# revenir
## Catalan
### Alternative forms

* revindre

### Etymology

Inherited from Old Catalan revenir, from Latin revenīre.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central) [rə.βəˈni]
* IPA: (Balearic) [rə.vəˈni]
* IPA: (Valencia) [re.veˈniɾ]
* Rhymes: -i(ɾ)

### Verb

revenir (first-person singular present revinc, first-person singular preterite revinguí, past participle revingut); root stress: (Central, Valencia, Balearic) /e/
* to come again
* to return
* of a river, to rise in level

#### Derived terms

* reveniment

#### Related terms

* venir

### References

* “revenir” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
* “revenir”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
* “revenir” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
* “revenir” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

## French
### Etymology

Inherited from Middle French revenir, from Old French revenir, from Latin revenīre (“come back, return”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ʁə.v(ə).niʁ/
* Audio:(file)

### Verb

revenir
* to come back, to return
    Je reviens de vacances. ― I'm coming back from holiday.
    Je n’ai pas l’intention de revenir à Paris. ― I am not planning on returning to Paris.
** 2018, Zaz, On s'en remet jamais:Est-ce que la lumière reviendra ? Est-ce qu’on retrouvera le sommeil ? Y aura-t-il un nouveau soleil, quelqu’un d’autre qui brillera ?Will the light return? Will we get back to sleep? Will there be a new sun, someone else who will shine?
* to grow back
    Les plumes reviennent à cet oiseau. ― This bird's feathers are growing back.
* to recur, to be mentioned repeatedly
    Les auteurs grecs et latins reviennent souvent dans ses écrits. ― Greek and Latin authors often recur in his writings.
* to come to mind, to be remembered
    Ce nom ne me revient pas. ― That name doesn't come to mind.
* (intransitive) to recant, to go back on [with sur ‘a decision, promise, etc.’]
    revenir sur sa décision ― to go back on one's decision
    revenir sur sa parole ― to go back on one's word
* (cooking, preceded by faire) to brown
    Mettez un peu de beurre et d’huile et faites revenir sur le gaz. ― Put in a bit of butter and oil and brown on the gas cooker.
* to go to as what is due
    Il paie à elle ce qui lui revenait après le divorce. ― He pays to her what was due to her after the divorce.
* to come to be responsible
** 2023 August 14, Hydro-Québec, Power outages‎:Il revient à l’occupant du lieu visé de protéger ses biens.It is the users’ responsibility to protect their property.

#### 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-).

#### Derived terms

* chassez le naturel, il revient au galop
* en revenir
* revenant
* revenir à la charge
* revenir à ses moutons
* revenir à soi
* revenir au même
* revenir de loin
* revenir sur ses pas
* revenu
* revenue

#### See also

* rentrer
* retourner
* venir

### Further reading

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

### Anagrams

* enivrer, reverni, verrine

## Middle French
### Etymology

From Old French revenir.

### Verb

revenir
* to come back, to return

#### Descendants

* French: revenir

## Old French
### Etymology

First attested circa 980 in La Vie de Saint Léger, inherited from Latin revenīre.

### Verb

revenir
* to come back, to return
** c. 1170, Chrétien de Troyes, Yvain ou le Chevalier au Lion:En la cambre revient mout tost[She] quickly came back into the room

#### Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a third-group verb. This verb has a stressed present stem revien distinct from the unstressed stem reven, 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

* Middle French: revenir
** French: revenir
* Norman: r'vénîn
* Walloon: rivni

### References

* Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX$^e$ au XV$^e$ siècle (1881) (revenir, supplement)
* revenir on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub

## Spanish
### Etymology

From re- +‎ venir, or from Latin revenīre.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /rebeˈniɾ/ [re.β̞eˈniɾ]
* Rhymes: -iɾ
* Syllabification: re‧ve‧nir

### Verb

revenir (first-person singular present revengo, first-person singular preterite revine, past participle revenido)
* (intransitive) to return, revert
    Synonyms: retornar, volver
* (pronominal) to shrink, reduce
    Synonyms: encoger, consumir
* (pronominal) to go bad, spoil, turn sour (of food)
    Synonyms: acedar, avinagrar

#### Conjugation

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

### Further reading

* “revenir”, 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