convenient

English

Etymology

From Middle English convenient, from Latin conveniens (“fit, suitable, convenient”), present participle of convenire (“to come together, suit”); see convene and compare covenant.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

convenient (comparative more convenient, superlative most convenient)

1. Of or pertaining to convenience; simple; easy; expedient.

   Fast food might be convenient, but it's also very unhealthy.

Antonyms

• inconvenient

Related terms

• convene
• convenience

Translations

of or pertaining to convenience; simple; easy; expedient

Bulgarian: удобен (bg), улесняващ (bg) Catalan: convenient (ca) Chinese: 方便 (fāngbiàn) Esperanto: oportuna (eo) Finnish: mukava (fi), kätevä (fi), sopiva (fi) French: commode (fr) German: bequem (de), praktisch (de), günstig (de), einfach (de), gelegen (de), passend (de), genehm (de) (obsolete) Hebrew: נוח (he) (noakh) m., נוחה (he) (nokha) f. Hungarian: kényelmes (hu) Icelandic: hentugur (is) Interlingua: conveniente (ia)

Italian: conveniente (it), comodo (it) Japanese: 便利 (ja) (benri) Macedonian: згоден (mk) (zgóden) m., погоден (mk) (pógoden) m., поволен (mk) (póvolen) m. Norwegian: praktisk (no) Polish: dogodny (pl) Russian: удобный (ru) (udóbnyj) Scottish Gaelic: goireasach (gd) Spanish: conveniente (es), cómodo (es) Swedish: praktisk (sv) Turkish: elverişli (tr), kullanışlı (tr), münasip (tr) (münāsip), muvfafık (tr) (muvfāfık), rahat (tr), uygun (tr)

External links

• convenient in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• convenient in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911

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Catalan

Adjective

convenient m. and f. (plural convenients)

1. convenient

Antonyms

• inconvenient

Related terms

• conveniència
• convenir

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Latin

Verb

convenient

1. third-person plural future active indicative of conveniō