subvenir
French, verb/syb.və.niʁ/
subvenir is spelled S-U-B-V-E-N-I-R (8 letters) and appears 2.7 times per million words in written French, the 17,096th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Subvenir is a French verb meaning “to provide for, to meet” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Venir en aide, donner du secours”.
What does subvenir mean in English?
verb
- 1
to provide for, to meet
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Venir en aide, donner du secours. 2. Pourvoir, en parlant des choses.
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 subvenir
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- subvenant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- subvenu participle past
- subviens first-person indicative present
- subvient indicative present singular
- subvenons first-person indicative plural
- subvenez indicative plural present
- subviennent indicative plural present
- subvenais first-person imperfect indicative
- subvenait imperfect indicative singular
- subvenions first-person imperfect indicative
- subveniez imperfect indicative plural
- subvenaient imperfect indicative plural
- subvins first-person historic indicative
- subvint historic indicative past
- subvînmes first-person historic indicative
- subvîntes historic indicative past
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce subvenir?
- /syb.və.niʁ/
- \syb.və.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 subvenir
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is subvenir in French?
subvenir appears 2.7 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).