convier

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French cunveer, cunvier, from Vulgar Latin *convitāre, from a cross between Latin invītāre (“to invite”) and convivium. Compare Italian convitare, Portuguese convidar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔ̃.vje/
• Homophones: conviai, convié, conviée, conviées, conviés, conviez

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Verb

convier

1. to invite (someone to come somewhere)
2. to invite, suggest (someone to do something)

Conjugation

Conjugation of convier (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	convier
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	conviant /kɔ̃.vjɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		convié /kɔ̃.vje/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	convie /kɔ̃.vi/	convies /kɔ̃.vi/	convie /kɔ̃.vi/	convions /kɔ̃.vjɔ̃/	conviez /kɔ̃.vje/	convient /kɔ̃.vi/
	imperfect	conviais /kɔ̃.vjɛ/	conviais /kɔ̃.vjɛ/	conviait /kɔ̃.vjɛ/	conviions /kɔ̃.vi.jɔ̃/	conviiez /kɔ̃.vi.je/	conviaient /kɔ̃.vjɛ/
	past historic2	conviai /kɔ̃.vje/	convias /kɔ̃.vja/	convia /kɔ̃.vja/	conviâmes /kɔ̃.vjam/	conviâtes /kɔ̃.vjat/	convièrent /kɔ̃.vjɛʁ/
	future	convierai /kɔ̃.vi.ʁe/	convieras /kɔ̃.vi.ʁa/	conviera /kɔ̃.vi.ʁa/	convierons /kɔ̃.vi.ʁɔ̃/	convierez /kɔ̃.vi.ʁe/	convieront /kɔ̃.vi.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	convierais /kɔ̃.vi.ʁɛ/	convierais /kɔ̃.vi.ʁɛ/	convierait /kɔ̃.vi.ʁɛ/	convierions /kɔ̃.vi.ʁjɔ̃/	convieriez /kɔ̃.vi.ʁje/	convieraient /kɔ̃.vi.ʁɛ/
(compound tenses)	present perfect	present indicative of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
	past anterior2	past historic of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il, qu’elle	que nous	que vous	qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple tenses)	present	convie /kɔ̃.vi/	convies /kɔ̃.vi/	convie /kɔ̃.vi/	conviions /kɔ̃.vi.jɔ̃/	conviiez /kɔ̃.vi.je/	convient /kɔ̃.vi/
	imperfect2	conviasse /kɔ̃.vjas/	conviasses /kɔ̃.vjas/	conviât /kɔ̃.vja/	conviassions /kɔ̃.vja.sjɔ̃/	conviassiez /kɔ̃.vja.sje/	conviassent /kɔ̃.vjas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	convie /kɔ̃.vi/	—	convions /kɔ̃.vjɔ̃/	conviez /kɔ̃.vje/	—
compound		—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way: past historic → present perfect past anterior → pluperfect imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Synonyms

• inviter

Further reading

• “convier”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Galician

Verb

convier

1. (reintegrationist norm) first/third-person singular future subjunctive of convir

Portuguese

Verb

convier

1. first/third-person singular future subjunctive of convir