advenir
French
Etymology
From Middle French advenir, borrowed from Latin advenīre, present active infinitive of adveniō (or re-Latinized further from an Old French form avenir). Cf. also the archaic inherited doublet aveindre (“pull or take something from its resting place; reach or attain something through effort”), coming through a Vulgar Latin form *advenǐre or influenced by atteindre.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ad.və.niʁ/
Verb
advenir (defective)
Conjugation
This is a verb in a group of -ir verbs. All verbs ending in -venir, such as convenir and devenir, are conjugated this way. This verb is impersonal and is conjugated only in the third-person singular.
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | advenir | être advenu | |||||
| gerund | en advenant | en étant advenu | |||||
| present participle | advenant /ad.və.nɑ̃/ | ||||||
| past participle | advenu /ad.və.ny/ | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | — | — | advient /ad.vjɛ̃/ |
— | — | — |
| imperfect | — | — | advenait /ad.və.nɛ/ |
— | — | — | |
| past historic1 | — | — | advint /ad.vɛ̃/ |
— | — | — | |
| future | — | — | adviendra /ad.vjɛ̃.dʁa/ |
— | — | — | |
| conditional | — | — | adviendrait /ad.vjɛ̃.dʁɛ/ |
— | — | — | |
| compound tenses |
present perfect | Use the present tense of être followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of être followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior1 | Use the past historic tense of être followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of être followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of être followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il | que nous | que vous | qu’ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | — | — | advienne /ad.vjɛn/ |
— | — | — |
| imperfect1 | — | — | advînt /ad.vɛ̃/ |
— | — | — | |
| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive tense of être followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect1 | Use the imperfect subjunctive tense of être followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nous | vous | – | |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1literary tenses | |||||||
See also
Further reading
- “advenir” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Anagrams
Middle French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin advenīre, present active infinitive of adveniō. Cf. also Old French avenir.
Verb
advenir
- to happen, to occur
- 1488, Jean Dupré, Lancelot du Lac, page 67:
- Lors commença Lancelot a compter toutes les adventures qui lui estoient advenues
- Then Lancelot started to recount all the adventures that had happened to him
- Lors commença Lancelot a compter toutes les adventures qui lui estoient advenues
- 1595, Michel de Montaigne, Essais, book II, chapter 37:
- là où, quand ils sont beaucoup, ils descrient tous les coups le mestier, d’autant qu’il leur advient de faire plus souvent mal que bien.
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Spanish
Etymology
From Latin adveniō, advenīre. Doublet of avenir.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /adbeˈniɾ/, [aðbeˈniɾ]
Verb
advenir (first-person singular present advengo, first-person singular preterite advine, past participle advenido)
Conjugation
- 1 Mostly obsolete form, now mainly used in legal jargon.
Other verbs with this conjugation:
Derived terms
Related terms
Further reading
- “advenir” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.