advenir

French

Etymology

From Middle French advenir, a borrowing 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.

Verb

advenir

1. (impersonal, literary or poetic) to happen; to occur

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.

  Conjugation of advenir (see also Appendix:French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		advenir			être advenu
gerund		en advenant			en étant advenu
present participle		advenant /ad.və.nɑ̃/
past participle		advenu /ad.və.ny/
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il	nous	vous	ils
simple tenses	present	adviens /ad.vjɛ̃/	adviens /ad.vjɛ̃/	advient /ad.vjɛ̃/	advenons /ad.və.nɔ̃/	advenez /ad.və.ne/	adviennent /ad.vjɛn/
	imperfect	advenais /ad.və.nɛ/	advenais /ad.və.nɛ/	advenait /ad.və.nɛ/	advenions /ad.və.njɔ̃/	adveniez /ad.və.nje/	advenaient /ad.və.nɛ/
	past historic1	advins /ad.vɛ̃/	advins /ad.vɛ̃/	advint /ad.vɛ̃/	advînmes /ad.vɛ̃m/	advîntes /ad.vɛ̃t/	advinrent /ad.vɛ̃ʁ/
	future	adviendrai /ad.vjɛ̃.dʁe/	adviendras /ad.vjɛ̃.dʁa/	adviendra /ad.vjɛ̃.dʁa/	adviendrons /ad.vjɛ̃.dʁɔ̃/	adviendrez /ad.vjɛ̃.dʁe/	adviendront /ad.vjɛ̃.dʁɔ̃/
	conditional	adviendrais /ad.vjɛ̃.dʁɛ/	adviendrais /ad.vjɛ̃.dʁɛ/	adviendrait /ad.vjɛ̃.dʁɛ/	adviendrions /ad.vjɛ̃.dʁi.jɔ̃/	adviendriez /ad.vjɛ̃.dʁi.je/	adviendraient /ad.vjɛ̃.dʁɛ/
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	advienne /ad.vjɛn/	adviennes /ad.vjɛn/	advienne /ad.vjɛn/	advenions /ad.və.njɔ̃/	adveniez /ad.və.nje/	adviennent /ad.vjɛn/
	imperfect1	advinsse /ad.vɛ̃s/	advinsses /ad.vɛ̃s/	advînt /ad.vɛ̃/	advinssions /ad.vɛ̃.sjɔ̃/	advinssiez /ad.vɛ̃.sje/	advinssent /ad.vɛ̃s/
compound tenses	past	Use the present subjunctive tense of être followed by the past participle
	pluperfect1	Use the imperfect subjunctive tense of être followed by the past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
		—	adviens /ad.vjɛ̃/	—	advenons /ad.və.nɔ̃/	advenez /ad.və.ne/	—
1literary tenses

See also

• avenir

Anagrams

• vendrai, viendra

Further reading

• “advenir” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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Middle French

Etymology

Borrowing from Latin advenīre, present active infinitive of adveniō. Cf. also Old French avenir.

Verb

advenir

1. 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.

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Spanish

Etymology

Borrowing from Latin advenīre, present active infinitive of adveniō. Doublet of avenir.

Verb

advenir (first-person singular present advengo, first-person singular preterite advine, past participle advenido)

1. (intransitive) to arrive
2. (intransitive) to happen

Conjugation

    Conjugation of advenir (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)^{edit data}

infinitive			advenir
gerund			adviniendo
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		advenido		advenida
		plural		advenidos		advenidas
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		yo	tú vos	él/ella usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	advengo	advienestú advenísvos	adviene	advenimos	advenís	advienen
	imperfect	advenía	advenías	advenía	adveníamos	adveníais	advenían
	preterite	advine	adviniste	advino	advinimos	advinisteis	advinieron
	future	advendré	advendrás	advendrá	advendremos	advendréis	advendrán
	conditional	advendría	advendrías	advendría	advendríamos	advendríais	advendrían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	advenga	advengas	advenga	advengamos	advengáis	advengan
	imperfect (ra)	adviniera	advinieras	adviniera	adviniéramos	advinierais	advinieran
	imperfect (se)	adviniese	advinieses	adviniese	adviniésemos	advinieseis	adviniesen
	future	adviniere	advinieres	adviniere	adviniéremos	adviniereis	advinieren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		advéntú advenívos	advenga	advengamos	advenid	advengan
	negative		no advengas	no advenga	no advengamos	no advengáis	no advengan

Other verbs with this conjugation:

► Spanish verbs ending in -ir (conjugation venir)

Synonyms

• (to arrive): llegar

Related terms

• avenir