avenir

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Etymology

From Latin adveniō, advenīre (“to come to, to arrive”).

Verb

avenir (first-person singular present avinc, past participle avingut)

1. get on with someone, without conflict

   al final les parts en disputa s'han avingut

2. accept the circumstances with resignation

   no m'en puc avenir que en Manel s'hagi mort — I can't accept that Manel is dead.

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French

Etymology

From the expression temps à venir ("time (that is) to come"). Cf. also Old French avenir.

Pronunciation

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• IPA^(key): /av.niʁ/

Noun

avenir m (plural avenirs)

1. future

Synonyms

• futur

Antonyms

• passé

See also

• advenir

Anagrams

• enivra
• navire

Further reading

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

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Old French

Etymology

Borrowing from Latin adveniō, advenīre (“to come to, to arrive”). Cf. also the inherited doublet aveindre, avoindre, advaindre (“pull or take something from its resting place; reach or attain something through effort”), coming through a Vulgar Latin form *advenǐre or influenced by ateindre, ataindre (modern atteindre).

Verb

avenir

1. to happen

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a third-group verb. This verb has a stressed present stem avien distinct from the unstressed stem aven, as well as other irregularities. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

    Conjugation of avenir (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		avenir			avoir avenu
gerund		en avenant			Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle
present participle		avenant
past participle		avenu
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	avieng, avien	aviens	avient	avenons	avenez	avienent
	imperfect	avenoie, aveneie	avenoies, aveneies	avenoit, aveneit	aveniiens, aveniens	aveniiez, aveniez	avenoient, aveneient
	preterite	avin	avenis	avint	avenimes	avenistes	avindrent, avinrent
	future	avendrai	avendras	avendra	avendrons	avendroiz, avendreiz, avendrez	avendront
	conditional	avendroie, avendreie	avendroies, avendreies	avendroit, avendreit	avendriiens, avendriens	avendriiez, avendriez	avendroient, avendreient
compound tenses	present perfect	Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect	Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	past anterior	Use the preterite tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	future perfect	Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	conditional perfect	Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle
subjunctive		que jo	que tu	qu’il	que nos	que vos	qu’il
simple tenses	present	aviegne	aviegnes	aviegne	aviegniens, aviegnons	aviegniez	aviegnent
	imperfect	avenisse	avenisses	avenist	avenissons, avenissiens	avenissoiz, avenissez, avenissiez	avenissent
compound tenses	past	Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect	Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
		—	avien	—	avenons	avenez	—

Descendants

• French: advenir, avenir (verb)

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Spanish

Etymology

From Latin advenīre, present active infinitive of adveniō. Doublet of advenir.

Verb

avenir (first-person singular present avengo, first-person singular preterite avine, past participle avenido)

1. (transitive) to reconcile
2. (reflexive) to agree, accept

   avenirse en algo - to agree on something

   avenirse a hacer algo - to agree to do something

   avenirse con alguien - to get along with someone

   avenirse a algo - to accept or resign oneself to something

3. to match
4. (intransitive, dated) to happen

Conjugation

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

infinitive			avenir
gerund			aviniendo
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		avenido		avenida
		plural		avenidos		avenidas
		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	avengo	avienestú avenísvos	aviene	avenimos	avenís	avienen
	imperfect	avenía	avenías	avenía	aveníamos	aveníais	avenían
	preterite	avine	aviniste	avino	avinimos	avinisteis	avinieron
	future	avendré	avendrás	avendrá	avendremos	avendréis	avendrán
	conditional	avendría	avendrías	avendría	avendríamos	avendríais	avendrían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	avenga	avengas	avenga	avengamos	avengáis	avengan
	imperfect (ra)	aviniera	avinieras	aviniera	aviniéramos	avinierais	avinieran
	imperfect (se)	aviniese	avinieses	aviniese	aviniésemos	avinieseis	aviniesen
	future	aviniere	avinieres	aviniere	aviniéremos	aviniereis	avinieren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		avéntú avenívos	avenga	avengamos	avenid	avengan
	negative		no avengas	no avenga	no avengamos	no avengáis	no avengan

Other verbs with this conjugation:

► Spanish verbs ending in -ir (conjugation venir)

Related terms

• advenir
• avenida