feindre

== French == === Etymology === Inherited from Old French feindre, faindre, from Latin fingere. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /fɛ̃dʁ/ === Verb === feindre (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. ==== Related terms ==== feinte fiction === Further reading === “feindre”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Old French == === Alternative forms === faindre === Etymology === From Latin fingere. === Verb === feindre 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. ==== Descendants ==== French: feindre → Middle English: feynenEnglish: feignMiddle Scots: fenȝe, fenȝie, finȝie, faineScots: feingie, fenyie, fenzie, feinzie === References === Etymology and history of “feindre”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (feindre)