# avenir
## Asturian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /abeˈniɾ/ [a.β̞eˈniɾ]
* Rhymes: -iɾ
* Hyphenation: a‧ve‧nir

### Verb

avenir (first-person singular indicative present aveno, past participle aveníu)
* (dated) to happen
    Synonyms: asoceder, aportar, acaecer
* (reflexive) to agree
    Synonyms: casar, combalachar, averiguar

#### Related terms

* avenencia

### References

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

## Catalan
### Alternative forms

* avindre

### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central) [ə.βəˈni]
* IPA: (Balearic) [ə.vəˈni]
* IPA: (Valencia) [a.veˈniɾ]

### Verb

avenir (first-person singular present avinc, first-person singular preterite avinguí, past participle avingut); root stress: (Central, Valencia, Balearic) /e/
* (transitive) to make (different people) agree, to cause to come to terms
* (reflexive) (reciprocal) to come to terms, to accept an agreement
    Al final les dues parts s'han avingutIn the end, both sides have come to terms
* (reflexive) (reciprocal) to get along with someone, without conflict
    Avenir-se com a bons germansTo get along like good brothers
* (reflexive) to accept a fact
    No me'n puc avenir que en Manel s'hagi mort.I can't accept that Manel is dead.
* (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

#### Derived terms

* desavenir-se

### Further reading

* “avenir” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

## French
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /av.niʁ/
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

avenir m (plural avenirs)
* future
    Synonym: futur
    Antonyms: passé, présent

#### Derived terms

* à l’avenir
* l’avenir appartient à ceux qui se lèvent tôt

#### See also

* advenir

### Further reading

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

### Anagrams

* enivra
* navire

## Ladino
### Alternative forms

* avinir

### Etymology

Borrowed from French avenir.

### Noun

avenir m (Hebrew spelling אב׳יניר)
* future (the time ahead; those moments yet to be experienced)
    Antonym: pasado
** 2006, Matilda Koén-Sarano, Por el plazer de kontar‎, 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.

#### Derived terms

* por el avenir

### References

* 1 2 “avenir”, in Trezoro de la Lengua Djudeoespanyola.

## Old French
### Etymology

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 *advenǐre or influenced by ateindre, ataindre (modern atteindre).

### Verb

avenir
* to happen

#### Conjugation

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.

#### Descendants

* French: advenir, avenir (verb)

## Spanish
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /abeˈniɾ/ [a.β̞eˈniɾ]
* Rhymes: -iɾ
* Syllabification: a‧ve‧nir

### Verb

avenir (first-person singular present avengo, first-person singular preterite avine, past participle avenido)
* (transitive) to reconcile
* (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.
* to match
* (intransitive, dated) to happen

#### Conjugation

$^1$Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language. $^2$Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

#### Derived terms

* avenencia
* avenida
* avenimiento

#### Related terms

* advenir

### Further reading

* “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], 2024 December 10