"revenir" meaning in French

See revenir in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /ʁə.v(ə).niʁ/ Audio: Fr-revenir.ogg
Etymology: Inherited from Middle French revenir, from Old French revenir, from Latin revenīre (“come back, return”). Etymology templates: {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|fr|frm|revenir|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Middle French revenir, {{inh+|fr|frm|revenir}} Inherited from Middle French revenir, {{inh|fr|fro|revenir}} Old French revenir, {{inh|fr|la|reveniō|revenīre|t=come back, return}} Latin revenīre (“come back, return”) Head templates: {{fr-verb}} revenir Inflection templates: {{fr-conj-auto|aux=être}} Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], revenir [infinitive], être + past participle [infinitive, multiword-construction], revenant [gerund, participle, present], étant + past participle [gerund, multiword-construction, participle, present], revenu [participle, past], reviens [first-person, indicative, present, singular], reviens [indicative, present, second-person, singular], revient [indicative, present, singular, third-person], revenons [first-person, indicative, plural, present], revenez [indicative, plural, present, second-person], reviennent [indicative, plural, present, third-person], revenais [first-person, imperfect, indicative, singular], revenais [imperfect, indicative, second-person, singular], revenait [imperfect, indicative, singular, third-person], revenions [first-person, imperfect, indicative, plural], reveniez [imperfect, indicative, plural, second-person], revenaient [imperfect, indicative, plural, third-person], revins [first-person, historic, indicative, past, singular], revins [historic, indicative, past, second-person, singular], revint [historic, indicative, past, singular, third-person], revînmes [first-person, historic, indicative, past, plural], revîntes [historic, indicative, past, plural, second-person], revinrent [historic, indicative, past, plural, third-person], reviendrai [first-person, future, indicative, singular], reviendras [future, indicative, second-person, singular], reviendra [future, indicative, singular, third-person], reviendrons [first-person, future, indicative, plural], reviendrez [future, indicative, plural, second-person], reviendront [future, indicative, plural, third-person], reviendrais [conditional, first-person, singular], reviendrais [conditional, second-person, singular], reviendrait [conditional, singular, third-person], reviendrions [conditional, first-person, plural], reviendriez [conditional, plural, second-person], reviendraient [conditional, plural, third-person], present indicative of être + past participle [indicative, multiword-construction, perfect, present], imperfect indicative of être + past participle [indicative, multiword-construction, pluperfect], past historic of être + past participle [anterior, indicative, multiword-construction, past], future of être + past participle [future, indicative, multiword-construction, perfect], conditional of être + past participle [conditional, multiword-construction, perfect], revienne [first-person, present, singular, subjunctive], reviennes [present, second-person, singular, subjunctive], revienne [present, singular, subjunctive, third-person], revenions [first-person, plural, present, subjunctive], reveniez [plural, present, second-person, subjunctive], reviennent [plural, present, subjunctive, third-person], revinsse [first-person, imperfect, singular, subjunctive], revinsses [imperfect, second-person, singular, subjunctive], revînt [imperfect, singular, subjunctive, third-person], revinssions [first-person, imperfect, plural, subjunctive], revinssiez [imperfect, plural, second-person, subjunctive], revinssent [imperfect, plural, subjunctive, third-person], present subjunctive of être + past participle [multiword-construction, past, subjunctive], imperfect subjunctive of être + past participle [multiword-construction, pluperfect, subjunctive], reviens [imperative, second-person, singular], revenons [first-person, imperative, plural], revenez [imperative, plural, second-person], simple imperative of être + past participle [imperative, multiword-construction, second-person, singular], simple imperative of être + past participle [first-person, imperative, multiword-construction, plural], simple imperative of être + past participle [imperative, multiword-construction, plural, second-person]
  1. to come back, to return
    Sense id: en-revenir-fr-verb-~VgrWkxC Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header, French verbs taking être as auxiliary, French verbs with conjugation venir Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 34 2 16 42 2 5 Disambiguation of French verbs taking être as auxiliary: 24 10 11 26 10 21 Disambiguation of French verbs with conjugation venir: 22 10 17 20 10 21
  2. to grow back
    Sense id: en-revenir-fr-verb-7AKRDlNR Categories (other): French verbs with conjugation venir Disambiguation of French verbs with conjugation venir: 22 10 17 20 10 21
  3. to recur, to be mentioned repeatedly
    Sense id: en-revenir-fr-verb-32~inzug Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header, French verbs taking être as auxiliary, French verbs with conjugation venir Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 34 2 16 42 2 5 Disambiguation of French verbs taking être as auxiliary: 24 10 11 26 10 21 Disambiguation of French verbs with conjugation venir: 22 10 17 20 10 21
  4. to come to mind, to be remembered
    Sense id: en-revenir-fr-verb-q3Jlotr0 Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header, French verbs taking être as auxiliary, French verbs with conjugation venir Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 34 2 16 42 2 5 Disambiguation of French verbs taking être as auxiliary: 24 10 11 26 10 21 Disambiguation of French verbs with conjugation venir: 22 10 17 20 10 21
  5. (transitive with sur) to recant Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-revenir-fr-verb-wQ96zE9y Categories (other): French verbs with conjugation venir Disambiguation of French verbs with conjugation venir: 22 10 17 20 10 21
  6. (cooking, preceded by faire) to brown Categories (topical): Cooking
    Sense id: en-revenir-fr-verb-BSF10D46 Categories (other): French verbs taking être as auxiliary, French verbs with conjugation venir Disambiguation of French verbs taking être as auxiliary: 24 10 11 26 10 21 Disambiguation of French verbs with conjugation venir: 22 10 17 20 10 21 Topics: cooking, food, lifestyle
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: rentrer, retourner, venir
Derived forms: chassez le naturel, il revient au galop, en revenir, revenant, revenir à la charge, revenir à ses moutons, revenir à soi, revenir au même, revenir de loin, revenir sur ses pas, revenu, revenue

Inflected forms

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      "word": "chassez le naturel, il revient au galop"
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      "form": "revinsse",
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        "subjunctive"
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      "ipa": "/ʁə.vɛ̃.sjɔ̃/",
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        "subjunctive"
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    },
    {
      "form": "revinssiez",
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        "subjunctive"
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    {
      "form": "revinssent",
      "ipa": "/ʁə.vɛ̃s/",
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        "plural"
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          "english": "I'm coming back from holiday.",
          "text": "Je reviens de vacances.",
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        {
          "english": "I am not planning on returning to Paris.",
          "text": "Je n’ai pas l’intention de revenir à Paris.",
          "type": "example"
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        {
          "english": "Will the light return? Will we get back to sleep? Will there be a new sun, someone else who will shine?",
          "ref": "2018, Zaz, On s'en remet jamais",
          "text": "Est-ce que la lumière reviendra ? Est-ce qu’on retrouvera le sommeil ? Y aura-t-il un nouveau soleil, quelqu’un d’autre qui brillera ?",
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          "english": "This bird's feathers are growing back.",
          "text": "Les plumes reviennent à cet oiseau.",
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        {
          "english": "Greek and Latin authors often recur in his writings.",
          "text": "Les auteurs grecs et latins reviennent souvent dans ses écrits.",
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          "english": "That name doesn't come to mind.",
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          "english": "to go back on one's decision",
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          "english": "to go back on one's word",
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          "english": "Put in a bit of butter and oil and brown on the gas cooker.",
          "text": "Mettez un peu de beurre et d’huile et faites revenir sur le gaz.",
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      "word": "chassez le naturel, il revient au galop"
    },
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      "word": "en revenir"
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      "word": "revenir à la charge"
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      "word": "revenir à ses moutons"
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      "word": "revenir à soi"
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    {
      "word": "revenir au même"
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    {
      "word": "revenir de loin"
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      "word": "revenir sur ses pas"
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    },
    {
      "form": "revinssiez",
      "ipa": "/ʁə.vɛ̃.sje/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "plural",
        "second-person",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "revinssent",
      "ipa": "/ʁə.vɛ̃s/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "plural",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "present subjunctive of être + past participle",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "multiword-construction",
        "past",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "imperfect subjunctive of être + past participle",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "multiword-construction",
        "pluperfect",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "reviens",
      "ipa": "/ʁə.vjɛ̃/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "revenons",
      "ipa": "/ʁə.v(ə).nɔ̃/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "revenez",
      "ipa": "/ʁə.v(ə).ne/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "simple imperative of être + past participle",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "multiword-construction",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "simple imperative of être + past participle",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperative",
        "multiword-construction",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "simple imperative of être + past participle",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "multiword-construction",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "revenir",
      "name": "fr-verb"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "aux": "être"
      },
      "name": "fr-conj-auto"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "French",
  "lang_code": "fr",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "rentrer"
    },
    {
      "word": "retourner"
    },
    {
      "word": "venir"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "French terms with quotations",
        "French terms with usage examples",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "I'm coming back from holiday.",
          "text": "Je reviens de vacances.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "I am not planning on returning to Paris.",
          "text": "Je n’ai pas l’intention de revenir à Paris.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "Will the light return? Will we get back to sleep? Will there be a new sun, someone else who will shine?",
          "ref": "2018, Zaz, On s'en remet jamais",
          "text": "Est-ce que la lumière reviendra ? Est-ce qu’on retrouvera le sommeil ? Y aura-t-il un nouveau soleil, quelqu’un d’autre qui brillera ?",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to come back, to return"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "come back",
          "come back"
        ],
        [
          "return",
          "return"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "French terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "This bird's feathers are growing back.",
          "text": "Les plumes reviennent à cet oiseau.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to grow back"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "grow",
          "grow"
        ],
        [
          "back",
          "back"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "French terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Greek and Latin authors often recur in his writings.",
          "text": "Les auteurs grecs et latins reviennent souvent dans ses écrits.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to recur, to be mentioned repeatedly"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "recur",
          "recur"
        ],
        [
          "mentioned",
          "mentioned"
        ],
        [
          "repeatedly",
          "repeatedly"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "French terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "That name doesn't come to mind.",
          "text": "Ce nom ne me revient pas.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to come to mind, to be remembered"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "come to mind",
          "come to mind"
        ],
        [
          "remembered",
          "remembered"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "French terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "to go back on one's decision",
          "text": "revenir sur sa décision",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "to go back on one's word",
          "text": "revenir sur sa parole",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to recant"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "sur",
          "sur#French"
        ],
        [
          "recant",
          "recant"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive with sur) to recant"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "with sur"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "French terms with usage examples",
        "fr:Cooking"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Put in a bit of butter and oil and brown on the gas cooker.",
          "text": "Mettez un peu de beurre et d’huile et faites revenir sur le gaz.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to brown"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "cooking",
          "cooking#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "brown",
          "brown"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "preceded by faire",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(cooking, preceded by faire) to brown"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "cooking",
        "food",
        "lifestyle"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ʁə.v(ə).niʁ/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "Fr-revenir.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/a/ab/Fr-revenir.ogg/Fr-revenir.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/ab/Fr-revenir.ogg",
      "text": "audio"
    }
  ],
  "word": "revenir"
}

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