avenir

Inherited from Latin advenīre (“to come to, to arrive”).

• IPA^(key): /abeˈniɾ/ [a.β̞eˈniɾ]
• Rhymes: -iɾ
• Syllabification: a‧ve‧nir

avenir (first-person singular indicative present aveno, past participle aveníu)

1. (dated) to happen

   Synonyms: asoceder, aportar, acaecer

2. (reflexive) to agree

   Synonyms: casar, combalachar, averiguar

• avenencia
• aveníu

• “avenir” in Diccionario general de la lengua asturiana. Xosé Lluis García Arias. →ISBN.

• avindre

Inherited from Latin advenīre (“to come to, to arrive”). Doublet of advenir.

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

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avenir (first-person singular present avinc, first-person singular preterite avinguí, past participle avingut); root stress: (Central, Valencia, Balearic) /e/

1. (transitive) to make (different people) agree, to cause to come to terms
2. (reflexive) (reciprocal) to come to terms, to accept an agreement

   Al final les dues parts s'han avingut

   In the end, both sides have come to terms

3. (reflexive) (reciprocal) to get along with someone, without conflict

   Avenir-se com a bons germans

   To get along like good brothers

4. (reflexive) to accept a fact

   No me'n puc avenir que en Manel s'hagi mort.

   I can't accept that Manel is dead.

5. (reflexive) (+ preposition A + infinitive) to agree to do something

   El Papa es va avenir a gravar un pòdcast.

   The Pope agreed to record a podcast

• desavenir-se

• “avenir”, 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

From the expression temps à venir ("time (that is) to come"). Cf. also Old French avenir.

• IPA^(key): /av.niʁ/

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avenir m (plural avenirs)

1. future

   Synonym: futur

   Antonyms: passé, présent

• advenir

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

• enivra
• navire

• avinir

Borrowed from French avenir.^[1]

avenir m (Hebrew spelling אב׳יניר)^[1]

1. future (the time ahead; those moments yet to be experienced)

   Antonym: pasado

   • 2006, Matilda Koén-Sarano, Por el plazer de kontar‎^[1], page 362:

     Yo me fui para partisipar al programa de viernes en el otel “Moria‐Plaza” en Yerushalayim, ande do, por radio, una recheta de kuzina, i Tamar se kedó a azerse predizir el avenir.

     I left to participate in the Friday programme in the Moria‐Plaza hotel in Jerusalem/al-Quds, where I gave a cooking recipe through the radio, and Tamar stayed to predict the future.

Borrowed from Latin adveniō, advenīre (“to come to, to arrive”). Cf. also the inherited doublet aveindre, avoindre, advaindre (“pull or take something from its resting place; reach or attain something through effort”), coming through a Vulgar Latin form *advenĭre or influenced by ateindre, ataindre (modern atteindre).

avenir

1. to happen

This verb conjugates as a third-group verb. This verb has a stressed present stem avien distinct from the unstressed stem aven, as well as other irregularities. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

• French: advenir, avenir (verb)

Inherited from Latin advenīre. Doublet of advenir. Cognate with archaic English advene.

• IPA^(key): /abeˈniɾ/ [a.β̞eˈniɾ]
• Rhymes: -iɾ
• Syllabification: a‧ve‧nir

avenir (first-person singular present avengo, first-person singular preterite avine, past participle avenido)

1. (transitive) to reconcile
2. (reflexive) to agree, accept

   avenirse en algo ― to agree on something

   avenirse a hacer algo ― to agree to do something

   avenirse con alguien ― to get along with someone

   avenirse a algo ― to accept; to resign oneself to something

   • 2020, Miguel Ángel Solla Gutiérrez, La República sitiada:

     En consecuencia, se avinieron a negociar, a lo que también ayudó el gobernador civil, deseoso de alcanzar un acuerdo que implicara a todas las fuerzas de la izquierda santanderina.

     As a result, they agreed to negotiate, helped by the civil governor, eager to attain an agreement involving all Santander's left.

3. to match
4. (intransitive, dated) to happen

• “avenir”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024