parvenir

French

Etymology

From Latin pervenīre, present active infinitive of perveniō (“arrive; reach”).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /paʁvəniʁ/

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Verb

parvenir

1. (intransitive; followed by à) to reach

   Je suis parvenu à l'église - I've reached the church/I've got to the church

2. (intransitive; followed by à) to succeed

Conjugation

   Conjugation of parvenir (see also Appendix:French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		parvenir			être parvenu
gerund		en parvenant			en étant parvenu
present participle		parvenant
past participle		parvenu
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il	nous	vous	ils
simple tenses	present	parviens	parviens	parvient	parvenons	parvenez	parviennent
	imperfect	parvenais	parvenais	parvenait	parvenions	parveniez	parvenaient
	past historic1	parvins	parvins	parvint	parvînmes	parvîntes	parvinrent
	future	parviendrai	parviendras	parviendra	parviendrons	parviendrez	parviendront
	conditional	parviendrais	parviendrais	parviendrait	parviendrions	parviendriez	parviendraient
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	parvienne	parviennes	parvienne	parvenions	parveniez	parviennent
	imperfect1	parvinsse	parvinsses	parvînt	parvinssions	parvinssiez	parvinssent
compound tenses	past	Use the present subjunctive of être followed by the past participle
	pluperfect1	Use the imperfect subjunctive of être followed by the past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
		—	parviens	—	parvenons	parvenez	—
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Derived terms

• parvenu