prévenir
See also: prevenir
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin praevenīre, present active infinitive of praeveniō (“anticipate”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pʁev.niʁ/, /pʁɛv.niʁ/
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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 prévenir (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| present participle | prévenant /pʁev.nɑ̃/ | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| past participle | prévenu /pʁev.ny/ | ||||||
| infinitive | |||||||
| simple | prévenir | ||||||
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| gerund1 | |||||||
| simple | prévenant /pʁev.nɑ̃/ | ||||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | préviens /pʁe.vjɛ̃/ |
préviens /pʁe.vjɛ̃/ |
prévient /pʁe.vjɛ̃/ |
prévenons /pʁev.nɔ̃/ |
prévenez /pʁev.ne/ |
préviennent /pʁe.vjɛn/ |
| imperfect | prévenais /pʁev.nɛ/ |
prévenais /pʁev.nɛ/ |
prévenait /pʁev.nɛ/ |
prévenions /pʁe.və.njɔ̃/ |
préveniez /pʁe.və.nje/ |
prévenaient /pʁev.nɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | prévins /pʁe.vɛ̃/ |
prévins /pʁe.vɛ̃/ |
prévint /pʁe.vɛ̃/ |
prévînmes /pʁe.vɛ̃m/ |
prévîntes /pʁe.vɛ̃t/ |
prévinrent /pʁe.vɛ̃ʁ/ | |
| future | préviendrai /pʁe.vjɛ̃.dʁe/ |
préviendras /pʁe.vjɛ̃.dʁa/ |
préviendra /pʁe.vjɛ̃.dʁa/ |
préviendrons /pʁe.vjɛ̃.dʁɔ̃/ |
préviendrez /pʁe.vjɛ̃.dʁe/ |
préviendront /pʁe.vjɛ̃.dʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | préviendrais /pʁe.vjɛ̃.dʁɛ/ |
préviendrais /pʁe.vjɛ̃.dʁɛ/ |
préviendrait /pʁe.vjɛ̃.dʁɛ/ |
préviendrions /pʁe.vjɛ̃.dʁi.jɔ̃/ |
préviendriez /pʁe.vjɛ̃.dʁi.je/ |
préviendraient /pʁe.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 | prévienne /pʁe.vjɛn/ |
préviennes /pʁe.vjɛn/ |
prévienne /pʁe.vjɛn/ |
prévenions /pʁe.və.njɔ̃/ |
préveniez /pʁe.və.nje/ |
préviennent /pʁe.vjɛn/ |
| imperfect2 | prévinsse /pʁe.vɛ̃s/ |
prévinsses /pʁe.vɛ̃s/ |
prévînt /pʁe.vɛ̃/ |
prévinssions /pʁe.vɛ̃.sjɔ̃/ |
prévinssiez /pʁe.vɛ̃.sje/ |
prévinssent /pʁe.vɛ̃s/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | préviens /pʁe.vjɛ̃/ |
— | prévenons /pʁev.nɔ̃/ |
prévenez /pʁev.ne/ |
— | |
| compound | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | |
| 1 Only usable with preposition en. | |||||||
| 2 In less formal writing or speech, the past historic, past anterior, imperfect subjunctive and pluperfect subjunctive tenses may be found to have been replaced with the indicative present perfect, indicative pluperfect, present subjunctive and past subjunctive tenses respectively (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
Derived terms
Related terms
Further reading
- “prévenir” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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