feinte
French, noun
feinte is spelled F-E-I-N-T-E (6 letters) and appears 1.7 times per million words in written French, the 22,802nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Feinte is a French feminine noun meaning “feint, dummy” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of feinter. With an accent, feinté is a different word: “past participle of feinter”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Action de feindre”.
What does feinte mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininefeint, dummy
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- 2
second-person singular imperative
verb
- 1
past participle of feinter
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Action de feindre. 2. Coup dirigé vers un endroit et redirigé ailleurs au dernier moment. 3. Fausse information dans la préparation de la frappe afin de perturber la reprise d'appuis de l'adversaire. 4. Mot d’esprit ; blague.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of feinte
- feintes plural
- feintée feminine
- feintés masculine plural
- feintées feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to feinte
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is feinte in French?
feinte appears 1.7 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).