avenir

Catalan

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ə.βəˈni]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ə.vəˈni]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [a.veˈniɾ]

Verb

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

1. (reflexive) to get on with someone, without conflict

   Al final les parts en disputa s'han avingut.

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2. (reflexive) to come to terms

   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

• IPA^(key): /av.niʁ/

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Noun

avenir m (plural avenirs)

1. future

   Synonym: futur

   Antonyms: passé, présent

See also

• advenir

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• enivra
• navire

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Old French

Etymology

Borrowed 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			gerund of avoir + 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	present tense of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect tense of avoir + past participle
	past anterior	preterite tense of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future tense of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional tense of avoir + 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	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + 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. Cognate with archaic English advene.

Verb

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

Related terms

• advenir
• avenida