feign

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• /feɪn/
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• rhymes with -eɪn
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• homophone: fane
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• homophone: foehn
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• homophone: fain
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• CMU ARPABET: F EY1 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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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, figment and fiction.

121 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: تَظَاهَرَ (taẓāhara) — to make a false show
• Arabic: اِخْتَلَقَ (iḵtalaqa) — to make a false show
• Arabic: تَصَنَّعَ (taṣannaʕa) — to make a false show
• Bulgarian: симулирам (simuliram) — to make a false show
• Bulgarian: преструвам се (prestruvam se) — to make a false show
• Catalan: fingir — to make a false show
• Chinese Mandarin: 假裝 /假装 (jiǎzhuāng) — to make a false show
• Czech: předstírat — to make a false show
• Czech: simulovat — to make a false show
• Danish: eftergøre — to make a false show
• Danish: foregive — to make a false show
• Danish: simulere — to make a false show
• Dutch: fingeren — to make a false show
• Dutch: voorwenden — to make a false show
• Dutch: veinzen — to make a false show
• Esperanto: ŝajnigi — to make a false show
• Finnish: teeskennellä — to make a false show
• Finnish: tekeytyä — to make a false show
• French: feindre — to make a false show
• Friulian: fenzi — to make a false show
• Friulian: fengi — to make a false show
• Galician: finxir — to make a false show
• German: vorgeben — to make a false show
• German: vortäuschen — to make a false show
• German: vormachen — to make a false show
• German: fingieren — to make a false show
• Greek: προσποιούμαι (prospoioúmai) — to make a false show
• Hindi: स्वाँग (svāṅg) — to make a false show
• Hungarian: színlel — to make a false show
• Hungarian: tettet — to make a false show
• Hungarian: megjátszik — to make a false show
• Hungarian: úgy tesz, mintha... — to make a false show
• Hungarian: szimulál — to make a false show
• Hungarian: hamisít — to make a false show
• Italian: fingere — to make a false show
• Italian: simulare — to make a false show
• Japanese: 見せ掛ける (misekakeru) — to make a false show
• Japanese: 装う (yosoou) — to make a false show
• Lombard: fing — to make a false show
• Lushootseed: səxwʔiw̓adəb — to make a false show
• Māori: whakakikoika — to make a false show
• Norwegian: simulere — to make a false show
• Norwegian: spille — to make a false show
• Norwegian Bokmål: fingere — to make a false show
• Occitan: fénher — to make a false show
• Polish: udawać — to make a false show
• Polish: grać — to make a false show
• Polish: pozorować — to make a false show
• Polish: pozować — to make a false show
• Polish: zgrywać się — to make a false show
• Polish: rżnąć — to make a false show
• Polish: odgrywać rolę — to make a false show
• Polish: kreować się — to make a false show
• Polish: robić się na kogoś — to make a false show
• Polish: strugać — to make a false show
• Polish: stroić się na — to make a false show
• Portuguese: fingir — to make a false show
• Portuguese: dissimular — to make a false show
• Portuguese: aparentar — to make a false show
• Russian: притворя́ться (pritvorjátʹsja) — to make a false show
• Russian: прики́дываться (prikídyvatʹsja) — to make a false show
• Russian: симули́ровать (simulírovatʹ) — to make a false show
• Russian: подделывать (poddelyvatʹ) — to make a false show
• Scottish Gaelic: leig air — to make a false show
• Spanish: aparentar — to make a false show
• Spanish: hacer el papel — to make a false show
• Spanish: hacer papel — to make a false show
• Swedish: fingera — to make a false show
• Swedish: uppdikta — to make a false show
• Swedish: förege — to make a false show
• Turkish: inandırmak — to make a false show
• Turkish: taklidini yapmak — to make a false show
• Turkish: hile yapmak — to make a false show
• Ukrainian: прикида́тися (prykydátysja) — to make a false show
• Ukrainian: підро́блювати (pidróbljuvaty) — to make a false show
• Arabic: يَزْعُم (yazʕum) — to imagine, to invent, to pretend; to give a mental existence to something
• Arabic: تَخَيَّل (taḵayyal) — to imagine, to invent, to pretend; to give a mental existence to something
• Bulgarian: измислям (izmisljam) — to imagine, to invent, to pretend; to give a mental existence to something
• Dutch: veinzen — to imagine, to invent, to pretend; to give a mental existence to something
• Dutch: inbeelden — to imagine, to invent, to pretend; to give a mental existence to something
• Finnish: kuvitella — to imagine, to invent, to pretend; to give a mental existence to something
• Galician: inventar — to imagine, to invent, to pretend; to give a mental existence to something
• German: ausdenken — to imagine, to invent, to pretend; to give a mental existence to something
• Hindi: स्वाँग (svāṅg) — to imagine, to invent, to pretend; to give a mental existence to something
• Hungarian: kigondol — to imagine, to invent, to pretend; to give a mental existence to something
• Hungarian: kieszel — to imagine, to invent, to pretend; to give a mental existence to something
• Hungarian: kitalál — to imagine, to invent, to pretend; to give a mental existence to something
• Italian: immaginarsi — to imagine, to invent, to pretend; to give a mental existence to something
• Italian: inventarsi — to imagine, to invent, to pretend; to give a mental existence to something
• Māori: whakakikoika — to imagine, to invent, to pretend; to give a mental existence to something
• Māori: whakakikokiko — to imagine, to invent, to pretend; to give a mental existence to something
• Portuguese: inventar — to imagine, to invent, to pretend; to give a mental existence to something
• Portuguese: imaginar — to imagine, to invent, to pretend; to give a mental existence to something
• Russian: выду́мывать (vydúmyvatʹ) — to imagine, to invent, to pretend; to give a mental existence to something
• Scottish Gaelic: leig air — to imagine, to invent, to pretend; to give a mental existence to something
• Swedish: låtsas — to imagine, to invent, to pretend; to give a mental existence to something
• Ukrainian: вига́дувати (vyháduvaty) — to imagine, to invent, to pretend; to give a mental existence to something
• Ukrainian: ви́гадати (výhadaty) — to imagine, to invent, to pretend; to give a mental existence to something
• Ukrainian: наду́мати (nadúmaty) — to imagine, to invent, to pretend; to give a mental existence to something
• Arabic: وَرَّى (warrā) — to hide, conceal, or dissemble
• Bulgarian: заблуждавам (zabluždavam) — to hide, conceal, or dissemble
• Dutch: verbergen — to hide, conceal, or dissemble
• Dutch: verzwijgen — to hide, conceal, or dissemble
• Finnish: peitellä — to hide, conceal, or dissemble
• Finnish: salata — to hide, conceal, or dissemble
• German: verheimlichen — to hide, conceal, or dissemble
• German: verbergen — to hide, conceal, or dissemble
• Hungarian: eltitkol — to hide, conceal, or dissemble
• Hungarian: titkol — to hide, conceal, or dissemble
• Italian: dissimulare — to hide, conceal, or dissemble
• Italian: bluffare — to hide, conceal, or dissemble
• Italian: mascherare — to hide, conceal, or dissemble
• Italian: nascondere — to hide, conceal, or dissemble
• Māori: whakakikoika — to hide, conceal, or dissemble
• Portuguese: omitir — to hide, conceal, or dissemble
• Russian: скрыва́ть (skryvátʹ) — to hide, conceal, or dissemble
• Russian: пря́тать (prjátatʹ) — to hide, conceal, or dissemble
• Swedish: dölja — to hide, conceal, or dissemble
• Ukrainian: прихо́вувати (pryxóvuvaty) — to hide, conceal, or dissemble
• Ukrainian: прихова́ти (pryxováty) — to hide, conceal, or dissemble
• Ukrainian: схова́ти (sxováty) — to hide, conceal, or dissemble