provenir

Catalan

Alternative forms

• provindre

Etymology

From Latin prōvenīre, present active infinitive of prōveniō (“originate, arise”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [pɾu.βəˈni]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [pɾo.vəˈni]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [pɾo.veˈniɾ]
• Rhymes: -i(ɾ)

Verb

provenir (first-person singular present provinc, first-person singular preterite provinguí, past participle provingut)

1. to originate, to stem (from)
2. to arise (from)

Related terms

• provinença
• provinent

Further reading

• “provenir” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “provenir”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “provenir” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “provenir” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

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French

Etymology

From Latin prōvenīre, present active infinitive of prōveniō (“originate, arise”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pʁɔv.niʁ/

• Audio:

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Verb

provenir

1. to originate (from)
2. to arise (from)

Conjugation

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-).

Conjugation of provenir (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	provenir
	compound	être + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	provenant /pʁɔv.nɑ̃/
	compound	étant + past participle
past participle		provenu /pʁɔv.ny/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	proviens /pʁɔ.vjɛ̃/	proviens /pʁɔ.vjɛ̃/	provient /pʁɔ.vjɛ̃/	provenons /pʁɔv.nɔ̃/	provenez /pʁɔv.ne/	proviennent /pʁɔ.vjɛn/
	imperfect	provenais /pʁɔv.nɛ/	provenais /pʁɔv.nɛ/	provenait /pʁɔv.nɛ/	provenions /pʁɔ.və.njɔ̃/	proveniez /pʁɔ.və.nje/	provenaient /pʁɔv.nɛ/
	past historic2	provins /pʁɔ.vɛ̃/	provins /pʁɔ.vɛ̃/	provint /pʁɔ.vɛ̃/	provînmes /pʁɔ.vɛ̃m/	provîntes /pʁɔ.vɛ̃t/	provinrent /pʁɔ.vɛ̃ʁ/
	future	proviendrai /pʁɔ.vjɛ̃.dʁe/	proviendras /pʁɔ.vjɛ̃.dʁa/	proviendra /pʁɔ.vjɛ̃.dʁa/	proviendrons /pʁɔ.vjɛ̃.dʁɔ̃/	proviendrez /pʁɔ.vjɛ̃.dʁe/	proviendront /pʁɔ.vjɛ̃.dʁɔ̃/
	conditional	proviendrais /pʁɔ.vjɛ̃.dʁɛ/	proviendrais /pʁɔ.vjɛ̃.dʁɛ/	proviendrait /pʁɔ.vjɛ̃.dʁɛ/	proviendrions /pʁɔ.vjɛ̃.dʁi.jɔ̃/	proviendriez /pʁɔ.vjɛ̃.dʁi.je/	proviendraient /pʁɔ.vjɛ̃.dʁɛ/
(compound tenses)	present perfect	present indicative of être + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect indicative of être + past participle
	past anterior2	past historic of être + past participle
	future perfect	future of être + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional of être + past participle
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il, qu’elle	que nous	que vous	qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple tenses)	present	provienne /pʁɔ.vjɛn/	proviennes /pʁɔ.vjɛn/	provienne /pʁɔ.vjɛn/	provenions /pʁɔ.və.njɔ̃/	proveniez /pʁɔ.və.nje/	proviennent /pʁɔ.vjɛn/
	imperfect2	provinsse /pʁɔ.vɛ̃s/	provinsses /pʁɔ.vɛ̃s/	provînt /pʁɔ.vɛ̃/	provinssions /pʁɔ.vɛ̃.sjɔ̃/	provinssiez /pʁɔ.vɛ̃.sje/	provinssent /pʁɔ.vɛ̃s/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of être + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of être + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	proviens /pʁɔ.vjɛ̃/	—	provenons /pʁɔv.nɔ̃/	provenez /pʁɔv.ne/	—
compound		—	simple imperative of être + past participle	—	simple imperative of être + past participle	simple imperative of être + past participle	—
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way: past historic → present perfect past anterior → pluperfect imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Related terms

• provenance

Further reading

• “provenir”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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Spanish

Etymology

From Latin prōvenīre, present active infinitive of prōveniō (“originate, arise”).

Verb

provenir (first-person singular present provengo, first-person singular preterite provine, past participle provenido)

1. originate, arise (from)

   Synonym: originar

Conjugation

    Conjugation of provenir (irregular; e-ie-i alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			provenir
gerund			proviniendo
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		provenido		provenida
		plural		provenidos		provenidas
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	provengo	provienestú provenísvos	proviene	provenimos	provenís	provienen
	imperfect	provenía	provenías	provenía	proveníamos	proveníais	provenían
	preterite	provine	proviniste	provino	provinimos	provinisteis	provinieron
	future	provendré	provendrás	provendrá	provendremos	provendréis	provendrán
	conditional	provendría	provendrías	provendría	provendríamos	provendríais	provendrían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	provenga	provengastú provengásvos2	provenga	provengamos	provengáis	provengan
	imperfect (ra)	proviniera	provinieras	proviniera	proviniéramos	provinierais	provinieran
	imperfect (se)	proviniese	provinieses	proviniese	proviniésemos	provinieseis	proviniesen
	future1	proviniere	provinieres	proviniere	proviniéremos	proviniereis	provinieren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		provéntú provenívos	provenga	provengamos	provenid	provengan
	negative		no provengas	no provenga	no provengamos	no provengáis	no provengan

¹Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of provenir (irregular; e-ie-i alternation)

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
with infinitive provenir
	dative	provenirme	provenirte	provenirle, provenirse	provenirnos	proveniros	provenirles, provenirse
	accusative	provenirme	provenirte	provenirlo, provenirla, provenirse	provenirnos	proveniros	provenirlos, provenirlas, provenirse
with gerund proviniendo
	dative	proviniéndome	proviniéndote	proviniéndole, proviniéndose	proviniéndonos	proviniéndoos	proviniéndoles, proviniéndose
	accusative	proviniéndome	proviniéndote	proviniéndolo, proviniéndola, proviniéndose	proviniéndonos	proviniéndoos	proviniéndolos, proviniéndolas, proviniéndose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative provén
	dative	provenme	provente	provenle	provennos	not used	provenles
	accusative	provenme	provente	provenlo, provenla	provennos	not used	provenlos, provenlas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative provení
	dative	provenime	provenite	provenile	proveninos	not used	proveniles
	accusative	provenime	provenite	provenilo, provenila	proveninos	not used	provenilos, provenilas
with formal second-person singular imperative provenga
	dative	provéngame	not used	provéngale, provéngase	provénganos	not used	provéngales
	accusative	provéngame	not used	provéngalo, provéngala, provéngase	provénganos	not used	provéngalos, provéngalas
with first-person plural imperative provengamos
	dative	not used	provengámoste	provengámosle	provengámonos	provengámoos	provengámosles
	accusative	not used	provengámoste	provengámoslo, provengámosla	provengámonos	provengámoos	provengámoslos, provengámoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative provenid
	dative	provenidme	not used	provenidle	provenidnos	proveníos	provenidles
	accusative	provenidme	not used	provenidlo, provenidla	provenidnos	proveníos	provenidlos, provenidlas
with formal second-person plural imperative provengan
	dative	provénganme	not used	provénganle	provéngannos	not used	provénganles, provénganse
	accusative	provénganme	not used	provénganlo, provénganla	provéngannos	not used	provénganlos, provénganlas, provénganse

Related terms

• proveniencia
• proveniente
• venir

Further reading

• “provenir”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014