revenir

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Catalan[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Old Catalan revenir, from Latin revenīre.

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

revenir (first-person singular present revinc, first-person singular preterite revinguí, past participle revingut); root stress: (Central, Valencian, Balearic) /e/

  1. to come again
    1. to come to be responsible
      • 2023 August 14, Hydro-Québec, Power outages‎[1]:
        Il revient à l’occupant du lieu visé de protéger ses biens.
        It is the users’ responsibility to protect their property.
  2. to return
  3. of a river, to rise in level

Conjugation[edit]

    Conjugation of revenir (third conjugation, without -eix-, irregular, with velar infix)
infinitive revenir
gerund revenint
past participle masculine feminine
singular revingut revinguda
plural revinguts revingudes
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative jo tu ell/ella
vostè 		nosaltres
nós 		vosaltres
vós 		ells/elles
vostès
present revinc revens revé revenim reveniu revenen
imperfect revenia revenies revenia reveníem reveníeu revenien
future revindré revindràs revindrà revindrem revindreu revindran
preterite revinguí revingueres revingué revinguérem revinguéreu revingueren
conditional revindria revindries revindria revindríem revindríeu revindrien
subjunctive jo tu ell/ella
vostè 		nosaltres
nós 		vosaltres
vós 		ells/elles
vostès
present revingui revinguis revingui revinguem revingueu revinguin
imperfect revingués revinguessis revingués revinguéssim revinguéssiu revinguessin
imperative — tu vostè nosaltres vosaltres
vós 		vostès
affirmative — revén revingui revinguem reveniu revinguin
negative (no) — no revinguis no revingui no revinguem no revingueu no revinguin

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French[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Middle French revenir, from Old French revenir, from Latin revenīre (“come back, return”).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ʁə.v(ə).niʁ/
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Verb[edit]

revenir

  1. to come back, to return
    Je reviens de vacances. ― I'm coming back from holiday.
    Je n’ai pas l’intention de revenir à Paris. ― I am not planning on returning to Paris.
    • 2018, Zaz, On s'en remet jamais:
      Est-ce que la lumière reviendra ? Est-ce qu’on retrouvera le sommeil ? Y aura-t-il un nouveau soleil, quelqu’un d’autre qui brillera ?
      Will the light return? Will we get back to sleep? Will there be a new sun, someone else who will shine?
  2. to grow back
    Les plumes reviennent à cet oiseau. ― This bird's feathers are growing back.
  3. to recur, to be mentioned repeatedly
    Les auteurs grecs et latins reviennent souvent dans ses écrits. ― Greek and Latin authors often recur in his writings.
  4. to come to mind, to be remembered
    Ce nom ne me revient pas. ― That name doesn't come to mind.
  5. (transitive with sur) to recant
    revenir sur sa décision ― to go back on one's decision
    revenir sur sa parole ― to go back on one's word
  6. (cooking, preceded by faire) to brown
    Mettez un peu de beurre et d’huile et faites revenir sur le gaz. ― Put in a bit of butter and oil and brown on the gas cooker.
  7. to go to as what is due
    Il paie à elle ce qui lui revenait après le divorce. ― He pays to her what was due to her after the divorce.

Conjugation[edit]

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-).

Conjugation of revenir (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple revenir
compound être + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple revenant
/ʁə.v(ə).nɑ̃/
compound étant + past participle
past participle revenu
/ʁə.v(ə).ny/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present reviens
/ʁə.vjɛ̃/ 		reviens
/ʁə.vjɛ̃/ 		revient
/ʁə.vjɛ̃/ 		revenons
/ʁə.v(ə).nɔ̃/ 		revenez
/ʁə.v(ə).ne/ 		reviennent
/ʁə.vjɛn/
imperfect revenais
/ʁə.v(ə).nɛ/ 		revenais
/ʁə.v(ə).nɛ/ 		revenait
/ʁə.v(ə).nɛ/ 		revenions
/ʁə.və.njɔ̃/ 		reveniez
/ʁə.və.nje/ 		revenaient
/ʁə.v(ə).nɛ/
past historic2 revins
/ʁə.vɛ̃/ 		revins
/ʁə.vɛ̃/ 		revint
/ʁə.vɛ̃/ 		revînmes
/ʁə.vɛ̃m/ 		revîntes
/ʁə.vɛ̃t/ 		revinrent
/ʁə.vɛ̃ʁ/
future reviendrai
/ʁə.vjɛ̃.dʁe/ 		reviendras
/ʁə.vjɛ̃.dʁa/ 		reviendra
/ʁə.vjɛ̃.dʁa/ 		reviendrons
/ʁə.vjɛ̃.dʁɔ̃/ 		reviendrez
/ʁə.vjɛ̃.dʁe/ 		reviendront
/ʁə.vjɛ̃.dʁɔ̃/
conditional reviendrais
/ʁə.vjɛ̃.dʁɛ/ 		reviendrais
/ʁə.vjɛ̃.dʁɛ/ 		reviendrait
/ʁə.vjɛ̃.dʁɛ/ 		reviendrions
/ʁə.vjɛ̃.dʁi.jɔ̃/ 		reviendriez
/ʁə.vjɛ̃.dʁi.je/ 		reviendraient
/ʁə.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 revienne
/ʁə.vjɛn/ 		reviennes
/ʁə.vjɛn/ 		revienne
/ʁə.vjɛn/ 		revenions
/ʁə.və.njɔ̃/ 		reveniez
/ʁə.və.nje/ 		reviennent
/ʁə.vjɛn/
imperfect2 revinsse
/ʁə.vɛ̃s/ 		revinsses
/ʁə.vɛ̃s/ 		revînt
/ʁə.vɛ̃/ 		revinssions
/ʁə.vɛ̃.sjɔ̃/ 		revinssiez
/ʁə.vɛ̃.sje/ 		revinssent
/ʁə.vɛ̃s/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of être + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of être + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — reviens
/ʁə.vjɛ̃/ 		— revenons
/ʁə.v(ə).nɔ̃/ 		revenez
/ʁə.v(ə).ne/ 		—
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).

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Middle French[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old French revenir.

Verb[edit]

revenir

  1. to come back, to return

Descendants[edit]

  • French: revenir

Old French[edit]

Etymology[edit]

First attested circa 980 in La Vie de Saint Léger, inherited from Latin revenīre, present active infinitive of reveniō.

Verb[edit]

revenir

  1. to come back, to return

Conjugation[edit]

This verb conjugates as a third-group verb. This verb has a stressed present stem revien distinct from the unstressed stem reven, 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 revenir (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
simple compound
infinitive revenir estre revenu
gerund en revenant gerund of estre + past participle
present participle revenant
past participle revenu
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative jo tu il nos vos il
simple
tenses 		present revieng, revien reviens revient revenons revenez revienent
imperfect revenoie, reveneie revenoies, reveneies revenoit, reveneit reveniiens, reveniens reveniiez, reveniez revenoient, reveneient
preterite revin revenis revint revenimes revenistes revindrent, revinrent
future revendrai revendras revendra revendrons revendroiz, revendreiz, revendrez revendront
conditional revendroie, revendreie revendroies, revendreies revendroit, revendreit revendriiens, revendriens revendriiez, revendriez revendroient, revendreient
compound
tenses 		present perfect present tense of estre + past participle
pluperfect imperfect tense of estre + past participle
past anterior preterite tense of estre + past participle
future perfect future tense of estre + past participle
conditional perfect conditional tense of estre + past participle
subjunctive que jo que tu qu’il que nos que vos qu’il
simple
tenses 		present reviegne reviegnes reviegne reviegniens, reviegnons reviegniez reviegnent
imperfect revenisse revenisses revenist revenissons, revenissiens revenissoiz, revenissez, revenissiez revenissent
compound
tenses 		past present subjunctive of estre + past participle
pluperfect imperfect subjunctive of estre + past participle
imperative – tu – nos vos –
— revien — revenons revenez —

Descendants[edit]

References[edit]

Spanish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From re- +‎ venir, or from Latin revenīre.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /rebeˈniɾ/ [re.β̞eˈniɾ]
  • Rhymes: -iɾ
  • Syllabification: re‧ve‧nir

Verb[edit]

revenir (first-person singular present revengo, first-person singular preterite revine, past participle revenido)

  1. (intransitive) to return, revert
    Synonyms: retornar, volver
  2. (takes a reflexive pronoun) to shrink, reduce
    Synonyms: encoger, consumir
  3. (takes a reflexive pronoun) to go bad, spoil, turn sour (of food)
    Synonyms: acedar, avinagrar

Conjugation[edit]

    Conjugation of revenir (irregular; e-ie-i alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive revenir
gerund reviniendo
past participle masculine feminine
singular revenido revenida
plural revenidos revenidas
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 revengo revienestú
revenísvos 		reviene revenimos revenís revienen
imperfect revenía revenías revenía reveníamos reveníais revenían
preterite revine reviniste revino revinimos revinisteis revinieron
future revendré revendrás revendrá revendremos revendréis revendrán
conditional revendría revendrías revendría revendríamos revendríais revendrían
subjunctive yo tú
vos 		él/ella/ello
usted 		nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ellos/ellas
ustedes
present revenga revengastú
revengásvos2 		revenga revengamos revengáis revengan
imperfect
(ra) 		reviniera revinieras reviniera reviniéramos revinierais revinieran
imperfect
(se) 		reviniese revinieses reviniese reviniésemos revinieseis reviniesen
future1 reviniere revinieres reviniere reviniéremos reviniereis revinieren
imperative — tú
vos 		usted nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ustedes
affirmative revéntú
revenívos 		revenga revengamos revenid revengan
negative no revengas no revenga no revengamos no revengáis no revengan

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

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