convenient

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English convenient, from Latin conveniēns (“fit, suitable, convenient”), present participle of conveniō, convinīre (“to come together, suit”); see convene and compare covenant. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /kənˈviː.niənt/ (General American, Canada) IPA(key): /kənˈvi.njənt/ (Australian) IPA(key): /kənˈviː.niənt/, [kənˈvɪi.niənt] (New Zealand) IPA(key): /kənˈviː.niənt/ Hyphenation: con‧ve‧nient === Adjective === convenient (comparative more convenient, superlative most convenient) Serving to reduce a difficulty, or accessible with minimum difficulty; expedient. Synonyms: expedient, simple, easy Antonym: inconvenient Suspicious due to suiting someone's purposes very well. (obsolete) Fit; suitable; appropriate. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Further reading === “convenient”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin Eli Smith, editors (1895–1910), “convenient”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. == Catalan == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin convenientem. First attested in 1507. === Pronunciation === === Adjective === convenient m or f (masculine and feminine plural convenients) convenient Antonym: inconvenient ==== Derived terms ==== convenientment ==== Related terms ==== conveniència convenir === References === === Further reading === “convenient”, 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 “convenient” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua. Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “convenient”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan) == Latin == === Verb === convenient third-person plural future active indicative of conveniō