advenir
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French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle French advenir, borrowed from Latin advenīre, present active infinitive of adveniō (or re-Latinized further from an Old French form avenir). Cf. also the archaic inherited doublet aveindre (“pull or take something from its resting place; reach or attain something through effort”), coming through a Vulgar Latin form *advenǐre or influenced by atteindre.
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
advenir (defective)
- (impersonal, defective, literary or poetic) to happen; to occur
Conjugation[edit]
This is a verb in a group of -ir verbs. All verbs ending in -venir, such as convenir and devenir, are conjugated this way. This verb is impersonal and is conjugated only in the third-person singular.
Conjugation of advenir (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | advenir | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | être + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | advenant /ad.və.nɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | étant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | advenu /ad.və.ny/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | — | — | advient /ad.vjɛ̃/ |
— | — | — |
| imperfect | — | — | advenait /ad.və.nɛ/ |
— | — | — | |
| past historic2 | — | — | advint /ad.vɛ̃/ |
— | — | — | |
| future | — | — | adviendra /ad.vjɛ̃.dʁa/ |
— | — | — | |
| conditional | — | — | adviendrait /ad.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 | — | — | advienne /ad.vjɛn/ |
— | — | — |
| imperfect2 | — | — | advînt /ad.vɛ̃/ |
— | — | — | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of être + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of être + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| compound | — | simple imperative of être + past participle | — | simple imperative of être + past participle | simple imperative of être + past participle | — | |
| 1 The French gerund is only usable with preposition en. | |||||||
| 2 In less formal writing or speech, the past historic, past anterior, imperfect subjunctive and pluperfect subjunctive tenses may be found to have been replaced with the indicative present perfect, indicative pluperfect, present subjunctive and past subjunctive tenses respectively (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
See also[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “advenir” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Anagrams[edit]
Middle French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Latin advenīre, present active infinitive of adveniō. Cf. also Old French avenir.
Verb[edit]
advenir
- to happen, to occur
- 1488, Jean Dupré, Lancelot du Lac, page 67:
- Lors commença Lancelot a compter toutes les adventures qui lui estoient advenues
- Then Lancelot started to recount all the adventures that had happened to him
- 1595, Michel de Montaigne, Essais, book II, chapter 37:
- là où, quand ils sont beaucoup, ils descrient tous les coups le mestier, d’autant qu’il leur advient de faire plus souvent mal que bien.
- (please add an English translation of this quote)
Spanish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin adveniō, advenīre. Doublet of avenir.
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
advenir (first-person singular present advengo, first-person singular preterite advine, past participle advenido)
- (intransitive) to arrive
- Synonym: llegar
- (intransitive) to happen
Conjugation[edit]
- 1 Mostly obsolete form, now mainly used in legal jargon.
Derived terms[edit]
Related terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “advenir” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.
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