obvenir

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Catalan

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin obvenīre.

Verb

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obvenir (first-person singular present obvinc, first-person singular preterite obvinguí, past participle obvingut); root stress: (Central, Valencia, Balearic) /e/

  1. (intransitive) to fall to
    Synonym: recaure

Conjugation

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French

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Etymology

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From Latin obvenīre.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ɔb.və.niʁ/
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Verb

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obvenir

  1. (rare, law, defective) to happen, to occur
    Synonym: échoir

Conjugation

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This is a verb in a group of -ir verbs. All verbs ending in -venir, such as convenir and devenir, are conjugated this way. Such verbs are the only verbs whose the past historic and subjunctive imperfect endings do not start in one of these thematic vowels (-a-, -i-, -u-). This verb is conjugated only in the third person.

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