prévenir
See also: prevenir
French
editEtymology
editLearned borrowing from Latin praeveniō (“anticipate”).
Pronunciation
editVerb
editprévenir (transitive)
- to prevent, to avert, to guard against
- C’est la meilleure méthode pour prévenir la fraude et la corruption.
- That is the best method of preventing fraud and corruption.
- to notify, to warn, to forewarn
- Il vous enverra des avertissements afin de vous prévenir de l’arrivée à échéance de votre abonnement.
- It will send you warnings to notify you when your subscription is about to expire.
Conjugation
editThis 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 prévenir (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive | simple | prévenir | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | prévenant /pʁev.nɑ̃/ or /pʁɛv.nɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | prévenu /pʁev.ny/ or /pʁɛv.ny/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) |
present | préviens /pʁe.vjɛ̃/ |
préviens /pʁe.vjɛ̃/ |
prévient /pʁe.vjɛ̃/ |
prévenons /pʁev.nɔ̃/ or /pʁɛv.nɔ̃/ |
prévenez /pʁev.ne/ or /pʁɛv.ne/ |
préviennent /pʁe.vjɛn/ |
imperfect | prévenais /pʁev.nɛ/ or /pʁɛv.nɛ/ |
prévenais /pʁev.nɛ/ or /pʁɛv.nɛ/ |
prévenait /pʁev.nɛ/ or /pʁɛv.nɛ/ |
prévenions /pʁe.və.njɔ̃/ |
préveniez /pʁe.və.nje/ |
prévenaient /pʁev.nɛ/ or /pʁɛv.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/ or /pʁɛv.nɔ̃/ |
prévenez /pʁev.ne/ or /pʁɛv.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:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). |
Derived terms
editRelated terms
editFurther reading
edit- “prévenir”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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