French Conversation · Level 24
90 words
French word
revenir
Pronunciation
IPA/ʁəvəniʁ/
Meaning
- verbcome back
Example
Je reviens après le déjeuner.
I will come back after lunch.
More examples
La situation commence à revenir à la normale.
The situation is beginning to return to normal.
Core concept
A path curves back to the place or condition it left.
Common phrases
revenir à la normale
return to normal
revenir sur sa décision
go back on one's decision
revenir de voyage
return from a trip
Similar words
rentrer: Go back into a house or other building.
retourner: Return to a place from which someone has gone.
venir: Come over to the speaker's location.
Definition in French
Retrouver, par un mouvement ou un changement, l'endroit ou l'état où l'on était auparavant.
Word origin
French revenir comes through Old French from Latin re- meaning 'again' and venire meaning 'come', preserving the sense of coming back.
Usage tips
- Revenir forms compound past tenses with être: Elle est revenue, with the past participle agreeing with the subject.