Inherited from Old French feindre, faindre, from Latin fingere.
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feindre
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.
| infinitive | simple | feindre | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | feignant /fɛ.ɲɑ̃/ or /fe.ɲɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | feint /fɛ̃/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | feins /fɛ̃/ |
feins /fɛ̃/ |
feint /fɛ̃/ |
feignons /fɛ.ɲɔ̃/ or /fe.ɲɔ̃/ |
feignez /fɛ.ɲe/ or /fe.ɲe/ |
feignent /fɛɲ/ |
| imperfect | feignais /fɛ.ɲɛ/ or /fe.ɲɛ/ |
feignais /fɛ.ɲɛ/ or /fe.ɲɛ/ |
feignait /fɛ.ɲɛ/ or /fe.ɲɛ/ |
feignions /fɛ.ɲjɔ̃/ or /fe.ɲjɔ̃/ |
feigniez /fɛ.ɲje/ or /fe.ɲje/ |
feignaient /fɛ.ɲɛ/ or /fe.ɲɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | feignis /fɛ.ɲi/ or /fe.ɲi/ |
feignis /fɛ.ɲi/ or /fe.ɲi/ |
feignit /fɛ.ɲi/ or /fe.ɲi/ |
feignîmes /fɛ.ɲim/ or /fe.ɲim/ |
feignîtes /fɛ.ɲit/ or /fe.ɲit/ |
feignirent /fɛ.ɲiʁ/ or /fe.ɲiʁ/ | |
| future | feindrai /fɛ̃.dʁe/ |
feindras /fɛ̃.dʁa/ |
feindra /fɛ̃.dʁa/ |
feindrons /fɛ̃.dʁɔ̃/ |
feindrez /fɛ̃.dʁe/ |
feindront /fɛ̃.dʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | feindrais /fɛ̃.dʁɛ/ |
feindrais /fɛ̃.dʁɛ/ |
feindrait /fɛ̃.dʁɛ/ |
feindrions /fɛ̃.dʁi.jɔ̃/ |
feindriez /fɛ̃.dʁi.je/ |
feindraient /fɛ̃.dʁɛ/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
present perfect | present indicative of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| past anterior2 | past historic of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | future of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | conditional of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il, qu’elle | que nous | que vous | qu’ils, qu’elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | feigne /fɛɲ/ |
feignes /fɛɲ/ |
feigne /fɛɲ/ |
feignions /fɛ.ɲjɔ̃/ or /fe.ɲjɔ̃/ |
feigniez /fɛ.ɲje/ or /fe.ɲje/ |
feignent /fɛɲ/ |
| imperfect2 | feignisse /fɛ.ɲis/ or /fe.ɲis/ |
feignisses /fɛ.ɲis/ or /fe.ɲis/ |
feignît /fɛ.ɲi/ or /fe.ɲi/ |
feignissions /fɛ.ɲi.sjɔ̃/ or /fe.ɲi.sjɔ̃/ |
feignissiez /fɛ.ɲi.sje/ or /fe.ɲi.sje/ |
feignissent /fɛ.ɲis/ or /fe.ɲis/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | feins /fɛ̃/ |
— | feignons /fɛ.ɲɔ̃/ or /fe.ɲɔ̃/ |
feignez /fɛ.ɲe/ or /fe.ɲe/ |
— | |
| compound | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | |
| 1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en. | |||||||
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way:
(Christopher Kendris , Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
From Latin fingere, present active infinitive of fingō.
feindre
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.
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | feindre | avoir feint | |||||
| gerund | en feignant | gerund of avoir + 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 | present tense of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | imperfect tense of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| past anterior | preterite tense of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | future tense of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | conditional tense of avoir + 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 | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nos | vos | – | |
| — | feing | — | feignons | feigniez | — | ||