circonvenir
French, verb/siʁ.kɔ̃v.niʁ/
circonvenir is spelled C-I-R-C-O-N-V-E-N-I-R (11 letters) and appears about once in every 13 million words in written French, the 117,104th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Circonvenir is a French verb meaning “to circumvent” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Entourer, assaillir”.
What does circonvenir mean in English?
verb
- 1
to circumvent
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Entourer, assaillir. 2. Agir auprès de quelqu’un avec ruses et artifices pour le déterminer à faire ce qu’on souhaite de lui.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of circonvenir
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- circonvenant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- circonvenu participle past
- circonviens first-person indicative present
- circonvient indicative present singular
- circonvenons first-person indicative plural
- circonvenez indicative plural present
- circonviennent indicative plural present
- circonvenais first-person imperfect indicative
- circonvenait imperfect indicative singular
- circonvenions first-person imperfect indicative
- circonveniez imperfect indicative plural
- circonvenaient imperfect indicative plural
- circonvins first-person historic indicative
- circonvint historic indicative past
- circonvînmes first-person historic indicative
- circonvîntes historic indicative past
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce circonvenir?
- /siʁ.kɔ̃v.niʁ/
- \siʁ.kɔ̃v.niʁ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to circonvenir
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is circonvenir in French?
circonvenir appears about once in every 13 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).