feint

past participle of feindre

feindre

to fake; to feign

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Pronounced as (IPA)

/fɛ̃/

Etymology

Inherited from Old French: feint

Inherited from Latin: fictus

Cognate with Italian: finto

In summary

Past participle of feindre; from Old French feint, from Latin fictus, probably through the Vulgar Latin form *finctus, with a nasal infix. Compare Italian finto.

Concepts

fake

assumed

fictitious

mock

ostensible

spurious

fictional

contrived

false

feigned

affected

sham

Synonyms

affecté

artificiel

forcé

faux

peu naturel

de commande

factice

fictif

dissimulé

hypocrite

contrefait

falsifié

feignit

simili

simulé

supposé

truqué

feignirent

feignis

feignîmes

Translations

sahte

fingido

nep

falsch

yapmacık

yalancı

vorgetäuscht

fiktiv

σχεδιασμένος

fals

unecht

gespielt

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