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feindre
feindre
French
Verb
feindre
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 | ||||||
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| infinitive | feindre | avoir feint | |||||
| gerund | en feignant | en ayant feint | |||||
| present participle | feignant /fɛ.ɲɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | feint /fɛ̃/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | feins /fɛ̃/ |
feins /fɛ̃/ |
feint /fɛ̃/ |
feignons /fɛ.ɲɔ̃/ |
feignez /fɛ.ɲe/ |
feignent /fɛɲ/ |
| imperfect | feignais /fɛ.ɲɛ/ |
feignais /fɛ.ɲɛ/ |
feignait /fɛ.ɲɛ/ |
feignions /fɛ.ɲjɔ̃/ |
feigniez /fɛ.ɲje/ |
feignaient /fɛ.ɲɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | feignis /fɛ.ɲi/ |
feignis /fɛ.ɲi/ |
feignit /fɛ.ɲi/ |
feignîmes /fɛ.ɲim/ |
feignîtes /fɛ.ɲit/ |
feignirent /fɛ.ɲiʁ/ |
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| future | feindrai /fɛ̃.dʁe/ |
feindras /fɛ̃.dʁa/ |
feindra /fɛ̃.dʁa/ |
feindrons /fɛ̃.dʁɔ̃/ |
feindrez /fɛ̃.dʁe/ |
feindront /fɛ̃.dʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | feindrais /fɛ̃.dʁɛ/ |
feindrais /fɛ̃.dʁɛ/ |
feindrait /fɛ̃.dʁɛ/ |
feindrions /fɛ̃.dʁi.jɔ̃/ |
feindriez /fɛ̃.dʁi.je/ |
feindraient /fɛ̃.dʁɛ/ |
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| 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 /fɛɲ/ |
feignes /fɛɲ/ |
feigne /fɛɲ/ |
feignions /fɛ.ɲjɔ̃/ |
feigniez /fɛ.ɲje/ |
feignent /fɛɲ/ |
| imperfect1 |
feignisse /fɛ.ɲis/ |
feignisses /fɛ.ɲis/ |
feignît /fɛ.ɲi/ |
feignissions /fɛ.ɲi.sjɔ̃/ |
feignissiez /fɛ.ɲi.sje/ |
feignissent /fɛ.ɲis/ |
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| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect1 | Use the imperfect subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nous | vous | – | |
| — | feins /fɛ̃/ |
— | feignons /fɛ.ɲɔ̃/ |
feignez /fɛ.ɲe/ |
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Old French
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Latin fingere, present active infinitive of fingō.
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.
Conjugation of feindre (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | feindre | avoir feint | |||||
| gerund | en feignant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | feignant | ||||||
| past participle | feint | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
| simple tenses |
present | feing | feinz | feint | feignons | feigniez | feignent |
| imperfect | feignoie, feigneie | feignoies, feigneies | feignoit, feigneit | feigniiens, feigniens | feigniiez, feigniez | feignoient, feigneient | |
| preterite | feins | feinsis | feinst | feinsimes | feinsistes | feinstrent | |
| future | feindrai | feindras | feindra | feindrons | feindroiz, feindreiz, feindrez | feindront | |
| conditional | feindroie, feindreie | feindroies, feindreies | feindroit, feindreit | feindriiens, feindriens | feindriiez, feindriez | feindroient, feindreient | |
| 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 anterior | Use the preterite 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 jo | que tu | qu’il | que nos | que vos | qu’il | |
| simple tenses |
present | feigne | feignes | feigne | feigniens, feignons | feigniez | feignent |
| imperfect | feinsisse | feinsisses | feinsist | feinsissons, feinsissiens | feinsissoiz, feinsissez, feinsissiez | feinsissent | |
| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nos | vos | – | |
| — | feing | — | feignons | feigniez | — | ||
Descendants
- French: feindre
References
- “feindre” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
- (fr) Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (feindre)