convier

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French cunveer, cunvier, from Vulgar Latin *convitāre, from a cross between Latin invītāre (“to invite”) and convivium. Compare Italian convitare, Portuguese convidar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔ̃.vje/
• Homophones: conviai, convié, conviée, conviées, conviés, conviez

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Verb

convier

1. to invite (someone to come somewhere)
2. to invite, suggest (someone to do something)

Conjugation

Conjugation of convier (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	convier
	compound	avoir past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	conviant /kɔ̃.vjɑ̃/
	compound	ayant past participle
past participle		convié /kɔ̃.vje/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	convie /kɔ̃.vi/	convies /kɔ̃.vi/	convie /kɔ̃.vi/	convions /kɔ̃.vjɔ̃/	conviez /kɔ̃.vje/	convient /kɔ̃.vi/
	imperfect	conviais /kɔ̃.vjɛ/	conviais /kɔ̃.vjɛ/	conviait /kɔ̃.vjɛ/	conviions /kɔ̃.vi.jɔ̃/	conviiez /kɔ̃.vi.je/	conviaient /kɔ̃.vjɛ/
	past historic2	conviai /kɔ̃.vje/	convias /kɔ̃.vja/	convia /kɔ̃.vja/	conviâmes /kɔ̃.vjam/	conviâtes /kɔ̃.vjat/	convièrent /kɔ̃.vjɛʁ/
	future	convierai /kɔ̃.vi.ʁe/	convieras /kɔ̃.vi.ʁa/	conviera /kɔ̃.vi.ʁa/	convierons /kɔ̃.vi.ʁɔ̃/	convierez /kɔ̃.vi.ʁe/	convieront /kɔ̃.vi.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	convierais /kɔ̃.vi.ʁɛ/	convierais /kɔ̃.vi.ʁɛ/	convierait /kɔ̃.vi.ʁɛ/	convierions /kɔ̃.vi.ʁjɔ̃/	convieriez /kɔ̃.vi.ʁje/	convieraient /kɔ̃.vi.ʁɛ/
(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	convie /kɔ̃.vi/	convies /kɔ̃.vi/	convie /kɔ̃.vi/	conviions /kɔ̃.vi.jɔ̃/	conviiez /kɔ̃.vi.je/	convient /kɔ̃.vi/
	imperfect2	conviasse /kɔ̃.vjas/	conviasses /kɔ̃.vjas/	conviât /kɔ̃.vja/	conviassions /kɔ̃.vja.sjɔ̃/	conviassiez /kɔ̃.vja.sje/	conviassent /kɔ̃.vjas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	convie /kɔ̃.vi/	—	convions /kɔ̃.vjɔ̃/	conviez /kɔ̃.vje/	—
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: past historic → present perfect past anterior → pluperfect imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Synonyms

• inviter

Further reading

• “convier”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Galician

Verb

convier

1. (reintegrationist norm) first/third-person singular future subjunctive of convir

Portuguese

Verb

convier

1. first/third-person singular future subjunctive of convir