provenir

Catalan

Alternative forms

• provindre

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin prōvenīre (“to originate, to arise”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [pɾu.βəˈni]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [pɾo.vəˈni]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [pɾo.veˈniɾ]

• Audio (Barcelona):

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• Rhymes: -i(ɾ)

Verb

provenir (first-person singular present provinc, first-person singular preterite provinguí, past participle provingut); root stress: (Central, Valencia, Balearic) /e/

1. to originate, to stem (from)
2. to arise (from)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of provenir (third conjugation, without -eix-, irregular, with velar infix)

infinitive			provenir
gerund			provenint
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		provingut		provinguda
		plural		provinguts		provingudes
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	provinc	provens	prové	provenim	proveniu	provenen
	imperfect	provenia	provenies	provenia	proveníem	proveníeu	provenien
	future	provindré	provindràs	provindrà	provindrem	provindreu	provindran
	preterite	provinguí	provingueres	provingué	provinguérem	provinguéreu	provingueren
	conditional	provindria	provindries	provindria	provindríem	provindríeu	provindrien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	provingui	provinguis	provingui	provinguem	provingueu	provinguin
	imperfect	provingués	provinguessis	provingués	provinguéssim	provinguéssiu	provinguessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	provén	provingui	provinguem	proveniu	provinguin
	negative (no)	—	no provinguis	no provingui	no provinguem	no provingueu	no provinguin

Related terms

• provinença
• provinent

Further reading

• “provenir”, 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
• “provenir”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
• “provenir” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “provenir” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

French

Etymology

From Latin prōvenīre (“originate, arise”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pʁɔv.niʁ/

• Audio:

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• Audio (France (Lyon)):

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• Audio (France (Somain)):

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Verb

provenir

1. to originate (from)
2. to arise (from)

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 the past historic and subjunctive imperfect endings do not start in one of these thematic vowels (-a-, -i-, -u-).

Conjugation of provenir (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	provenir
	compound	être + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	provenant /pʁɔv.nɑ̃/
	compound	étant + past participle
past participle		provenu /pʁɔv.ny/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	proviens /pʁɔ.vjɛ̃/	proviens /pʁɔ.vjɛ̃/	provient /pʁɔ.vjɛ̃/	provenons /pʁɔv.nɔ̃/	provenez /pʁɔv.ne/	proviennent /pʁɔ.vjɛn/
	imperfect	provenais /pʁɔv.nɛ/	provenais /pʁɔv.nɛ/	provenait /pʁɔv.nɛ/	provenions /pʁɔ.və.njɔ̃/	proveniez /pʁɔ.və.nje/	provenaient /pʁɔv.nɛ/
	past historic2	provins /pʁɔ.vɛ̃/	provins /pʁɔ.vɛ̃/	provint /pʁɔ.vɛ̃/	provînmes /pʁɔ.vɛ̃m/	provîntes /pʁɔ.vɛ̃t/	provinrent /pʁɔ.vɛ̃ʁ/
	future	proviendrai /pʁɔ.vjɛ̃.dʁe/	proviendras /pʁɔ.vjɛ̃.dʁa/	proviendra /pʁɔ.vjɛ̃.dʁa/	proviendrons /pʁɔ.vjɛ̃.dʁɔ̃/	proviendrez /pʁɔ.vjɛ̃.dʁe/	proviendront /pʁɔ.vjɛ̃.dʁɔ̃/
	conditional	proviendrais /pʁɔ.vjɛ̃.dʁɛ/	proviendrais /pʁɔ.vjɛ̃.dʁɛ/	proviendrait /pʁɔ.vjɛ̃.dʁɛ/	proviendrions /pʁɔ.vjɛ̃.dʁi.jɔ̃/	proviendriez /pʁɔ.vjɛ̃.dʁi.je/	proviendraient /pʁɔ.vjɛ̃.dʁɛ/
(compound tenses)	present perfect	present indicative of être + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect indicative of être + past participle
	past anterior2	past historic of être + past participle
	future perfect	future of être + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional of être + past participle
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il, qu’elle	que nous	que vous	qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple tenses)	present	provienne /pʁɔ.vjɛn/	proviennes /pʁɔ.vjɛn/	provienne /pʁɔ.vjɛn/	provenions /pʁɔ.və.njɔ̃/	proveniez /pʁɔ.və.nje/	proviennent /pʁɔ.vjɛn/
	imperfect2	provinsse /pʁɔ.vɛ̃s/	provinsses /pʁɔ.vɛ̃s/	provînt /pʁɔ.vɛ̃/	provinssions /pʁɔ.vɛ̃.sjɔ̃/	provinssiez /pʁɔ.vɛ̃.sje/	provinssent /pʁɔ.vɛ̃s/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of être + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of être + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	proviens /pʁɔ.vjɛ̃/	—	provenons /pʁɔv.nɔ̃/	provenez /pʁɔv.ne/	—
compound		—	simple imperative of être + past participle	—	simple imperative of être + past participle	simple imperative of être + 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).

Related terms

• provenance

Further reading

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