convene
/kənˈvin/verb
convene is spelled C-O-N-V-E-N-E: 7 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 1.1 times per million words in written English, the 27,462nd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a verb, convene means “To come together; to meet; to unite” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in convene?
| Letters | 7: C-O-N-V-E-N-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 1.1 times per million words; the 27,462nd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is convene?
Convene appears 1.1 times per million words in written English, the 27,462nd most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce convene?
- UK /kənˈviːn/
- US /kənˈvin/
- Australia /kənˈviːn/
Convene has 2 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-convene.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with convene?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as convene from its last stressed vowel (/in/):
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of convene
- convenes present, singular, he/she/it
- convening participle, present
- convened participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does convene mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
verb
- 1
To come together; to meet; to unite.
- 2
To come together, as in one body or for a public purpose; to meet; to assemble.
- 3
To cause to assemble; to call together; to convoke; to summon.
- 4
To summon judicially to meet or appear.
- 5
To make a convention; to declare a rule by convention.
To forestall any problems, we convened on the rule that all the database records would avoid containing certain literal strings.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Convene in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| German | zusammenkommen , zusammentreten, sich versammeln , einberufen, zusammenrufen, versammeln |
| Portuguese | unir |
| Spanish | convenir, juntarse, reunirse , constituirse , reunir |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does convene come from?
Borrowed from Middle French convenir, from Latin convenio, convenire (“come together”), from con- (“with, together”) + veniō (“come”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gʷm̥yéti, from the root *gʷem-.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).