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simuler

Pronunciation: /si.my.le/

“simuler” is a French word. Its 3 meanings in English:

verb

  1. to feign, to fake, to put on, to pretend to have
  2. to dive (to pretend to be fouled in order to gain an advantage)
  3. to fake it (to feign to be enjoying sex; to pretend to have an orgasm)

In French

  1. Feindre, imiter, faire paraître réelle une chose qui n’est pas.

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin simulāre (“to imitate, to feign”). Doublet of sembler.

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