advenir
التعريفات والمعاني
== Catalan ==
=== Alternative forms ===
advindre
=== Etymology ===
Borrowed from Latin advenīre. Doublet of avenir.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): (Central) [əd.bəˈni]
IPA(key): (Balearic) [əd.vəˈni]
IPA(key): (Valencia) [ad.veˈniɾ]
=== Verb ===
advenir (first-person singular present advinc, first-person singular preterite advinguí, past participle advingut); root stress: (Central, Valencia, Balearic) /e/
(intransitive) to happen, to occur
==== Conjugation ====
==== Related terms ====
avenir
=== Further reading ===
“advenir”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
“advenir”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
“advenir” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
“advenir” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
== French ==
=== Etymology ===
Inherited from Middle French advenir, from Latin advenīre (or re-Latinized further from an Old French form avenir). Cf. also the archaic inherited doublet aveindre (“pull or take something from its resting place; reach or attain something through effort”), coming through a Vulgar Latin form *advenĭre or influenced by atteindre.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ad.və.niʁ/
=== Verb ===
advenir (defective)
(impersonal, defective, literary or poetic) to happen, to occur
==== 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 past historic and subjunctive imperfect endings do not start with one of these thematic vowels: -a-, -i-, -u-.
This verb is impersonal and is conjugated only in the third-person singular.
==== Derived terms ====
advienne que pourra
=== See also ===
avenir
=== Further reading ===
“advenir”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012
=== Anagrams ===
vendrai, viendra
== Middle French ==
=== Etymology ===
From Latin advenīre. Cf. also Old French avenir.
=== Verb ===
advenir
To happen, to occur.
== Spanish ==
=== Etymology ===
Borrowed from Latin advenīre. Doublet of avenir.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /adbeˈniɾ/ [að̞.β̞eˈniɾ]
Rhymes: -iɾ
Syllabification: ad‧ve‧nir
=== Verb ===
advenir (first-person singular present advengo, first-person singular preterite advine, past participle advenido)
(intransitive) to arrive
Synonym: llegar
(intransitive) to happen
Synonyms: ocurrir, pasar, acontecer, suceder
==== Conjugation ====
==== Derived terms ====
==== Related terms ====
=== Further reading ===
“advenir”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025