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

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

• Irish: sásta (ga)
• Italian: conveniente (it), comodo (it)
• Japanese: 便利 (ja) (benri)
• Jèrriais: c'mode
• 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), muvâfık (tr), 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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Adjective

convenient m, f (masculine and feminine 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