avenir
Catalan
Alternative forms
- avindre
Etymology
From Latin adveniō, advenīre (“to come to, to arrive”).
Pronunciation
- (Balearic) IPA(key): /ə.vəˈni/
- (Central) IPA(key): /ə.bəˈni/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /a.veˈniɾ/
Verb
avenir (first-person singular present avinc, past participle avingut)
- (reflexive) to get on with someone, without conflict
- Al final les parts en disputa s'han avingut.
- (please add an English translation of this usage example)
- (reflexive) to come to terms
- No m'en puc avenir que en Manel s'hagi mort.
- I can't accept that Manel is dead.
Conjugation
Conjugation of avenir (second conjugation with velar infix, type tenir)
| infinitive | avenir | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present participle | avenint | ||||||
| past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
| singular | avingut | avinguda | |||||
| plural | avinguts | avingudes | |||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè | nosaltres nós | vosaltres vós | ells/elles vostès | |
| present | avinc | avéns | avé | avenim | aveniu | avénen | |
| imperfect | avenia | avenies | avenia | aveníem | aveníeu | avenien | |
| future | avindré | avindràs | avindrà | avindrem | avindreu | avindran | |
| preterite | avinguí | avingueres | avingué | avinguérem | avinguéreu | avingueren | |
| conditional | avindria | avindries | avindria | avindríem | avindríeu | avindrien | |
| subjunctive | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè | nosaltres nós | vosaltres vós | ells/elles vostès | |
| present | avingui | avinguis | avingui | avinguem | avingueu | avinguin | |
| imperfect | avingués | avinguessis | avingués | avinguéssim | avinguéssiu | avinguessin | |
| imperative | — | tu | vostè | nosaltres | vosaltres vós | vostès | |
| — | avine | avingui | avinguem | aveniu | avinguin | ||
Derived terms
- desavenir-se
Further reading
- “avenir” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
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)
- future
- Synonym: futur
- Antonyms: passé, présent
Derived terms
- à l'avenir
- l'avenir appartient à ceux qui se lèvent tôt
See also
- advenir
Further reading
- “avenir”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
- enivra
- navire
Ladino
Alternative forms
- avinir
Etymology
From French avenir.
Noun
avenir m (Latin spelling)
- future
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
- 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)
Spanish
Etymology
From Latin advenīre, present active infinitive of adveniō. Doublet of advenir. Cognate with archaic English advene.
Verb
avenir (first-person singular present avengo, first-person singular preterite avine, past participle avenido)
- (transitive) to reconcile
- (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; to resign oneself to something
- 2020, Miguel Ángel Solla Gutiérrez, La República sitiada:
- En consecuencia, se avinieron a negociar, a lo que también ayudó el gobernador civil, deseoso de alcanzar un acuerdo que implicara a todas las fuerzas de la izquierda santanderina.
- (please add an English translation of this quote)
- to match
- (intransitive, dated) to happen
Conjugation
Conjugation of avenir (irregular; e-ie-i alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
| 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 | avengastú avengásvos2 | avenga | avengamos | avengáis | avengan | |
| imperfect (ra) | aviniera | avinieras | aviniera | aviniéramos | avinierais | avinieran | |
| imperfect (se) | aviniese | avinieses | aviniese | aviniésemos | avinieseis | aviniesen | |
| future1 | 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 | ||
1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
Selected combined forms of avenir (irregular; e-ie-i alternation)
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | ||
| with infinitive avenir | |||||||
| dative | avenirme | avenirte | avenirle, avenirse | avenirnos | aveniros | avenirles, avenirse | |
| accusative | avenirme | avenirte | avenirlo, avenirla, avenirse | avenirnos | aveniros | avenirlos, avenirlas, avenirse | |
| with gerund aviniendo | |||||||
| dative | aviniéndome | aviniéndote | aviniéndole, aviniéndose | aviniéndonos | aviniéndoos | aviniéndoles, aviniéndose | |
| accusative | aviniéndome | aviniéndote | aviniéndolo, aviniéndola, aviniéndose | aviniéndonos | aviniéndoos | aviniéndolos, aviniéndolas, aviniéndose | |
| with informal second-person singular tú imperative avén | |||||||
| dative | avenme | avente | avenle | avennos | not used | avenles | |
| accusative | avenme | avente | avenlo, avenla | avennos | not used | avenlos, avenlas | |
| with informal second-person singular vos imperative avení | |||||||
| dative | avenime | avenite | avenile | aveninos | not used | aveniles | |
| accusative | avenime | avenite | avenilo, avenila | aveninos | not used | avenilos, avenilas | |
| with formal second-person singular imperative avenga | |||||||
| dative | avéngame | not used | avéngale, avéngase | avénganos | not used | avéngales | |
| accusative | avéngame | not used | avéngalo, avéngala, avéngase | avénganos | not used | avéngalos, avéngalas | |
| with first-person plural imperative avengamos | |||||||
| dative | not used | avengámoste | avengámosle | avengámonos | avengámoos | avengámosles | |
| accusative | not used | avengámoste | avengámoslo, avengámosla | avengámonos | avengámoos | avengámoslos, avengámoslas | |
| with informal second-person plural imperative avenid | |||||||
| dative | avenidme | not used | avenidle | avenidnos | aveníos | avenidles | |
| accusative | avenidme | not used | avenidlo, avenidla | avenidnos | aveníos | avenidlos, avenidlas | |
| with formal second-person plural imperative avengan | |||||||
| dative | avénganme | not used | avénganle | avéngannos | not used | avénganles, avénganse | |
| accusative | avénganme | not used | avénganlo, avénganla | avéngannos | not used | avénganlos, avénganlas, avénganse | |
Derived terms
- avenencia
- avenida
- avenimiento
Related terms
- advenir
Further reading
- “avenir”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014