advenir

French

Etymology

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

• IPA^(key): /ad.və.niʁ/

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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).

See also

• avenir

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• vendrai, viendra

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Middle French

Etymology

Borrowed 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.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

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Spanish

Etymology

From Latin adveniō, advenīre. Doublet of avenir.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /adbeˈniɾ/ [að̞.β̞eˈniɾ]

Verb

1. (intransitive) to arrive

   Synonym: llegar

2. (intransitive) to happen

   Synonyms: ocurrir, pasar, acontecer, suceder

Derived terms

• advenedizo
• advenimiento

Related terms

• avenir

Further reading

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