revenir

Meaning

1. to come back, to return
2. to grow back
3. to recur, to be mentioned repeatedly
4. to come to mind, to be remembered
5. to recant, to go back on
6. to brown
7. to go to as what is due

Concepts

return

come back

go back

revert

come again

get back

accrue

turn back

come home

bounce back

spring back

devolve

recall

regress

retrovert

render

turn up

rebound

recover

recur

retrogress

spring

backtrack

drive back

open up

start again

allot

fall to someone's share

rejoin

repay

retort

riposte

hark back

deliver

generate

give

yield

bring back

take back

fall

pass

date back

date from

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ʁə.v(ə).niʁ/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French revenir, from Old French revenir, from Latin revenīre (“come back, return”).

Sentences

Dépêchez-vous, mon mari peut revenir d’un moment à l’autre .

Hurry, my husband can come back anytime.

Constantin Dalassène est alors contraint de revenir chez lui .

Constantin Dalassène was then forced to return home.