feign
Senso (Inglese)
- 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.
Concetti
fignere
fare l'ipocrita
sinonimi
make as if
find an excuse
pretend to do good
pretend to be good
Traduzioni
fingir
feindre
sich den Anschein geben
veinzen gespreitzt tun sich zieren affektieren sich geziert benehmen sich unnatürlich benehmenFrequenza
Pronunciato come (IPA)
/feɪn/
Etimologia (Inglese)
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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