avenir

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Inherited from Latin advenīre (to come to, to arrive). Doublet of advenir.

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avenir (first-person singular present avinc, first-person singular preterite avinguí, past participle avingut); root stress: (Central, Valencian, Balearic) /e/

  1. (transitive) to make (different people) agree, to cause to come to terms
  2. (reflexive) to get on with someone, without conflict
    Al final les parts en disputa s'han avingut.
    (please add an English translation of this usage example)
  3. (reflexive) to come to terms
    No m'en puc avenir que en Manel s'hagi mort.
    I can't accept that Manel is dead.

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French[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From the expression temps à venir ("time (that is) to come"). Cf. also Old French avenir.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /av.niʁ/
  • (file)

Noun[edit]

avenir m (plural avenirs)

  1. future
    Synonym: futur
    Antonyms: passé, présent

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Etymology[edit]

From French avenir.

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avenir m (Latin spelling)

  1. future

Old French[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Latin adveniō, advenīre (to come to, to arrive). Cf. also the inherited doublet aveindre, avoindre, advaindre (pull or take something from its resting place; reach or attain something through effort), coming through a Vulgar Latin form *advenǐre or influenced by ateindre, ataindre (modern atteindre).

Verb[edit]

avenir

  1. to happen

Conjugation[edit]

This verb conjugates as a third-group verb. This verb has a stressed present stem avien distinct from the unstressed stem aven, as well as other irregularities. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

Descendants[edit]

  • French: advenir, avenir (verb)

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Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Latin advenīre. Doublet of advenir. Cognate with archaic English advene.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /abeˈniɾ/ [a.β̞eˈniɾ]
  • Rhymes: -iɾ
  • Syllabification: a‧ve‧nir

Verb[edit]

avenir (first-person singular present avengo, first-person singular preterite avine, past participle avenido)

  1. (transitive) to reconcile
  2. (reflexive) to agree, accept
    avenirse en algoto agree on something
    avenirse a hacer algoto agree to do something
    avenirse con alguiento get along with someone
    avenirse a algoto accept; to resign oneself to something
    • 2020, Miguel Ángel Solla Gutiérrez, La República sitiada:
      En consecuencia, se avinieron a negociar, a lo que también ayudó el gobernador civil, deseoso de alcanzar un acuerdo que implicara a todas las fuerzas de la izquierda santanderina.
      As a result, they agreed to negotiate, helped by the civil governor, eager to attain an agreement involving all Santander's left.
  3. to match
  4. (intransitive, dated) to happen

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