devenir

• dev’nir

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

• IPA^(key): /də.v(ə).niʁ/

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devenir m (plural devenirs)

1. future

   Synonyms: futur, destin, avenir

• en devenir

devenir

1. to become
2. (Louisiana, followed by de) to come from

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-).

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

• venir

• “devenir”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.

• deviner
• venir de

From French.

• IPA^(key): /de.veˈnir/

devenir

1. to become

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

devenir

1. to become, to turn into
   • c. 1250, Marie de France, Yonec:

     Chevaliers bels e genz devint.

     He turned into a handsome, noble knight.

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.

• French: devenir

Borrowed from French devenir.

• IPA^(key): /debeˈniɾ/
• Rhymes: -iɾ
• Syllabification: de‧ve‧nir

devenir (first-person singular present devengo, first-person singular preterite devine, past participle devenido)

1. to become
2. to happen

   Synonyms: pasar, suceder, ocurrir

devenir m (plural devenires)

1. coming, future

• “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