bienvenir

== French == === Etymology === Back-formation from bienvenu, itself a calque of a Frankish term, from Proto-Germanic *wiljakumô (“comer, welcome guest”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /bjɛ̃v.niʁ/ === Verb === bienvenir (dated) to welcome ==== Usage notes ==== In Modern French, only used in the set phrase se faire bienvenir (“to be welcomed”). ==== 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-. ==== Derived terms ==== bienvenu bienvenue === Further reading === “bienvenir”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012