# devenir
## French
### Alternative forms

* dev’nir

### Etymology

Inherited from Old French devenir, from Latin dēvenīre, from dē + veniō.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /də.v(ə).niʁ/
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### Noun

devenir m (plural devenirs)
* future
    Synonyms: futur, destin, avenir

#### Derived terms

* en devenir

### Verb

devenir
* to become
* (Louisiana, followed by de) to come from

#### Conjugation

This is a verb in a group of -ir verbs. All verbs ending in -venir, such as convenir and revenir, 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-).

#### Derived terms

* c’est en forgeant qu’on devient forgeron
* devenir chèvre
* petit poisson deviendra grand

#### Related terms

* venir

### Further reading

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

### Anagrams

* deviner
* venir de

## Interlingua
### Etymology

From French.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /de.veˈnir/

### Verb

devenir
* to become

#### Conjugation

| infinitive | infinitive | devenir | devenir |
| participle | participle | present | perfect |
| participle | participle | deveniente | devenite |
| active | | simple | perfect |
| active | present | deveni | ha devenite |
| active | past | deveniva | habeva devenite |
| active | future | devenira | habera devenite |
| active | conditional | devenirea | haberea devenite |
| active | imperative | deveni | |
| passive | | simple | perfect |
| passive | present | es devenite | ha essite devenite |
| passive | past | esseva devenite | habeva essite devenite |
| passive | future | essera devenite | habera essite devenite |
| passive | conditional | esserea devenite | haberea essite devenite |
| passive | imperative | sia devenite | |

## Old French
### Etymology

First known attestation circa 980 as devenguz (nominative masculine singular past participle form). From Latin devenīre.

### Verb

devenir
* to become, to turn into
** c. 1250, Marie de France, Yonec:Chevaliers bels e genz devint.He turned into a handsome, noble knight.

#### Conjugation

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

#### Descendants

* French: devenir

## Spanish
### Etymology

Borrowed from French devenir.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /debeˈniɾ/ [d̪e.β̞eˈniɾ]
* Rhymes: -iɾ
* Syllabification: de‧ve‧nir

### Verb

devenir (first-person singular present devengo, first-person singular preterite devine, past participle devenido)
* to become
* to happen
    Synonyms: pasar, suceder, ocurrir

#### Conjugation

$^1$Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language. $^2$Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

### Noun

devenir m (plural devenires)
* coming, future

### Further reading

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