

  1. (transitive or catenative) to fake; to feign
    Synonym: faire semblant
    feindre quelque chose ― to fake something
    feindre de dormir ― to feign sleeping

Conjugation

This verb is conjugated like peindre. It uses the same endings as rendre or vendre, but its -nd- becomes -gn- before a vowel, and its past participle ends in 't' instead of a vowel.

Conjugation of feindre (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple feindre
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple feignant
/fɛ.ɲɑ̃/ or /fe.ɲɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle feint
/fɛ̃/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present feins
/fɛ̃/		 feins
/fɛ̃/		 feint
/fɛ̃/		 feignons
/fɛ.ɲɔ̃/ or /fe.ɲɔ̃/		 feignez
/fɛ.ɲe/ or /fe.ɲe/		 feignent
/fɛɲ/
imperfect feignais
/fɛ.ɲɛ/ or /fe.ɲɛ/		 feignais
/fɛ.ɲɛ/ or /fe.ɲɛ/		 feignait
/fɛ.ɲɛ/ or /fe.ɲɛ/		 feignions
/fɛ.ɲjɔ̃/ or /fe.ɲjɔ̃/		 feigniez
/fɛ.ɲje/ or /fe.ɲje/		 feignaient
/fɛ.ɲɛ/ or /fe.ɲɛ/
past historic2 feignis
/fɛ.ɲi/ or /fe.ɲi/		 feignis
/fɛ.ɲi/ or /fe.ɲi/		 feignit
/fɛ.ɲi/ or /fe.ɲi/		 feignîmes
/fɛ.ɲim/ or /fe.ɲim/		 feignîtes
/fɛ.ɲit/ or /fe.ɲit/		 feignirent
/fɛ.ɲiʁ/ or /fe.ɲiʁ/
future feindrai
/fɛ̃.dʁe/		 feindras
/fɛ̃.dʁa/		 feindra
/fɛ̃.dʁa/		 feindrons
/fɛ̃.dʁɔ̃/		 feindrez
/fɛ̃.dʁe/		 feindront
/fɛ̃.dʁɔ̃/
conditional feindrais
/fɛ̃.dʁɛ/		 feindrais
/fɛ̃.dʁɛ/		 feindrait
/fɛ̃.dʁɛ/		 feindrions
/fɛ̃.dʁi.jɔ̃/		 feindriez
/fɛ̃.dʁi.je/		 feindraient
/fɛ̃.dʁɛ/
(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 feigne
/fɛɲ/		 feignes
/fɛɲ/		 feigne
/fɛɲ/		 feignions
/fɛ.ɲjɔ̃/ or /fe.ɲjɔ̃/		 feigniez
/fɛ.ɲje/ or /fe.ɲje/		 feignent
/fɛɲ/
imperfect2 feignisse
/fɛ.ɲis/ or /fe.ɲis/		 feignisses
/fɛ.ɲis/ or /fe.ɲis/		 feignît
/fɛ.ɲi/ or /fe.ɲi/		 feignissions
/fɛ.ɲi.sjɔ̃/ or /fe.ɲi.sjɔ̃/		 feignissiez
/fɛ.ɲi.sje/ or /fe.ɲi.sje/		 feignissent
/fɛ.ɲis/ or /fe.ɲis/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — feins
/fɛ̃/		 — feignons
/fɛ.ɲɔ̃/ or /fe.ɲɔ̃/		 feignez
/fɛ.ɲe/ or /fe.ɲe/		 —
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

Old French

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin fingere, present active infinitive of fingō.

Verb

feindre

  1. to feign

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a third-group verb. This verb ends in a palatal stem, so there is an extra i before the e of some endings. This verb has irregularities in its conjugation. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

    Conjugation of feindre (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
simple compound
infinitive feindre avoir feint
gerund en feignant gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle feignant
past participle feint
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative jo tu il nos vos il
simple
tenses		 present feing feinz feint feignons feigniez feignent
imperfect feignoie, feigneie feignoies, feigneies feignoit, feigneit feigniiens, feigniens feigniiez, feigniez feignoient, feigneient
preterite feins feinsis feinst feinsimes feinsistes feinstrent
future feindrai feindras feindra feindrons feindroiz, feindreiz, feindrez feindront
conditional feindroie, feindreie feindroies, feindreies feindroit, feindreit feindriiens, feindriens feindriiez, feindriez feindroient, feindreient
compound
tenses		 present perfect present tense of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect tense of avoir + past participle
past anterior preterite tense of avoir + past participle
future perfect future tense of avoir + past participle
conditional perfect conditional tense of avoir + past participle
subjunctive que jo que tu qu’il que nos que vos qu’il
simple
tenses		 present feigne feignes feigne feigniens, feignons feigniez feignent
imperfect feinsisse feinsisses feinsist feinsissons, feinsissiens feinsissoiz, feinsissez, feinsissiez feinsissent
compound
tenses		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nos vos –
— feing — feignons feigniez —

Descendants
  • English: feign (borrowing)
  • French: feindre

References
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