feign

Signification (Anglais)

1. To make a false show or pretence of; to counterfeit or simulate.
2. To imagine; to invent; to pretend to do something.
3. To make an action as if doing one thing, but actually doing another, for example to trick an opponent; to feint.
4. To hide or conceal.

Concepts

feindre

simuler

faire semblant

affecter

faire semblant de

minauder

faire l’hypocrite

donner pour

faire passer pour

inventer

se donner pour

se prétendre

prétendre

pretendre

prétexter

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/feɪn/

Étymologie (Anglais)

From Middle English feynen, feinen, borrowed from Old French feindre (“to pretend”), from Latin fingere (“to form, shape, invent”). Compare French feignant (present participle of feindre, literally “feigning”). Also compare feint and fiction.