advenir

Catalan

Alternative forms

• advindre

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin advenīre. Doublet of avenir.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [əd.bəˈni]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [əd.vəˈni]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ad.veˈniɾ]

Verb

advenir (first-person singular present advinc, first-person singular preterite advinguí, past participle advingut); root stress: (Central, Valencia, Balearic) /e/

1. (intransitive) to happen, to occur

Conjugation

    Conjugation of advenir (third conjugation, without -eix-, irregular, with velar infix)

infinitive			advenir
gerund			advenint
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		advingut		advinguda
		plural		advinguts		advingudes
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	advinc	advens	advé	advenim	adveniu	advenen
	imperfect	advenia	advenies	advenia	adveníem	adveníeu	advenien
	future	advindré	advindràs	advindrà	advindrem	advindreu	advindran
	preterite	advinguí	advingueres	advingué	advinguérem	advinguéreu	advingueren
	conditional	advindria	advindries	advindria	advindríem	advindríeu	advindrien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	advingui	advinguis	advingui	advinguem	advingueu	advinguin
	imperfect	advingués	advinguessis	advingués	advinguéssim	advinguéssiu	advinguessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	advén	advingui	advinguem	adveniu	advinguin
	negative (no)	—	no advinguis	no advingui	no advinguem	no advingueu	no advinguin

Related terms

• avenir

Further reading

• “advenir”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], 2007 April
• “advenir”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025.
• “advenir” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “advenir” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French advenir, from Latin advenīre (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 *advenĭre or influenced by atteindre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ad.və.niʁ/

• Audio:

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Verb

advenir (defective)

1. (impersonal, defective, 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. 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 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, on	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		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
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 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).

Derived terms

• advienne que pourra

See also

• avenir

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• vendrai, viendra

Middle French

Etymology

From Latin advenīre. 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.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin advenīre. Doublet of avenir.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /adbeˈniɾ/ [að̞.β̞eˈniɾ]
• Rhymes: -iɾ
• Syllabification: ad‧ve‧nir

Verb

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

1. (intransitive) to arrive

   Synonym: llegar

2. (intransitive) to happen

   Synonyms: ocurrir, pasar, acontecer, suceder

Conjugation

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

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/ello 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/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	advenga	advengastú advengásvos2	advenga	advengamos	advengáis	advengan
	imperfect (ra)	adviniera	advinieras	adviniera	adviniéramos	advinierais	advinieran
	imperfect (se)	adviniese	advinieses	adviniese	adviniésemos	advinieseis	adviniesen
	future1	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

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

Derived terms

• advenedizo
• advenimiento

Related terms

• avenir

Further reading

• “advenir”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10