venir

Aragonese

Alternative forms

• vinre

Etymology

Inherited from Latin venīre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /beˈni(ɾ)/
• Syllabification: ve‧nir
• Rhymes: -i(ɾ)

Verb

venir

1. (intransitive) to come

   Va venir fa dos días ― (He/she) came two days ago

Related terms

• intervenir

Asturian

Etymology

Inherited from Latin venīre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /beˈniɾ/ [beˈniɾ]
• Rhymes: -iɾ
• Syllabification: ve‧nir

Verb

venir

1. to come

Catalan

Alternative forms

• vindre

Etymology

Inherited from Latin venīre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [bəˈni]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [vəˈni]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [veˈniɾ]

• Audio (Catalonia):

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Verb

venir (first-person singular present vinc, first-person singular preterite vinguí, past participle vingut); root stress: (Central, Valencia, Balearic) /e/

1. (intransitive) to come

Conjugation

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

infinitive			venir
gerund			venint
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		vingut		vinguda
		plural		vinguts		vingudes
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	vinc	vens	ve	venim	veniu	venen
	imperfect	venia	venies	venia	veníem	veníeu	venien
	future	vindré	vindràs	vindrà	vindrem	vindreu	vindran
	preterite	vinguí	vingueres	vingué	vinguérem	vinguéreu	vingueren
	conditional	vindria	vindries	vindria	vindríem	vindríeu	vindrien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	vingui	vinguis	vingui	vinguem	vingueu	vinguin
	imperfect	vingués	vinguessis	vingués	vinguéssim	vinguéssiu	vinguessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	vine	vingui	vinguem	veniu	vinguin
	negative (no)	—	no vinguis	no vingui	no vinguem	no vingueu	no vinguin

Derived terms

• que ve
• venir a tomb
• venir d'un fil
• venir de gust

Related terms

• intervenir
• revenir

References

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

Franco-Provençal

Alternative forms

• vegnir (ORB, broad)

Etymology

Inherited from Latin venīre.

Verb

venir (ORB, broad)

1. to come

Conjugation

    Conjugation of venir — irregular verb

		simple			compound
infinitive		venir			étre venu
gerund		venent			étent venu
auxiliary verb		étre
past participle		masculine			feminine
	singular	venu			venua
	plural	venus			venues
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		jo	te	il	nos	vos	ils
	present	veno	vins	vint	venens	venids	venont
	imperfect	venien	venias	veniêt	venians	veniâds	veniant
	preterite	veni	venis	venit	venirons	venites, venirâds	veniront
	future	vindré	vindrés	vindrat	vindrens	vindréds	vindront
	conditional	vindren	vindrias	vindrêt	vindrians	vindriâds	vindriant
compound tenses	present perfect	present indicative of étre + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect indicative of étre + past participle
	past anterior	preterite indicative of étre + past participle
	future perfect	future indicative of étre + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional of étre + past participle
subjunctive		que jo	que te	qu'il	que nos	que vos	qu'ils
	present	veno	venes	vene	venans	veniâds	venant
	imperfect	venissen	venissias	venisse	venissians	venissiâds	venissant
compound tenses	past	present subjunctive of étre + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of étre + past participle
imperative		—	te	—	nos	vos	—
			vin		venens	venids

References

• venir in DicoFranPro: Dictionnaire Français/Francoprovençal – on dicofranpro.llm.umontreal.ca
• venir in Lo trèsor Arpitan – on arpitan.eu

French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French venir, from Old French venir, from Latin venīre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /və.niʁ/, (informal) /vniʁ/

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• Rhymes: -iʁ

Verb

venir

1. (intransitive) to come (to move from one place to another that is nearer the speaker)

   Viens vivre avec moi en France. ― Come live with me in France.

2. See venir de.

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 venir (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	venir
	compound	être + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	venant /və.nɑ̃/
	compound	étant + past participle
past participle		venu /və.ny/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	viens /vjɛ̃/	viens /vjɛ̃/	vient /vjɛ̃/	venons /və.nɔ̃/	venez /və.ne/	viennent /vjɛn/
	imperfect	venais /və.nɛ/	venais /və.nɛ/	venait /və.nɛ/	venions /və.njɔ̃/	veniez /və.nje/	venaient /və.nɛ/
	past historic2	vins /vɛ̃/	vins /vɛ̃/	vint /vɛ̃/	vînmes /vɛ̃m/	vîntes /vɛ̃t/	vinrent /vɛ̃ʁ/
	future	viendrai /vjɛ̃.dʁe/	viendras /vjɛ̃.dʁa/	viendra /vjɛ̃.dʁa/	viendrons /vjɛ̃.dʁɔ̃/	viendrez /vjɛ̃.dʁe/	viendront /vjɛ̃.dʁɔ̃/
	conditional	viendrais /vjɛ̃.dʁɛ/	viendrais /vjɛ̃.dʁɛ/	viendrait /vjɛ̃.dʁɛ/	viendrions /vjɛ̃.dʁi.jɔ̃/	viendriez /vjɛ̃.dʁi.je/	viendraient /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	vienne /vjɛn/	viennes /vjɛn/	vienne /vjɛn/	venions /və.njɔ̃/	veniez /və.nje/	viennent /vjɛn/
	imperfect2	vinsse /vɛ̃s/	vinsses /vɛ̃s/	vînt /vɛ̃/	vinssions /vɛ̃.sjɔ̃/	vinssiez /vɛ̃.sje/	vinssent /vɛ̃s/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of être + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of être + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	viens /vjɛ̃/	—	venons /və.nɔ̃/	venez /və.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).

Derived terms

• a beau mentir qui vient de loin
• à venir
• advenir
• aller et venir
• avenir
• circonvenir
• contrevenir
• convenir
• devenir
• en venir à
• en venir au fait
• en venir aux mains
• évènement
• éventualité
• intervenir
• inventer
• l'appétit vient en mangeant
• mésavenir
• nouveau venu
• obvenir
• parvenir
• premier venu
• prendre les choses comme elles viennent
• prévenir
• provenir
• redevenir
• ressouvenir
• revenir
• souvenir
• subvenir
• survenir
• tout vient à point à qui sait attendre
• un malheur ne vient jamais seul
• venir à bout
• venir à Canossa
• venir au monde
• venir de
• venir du cœur
• venir en âge
• venir en aide
• voir venir

Descendants

• Haitian Creole: vin, vini
• ⇒ English: venue

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• verni

Ido

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /veˈnir/

Verb

venir

1. past infinitive of venar

Interlingua

Verb

venir

1. to come

   Antonym: ir

Conjugation

    Conjugation of venir

infinitive		venir
participle		present	perfect
		veniente	venite
active		simple	perfect
	present	veni	ha venite
	past	veniva	habeva venite
	future	venira	habera venite
	conditional	venirea	haberea venite
	imperative	veni	—

Italian

Verb

venir (apocopated)

1. apocopic form of venire

Anagrams

• Nervi, nervi, verni