"convenir" meaning in French

See convenir in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /kɔ̃v.niʁ/ Audio: Fr-convenir.ogg
Etymology: Inherited from Latin convenire. Spelt covenir in Old French, etymologically reconstructed in Middle French to closer match the original Latin spelling. Etymology templates: {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|fr|la|conveniō|convenire||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Latin convenire, {{inh+|fr|la|conveniō|convenire}} Inherited from Latin convenire, {{m|fro|covenir}} covenir, {{inh|fr|fro|-}} Old French Head templates: {{fr-verb}} convenir Inflection templates: {{fr-conj-auto}} Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], convenir [infinitive], avoir + past participle [infinitive, multiword-construction], convenant [gerund, participle, present], ayant + past participle [gerund, multiword-construction, participle, present], convenu [participle, past], conviens [first-person, indicative, present, singular], conviens [indicative, present, second-person, singular], convient [indicative, present, singular, third-person], convenons [first-person, indicative, plural, present], convenez [indicative, plural, present, second-person], conviennent [indicative, plural, present, third-person], convenais [first-person, imperfect, indicative, singular], convenais [imperfect, indicative, second-person, singular], convenait [imperfect, indicative, singular, third-person], convenions [first-person, imperfect, indicative, plural], conveniez [imperfect, indicative, plural, second-person], convenaient [imperfect, indicative, plural, third-person], convins [first-person, historic, indicative, past, singular], convins [historic, indicative, past, second-person, singular], convint [historic, indicative, past, singular, third-person], convînmes [first-person, historic, indicative, past, plural], convîntes [historic, indicative, past, plural, second-person], convinrent [historic, indicative, past, plural, third-person], conviendrai [first-person, future, indicative, singular], conviendras [future, indicative, second-person, singular], conviendra [future, indicative, singular, third-person], conviendrons [first-person, future, indicative, plural], conviendrez [future, indicative, plural, second-person], conviendront [future, indicative, plural, third-person], conviendrais [conditional, first-person, singular], conviendrais [conditional, second-person, singular], conviendrait [conditional, singular, third-person], conviendrions [conditional, first-person, plural], conviendriez [conditional, plural, second-person], conviendraient [conditional, plural, third-person], present indicative of avoir + past participle [indicative, multiword-construction, perfect, present], imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle [indicative, multiword-construction, pluperfect], past historic of avoir + past participle [anterior, indicative, multiword-construction, past], future of avoir + past participle [future, indicative, multiword-construction, perfect], conditional of avoir + past participle [conditional, multiword-construction, perfect], convienne [first-person, present, singular, subjunctive], conviennes [present, second-person, singular, subjunctive], convienne [present, singular, subjunctive, third-person], convenions [first-person, plural, present, subjunctive], conveniez [plural, present, second-person, subjunctive], conviennent [plural, present, subjunctive, third-person], convinsse [first-person, imperfect, singular, subjunctive], convinsses [imperfect, second-person, singular, subjunctive], convînt [imperfect, singular, subjunctive, third-person], convinssions [first-person, imperfect, plural, subjunctive], convinssiez [imperfect, plural, second-person, subjunctive], convinssent [imperfect, plural, subjunctive, third-person], present subjunctive of avoir + past participle [multiword-construction, past, subjunctive], imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle [multiword-construction, pluperfect, subjunctive], conviens [imperative, second-person, singular], convenons [first-person, imperative, plural], convenez [imperative, plural, second-person], simple imperative of avoir + past participle [imperative, multiword-construction, second-person, singular], simple imperative of avoir + past participle [first-person, imperative, multiword-construction, plural], simple imperative of avoir + past participle [imperative, multiword-construction, plural, second-person]
  1. to admit; to agree [+ de (object) = to/upon]
    Sense id: en-convenir-fr-verb-2QVAjvuq Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header, French verbs with conjugation venir Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 43 20 37 Disambiguation of French verbs with conjugation venir: 42 27 31
  2. to suit; to be convenient for [+ à (someone)]
    Sense id: en-convenir-fr-verb-uSE~OgRR Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 43 20 37
  3. (impersonal) to be appropriate or admissible (to be agreed upon according to convention) [+ de (object)] Tags: impersonal
    Sense id: en-convenir-fr-verb--40MNjiy Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 43 20 37
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: convenance, convention

Inflected forms

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          "english": "We’ll meet up on Tuesday, if this suits the others.",
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        {
          "english": "It is obvious that plants live solely in the environments which suit them […]",
          "ref": "1933, Henri Gaussen, Géographie des Plantes, Armand Colin, page 67",
          "text": "Il est bien évident que les plantes vivent uniquement dans les milieux qui leur conviennent[…]",
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        "to suit; to be convenient for [+ à (someone)]",
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        [
          "suit",
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        [
          "convenient",
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          "à",
          "à#French"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "to suit; to be convenient for [+ à (someone)]"
      ]
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        {
          "english": "It would not suit me to act in that way.",
          "text": "Il ne me convient pas d’agir ainsi.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "Young women have a sharp sense of what they should and should not do when they are no longer young. They say, \"I don't understand women over forty who dye their hair blonde, who show themselves off in bikinis and flirt with men. When I am that age...\"",
          "ref": "1963, Simone De Beauvoir, La Force des choses, Éditions Gallimard",
          "text": "Les jeunes femmes ont un sens aigu de ce qu’il convient de faire et de ne pas faire quand on a cessé d’être jeune. « Je ne comprends pas, disent-elles, que passé quarante ans on se teigne en blond ; qu’on s’exhibe en bikini ; qu’on coquette avec les hommes. Moi, quand j’aurai cet âge-là... »",
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          "de",
          "de#French"
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        "(impersonal) to be appropriate or admissible (to be agreed upon according to convention) [+ de (object)]"
      ],
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          "english": "to agree on the price of something",
          "text": "convenir du prix de quelque chose",
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          "english": "I agree that it's a problem.",
          "text": "Je conviens que c’est un problème.",
          "type": "example"
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          "text": "On se voit mardi, si cela convient aux autres.",
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        {
          "english": "It is obvious that plants live solely in the environments which suit them […]",
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          "text": "Il est bien évident que les plantes vivent uniquement dans les milieux qui leur conviennent[…]",
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    },
    {
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        "French terms with usage examples"
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        {
          "english": "It would not suit me to act in that way.",
          "text": "Il ne me convient pas d’agir ainsi.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "Young women have a sharp sense of what they should and should not do when they are no longer young. They say, \"I don't understand women over forty who dye their hair blonde, who show themselves off in bikinis and flirt with men. When I am that age...\"",
          "ref": "1963, Simone De Beauvoir, La Force des choses, Éditions Gallimard",
          "text": "Les jeunes femmes ont un sens aigu de ce qu’il convient de faire et de ne pas faire quand on a cessé d’être jeune. « Je ne comprends pas, disent-elles, que passé quarante ans on se teigne en blond ; qu’on s’exhibe en bikini ; qu’on coquette avec les hommes. Moi, quand j’aurai cet âge-là... »",
          "type": "quotation"
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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to be appropriate or admissible (to be agreed upon according to convention) [+ de (object)]",
        "to be appropriate or admissible (to be agreed upon according to convention)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "appropriate",
          "appropriate"
        ],
        [
          "admissible",
          "admissible"
        ],
        [
          "agreed",
          "agreed#English"
        ],
        [
          "de",
          "de#French"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(impersonal) to be appropriate or admissible (to be agreed upon according to convention) [+ de (object)]"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "impersonal"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/kɔ̃v.niʁ/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "Fr-convenir.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/d/df/Fr-convenir.ogg/Fr-convenir.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/df/Fr-convenir.ogg",
      "text": "audio"
    }
  ],
  "word": "convenir"
}

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