circonvenir

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French

Etymology

From Latin circumveniō.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /siʁ.kɔ̃v.niʁ/
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Verb

circonvenir

  1. (transitive) to circumvent

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 circonvenir (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple circonvenir
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple circonvenant
/siʁ.kɔ̃v.nɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle circonvenu
/siʁ.kɔ̃v.ny/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present circonviens
/siʁ.kɔ̃.vjɛ̃/ 		circonviens
/siʁ.kɔ̃.vjɛ̃/ 		circonvient
/siʁ.kɔ̃.vjɛ̃/ 		circonvenons
/siʁ.kɔ̃v.nɔ̃/ 		circonvenez
/siʁ.kɔ̃v.ne/ 		circonviennent
/siʁ.kɔ̃.vjɛn/
imperfect circonvenais
/siʁ.kɔ̃v.nɛ/ 		circonvenais
/siʁ.kɔ̃v.nɛ/ 		circonvenait
/siʁ.kɔ̃v.nɛ/ 		circonvenions
/siʁ.kɔ̃.və.njɔ̃/ 		circonveniez
/siʁ.kɔ̃.və.nje/ 		circonvenaient
/siʁ.kɔ̃v.nɛ/
past historic2 circonvins
/siʁ.kɔ̃.vɛ̃/ 		circonvins
/siʁ.kɔ̃.vɛ̃/ 		circonvint
/siʁ.kɔ̃.vɛ̃/ 		circonvînmes
/siʁ.kɔ̃.vɛ̃m/ 		circonvîntes
/siʁ.kɔ̃.vɛ̃t/ 		circonvinrent
/siʁ.kɔ̃.vɛ̃ʁ/
future circonviendrai
/siʁ.kɔ̃.vjɛ̃.dʁe/ 		circonviendras
/siʁ.kɔ̃.vjɛ̃.dʁa/ 		circonviendra
/siʁ.kɔ̃.vjɛ̃.dʁa/ 		circonviendrons
/siʁ.kɔ̃.vjɛ̃.dʁɔ̃/ 		circonviendrez
/siʁ.kɔ̃.vjɛ̃.dʁe/ 		circonviendront
/siʁ.kɔ̃.vjɛ̃.dʁɔ̃/
conditional circonviendrais
/siʁ.kɔ̃.vjɛ̃.dʁɛ/ 		circonviendrais
/siʁ.kɔ̃.vjɛ̃.dʁɛ/ 		circonviendrait
/siʁ.kɔ̃.vjɛ̃.dʁɛ/ 		circonviendrions
/siʁ.kɔ̃.vjɛ̃.dʁi.jɔ̃/ 		circonviendriez
/siʁ.kɔ̃.vjɛ̃.dʁi.je/ 		circonviendraient
/siʁ.kɔ̃.vjɛ̃.dʁɛ/
(compound
tenses) 		present perfect present indicative of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
past anterior2 past historic of avoir + past participle
future perfect future of avoir + past participle
conditional perfect conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive que je (j’) que tu qu’il, qu’elle que nous que vous qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple
tenses) 		present circonvienne
/siʁ.kɔ̃.vjɛn/ 		circonviennes
/siʁ.kɔ̃.vjɛn/ 		circonvienne
/siʁ.kɔ̃.vjɛn/ 		circonvenions
/siʁ.kɔ̃.və.njɔ̃/ 		circonveniez
/siʁ.kɔ̃.və.nje/ 		circonviennent
/siʁ.kɔ̃.vjɛn/
imperfect2 circonvinsse
/siʁ.kɔ̃.vɛ̃s/ 		circonvinsses
/siʁ.kɔ̃.vɛ̃s/ 		circonvînt
/siʁ.kɔ̃.vɛ̃/ 		circonvinssions
/siʁ.kɔ̃.vɛ̃.sjɔ̃/ 		circonvinssiez
/siʁ.kɔ̃.vɛ̃.sje/ 		circonvinssent
/siʁ.kɔ̃.vɛ̃s/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — circonviens
/siʁ.kɔ̃.vjɛ̃/ 		— circonvenons
/siʁ.kɔ̃v.nɔ̃/ 		circonvenez
/siʁ.kɔ̃v.ne/ 		—
compound — simple imperative of avoir + past participle — simple imperative of avoir + past participle simple imperative of avoir + 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 , Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

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