revenir

Catalan

Etymology

From , from Latin revenīre, present active infinitive of reveniō (“come back, return”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [rə.βəˈni]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [rə.vəˈni]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [re.veˈniɾ]
• Rhymes: -i(ɾ)

Verb

revenir (first-person singular present revinc, first-person singular preterite revinguí, past participle revingut)

1. to come again
2. to return
3. of a river, to rise in level

Derived terms

• reveniment

Related terms

• venir

Further reading

• “revenir” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “revenir”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “revenir” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “revenir” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

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French

Etymology

From Middle French revenir, from Old French revenir, from Latin revenīre, present active infinitive of reveniō (“come back, return”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʁə.v(ə).niʁ/

• audio:

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Verb

revenir

1. to come back, to return

   Je reviens de mes vacances.

   I'm coming back from my holiday.

   Je n'ai pas l'intention de revenir à Paris.

   I am not planning on returning to Paris.

2. (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.

3. to change an opinion

   revenir sur sa décision ― to go back on one's decision

   revenir sur sa parole ― to go back on one's word

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-).

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).

Derived terms

• revenir de loin
• revenu, revenue
• revenant

See also

• rentrer
• retourner
• venir

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• enivrer, reverni, verrine

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Middle French

Etymology

From Old French revenir.

Verb

revenir

1. to come back, to return

Descendants

• French: revenir

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Old French

Etymology

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

Verb

revenir

1. to come back, to return
   • circa 1170, Chrétien de Troyes, Yvain ou le Chevalier au Lion:

     En la cambre revient mout tost

     [She] quickly came back into the room

Conjugation

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

• Middle French: revenir
  • French: revenir
• Norman: r'vénîn
• Walloon: rivni

References

• Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (revenir, supplement)
• revenir on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub

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Spanish

Etymology

From re- +‎ venir, or from Latin revenīre, present active infinitive of reveniō.

Verb

1. (intransitive) to return, revert
2. (takes a reflexive pronoun) to shrink, reduce
3. (takes a reflexive pronoun) to go bad, spoil, turn sour (of food)

Synonyms

• (return): retornar, volver
• (shrink): encogerse, consumirse
• (go bad): acedarse, avinagrarse