feindre

French

Etymology

From Latin fingere, present active infinitive of fingō.

Verb

feindre

1. to fake; to feign

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.

   Conjugation of feindre (see also Appendix:French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		feindre			avoir feint
gerund		en feignant			en ayant feint
present participle		feignant
past participle		feint
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il	nous	vous	ils
simple tenses	present	feins	feins	feint	feignons	feignez	feignent
	imperfect	feignais	feignais	feignait	feignions	feigniez	feignaient
	past historic1	feignis	feignis	feignit	feignîmes	feignîtes	feignirent
	future	feindrai	feindras	feindra	feindrons	feindrez	feindront
	conditional	feindrais	feindrais	feindrait	feindrions	feindriez	feindraient
compound tenses	present perfect	Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect	Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	past anterior1	Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	future perfect	Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	conditional perfect	Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il	que nous	que vous	qu’ils
simple tenses	present	feigne	feignes	feigne	feignions	feigniez	feignent
	imperfect1	feignisse	feignisses	feignît	feignissions	feignissiez	feignissent
compound tenses	past	Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect1	Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
		—	feins	—	feignons	feignez	—
1literary tenses

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Old French

Verb

feindre

1. Alternative form of faindre.