feign

Senso (English)

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

pretend

simulate

make as if

find an excuse

pretend to do good

pretend to be good

act as if

pose as

Frequenza

Pronunciato come (IPA)

/feɪn/

Inherited from inglese medio

Cognate with francese

In summary

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.

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