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bienvenir
bienvenir
French
Verb
bienvenir
- (archaic) to welcome
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.
Conjugation of bienvenir (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | bienvenir | être bienvenu | |||||
| gerund | en bienvenant | en étant bienvenu | |||||
| present participle | bienvenant /bjɛ̃v.nɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | bienvenu /bjɛ̃v.ny/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | bienviens /bjɛ̃.vjɛ̃/ |
bienviens /bjɛ̃.vjɛ̃/ |
bienvient /bjɛ̃.vjɛ̃/ |
bienvenons /bjɛ̃v.nɔ̃/ |
bienvenez /bjɛ̃v.ne/ |
bienviennent /bjɛ̃.vjɛn/ |
| imperfect | bienvenais /bjɛ̃v.nɛ/ |
bienvenais /bjɛ̃v.nɛ/ |
bienvenait /bjɛ̃v.nɛ/ |
bienvenions /bjɛ̃.və.njɔ̃/ |
bienveniez /bjɛ̃.və.nje/ |
bienvenaient /bjɛ̃v.nɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | bienvins /bjɛ̃.vɛ̃/ |
bienvins /bjɛ̃.vɛ̃/ |
bienvint /bjɛ̃.vɛ̃/ |
bienvînmes /bjɛ̃.vɛ̃m/ |
bienvîntes /bjɛ̃.vɛ̃t/ |
bienvinrent /bjɛ̃.vɛ̃ʁ/ |
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| future | bienviendrai /bjɛ̃.vjɛ̃.dʁe/ |
bienviendras /bjɛ̃.vjɛ̃.dʁa/ |
bienviendra /bjɛ̃.vjɛ̃.dʁa/ |
bienviendrons /bjɛ̃.vjɛ̃.dʁɔ̃/ |
bienviendrez /bjɛ̃.vjɛ̃.dʁe/ |
bienviendront /bjɛ̃.vjɛ̃.dʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | bienviendrais /bjɛ̃.vjɛ̃.dʁɛ/ |
bienviendrais /bjɛ̃.vjɛ̃.dʁɛ/ |
bienviendrait /bjɛ̃.vjɛ̃.dʁɛ/ |
bienviendrions /bjɛ̃.vjɛ̃.dʁi.jɔ̃/ |
bienviendriez /bjɛ̃.vjɛ̃.dʁi.je/ |
bienviendraient /bjɛ̃.vjɛ̃.dʁɛ/ |
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| compound tenses |
present perfect | Use the present tense of être followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of être followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior1 | Use the past historic tense of être followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of être followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of être followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il | que nous | que vous | qu’ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | bienvienne /bjɛ̃.vjɛn/ |
bienviennes /bjɛ̃.vjɛn/ |
bienvienne /bjɛ̃.vjɛn/ |
bienvenions /bjɛ̃.və.njɔ̃/ |
bienveniez /bjɛ̃.və.nje/ |
bienviennent /bjɛ̃.vjɛn/ |
| imperfect1 |
bienvinsse /bjɛ̃.vɛ̃s/ |
bienvinsses /bjɛ̃.vɛ̃s/ |
bienvînt /bjɛ̃.vɛ̃/ |
bienvinssions /bjɛ̃.vɛ̃.sjɔ̃/ |
bienvinssiez /bjɛ̃.vɛ̃.sje/ |
bienvinssent /bjɛ̃.vɛ̃s/ |
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| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive tense of être followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect1 | Use the imperfect subjunctive tense of être followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nous | vous | – | |
| — | bienviens /bjɛ̃.vjɛ̃/ |
— | bienvenons /bjɛ̃v.nɔ̃/ |
bienvenez /bjɛ̃v.ne/ |
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| 1literary tenses | |||||||
Derived terms
Usage notes
- In Modern French, only used in the set phrase se faire bienvenir ("to be welcomed").