disconvenir

French

Etymology

From dis- +‎ convenir. Compare Italian disconvenire.

Pronunciation

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Verb

disconvenir

to disagree
to be inappropriate; to be unsuitable

Conjugation

This is a verb in a group of -ir verbs. All verbs ending in -venir, such as convenir and devenir, are conjugated this way. Such verbs are the only verbs whose the past historic and subjunctive imperfect endings do not start in one of these thematic vowels (-a-, -i-, -u-).

Conjugation of disconvenir (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	compound	avoir + past participle
infinitive	simple	disconvenir
present participle or gerund¹	simple	disconvenant /dis.kɔ̃v.nɑ̃/
present participle or gerund¹	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		disconvenu /dis.kɔ̃v.ny/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	disconviens /dis.kɔ̃.vjɛ̃/	disconviens /dis.kɔ̃.vjɛ̃/	disconvient /dis.kɔ̃.vjɛ̃/	disconvenons /dis.kɔ̃v.nɔ̃/	disconvenez /dis.kɔ̃v.ne/	disconviennent /dis.kɔ̃.vjɛn/
	imperfect	disconvenais /dis.kɔ̃v.nɛ/	disconvenais /dis.kɔ̃v.nɛ/	disconvenait /dis.kɔ̃v.nɛ/	disconvenions /dis.kɔ̃.və.njɔ̃/	disconveniez /dis.kɔ̃.və.nje/	disconvenaient /dis.kɔ̃v.nɛ/
	past historic²	disconvins /dis.kɔ̃.vɛ̃/	disconvins /dis.kɔ̃.vɛ̃/	disconvint /dis.kɔ̃.vɛ̃/	disconvînmes /dis.kɔ̃.vɛ̃m/	disconvîntes /dis.kɔ̃.vɛ̃t/	disconvinrent /dis.kɔ̃.vɛ̃ʁ/
	future	disconviendrai /dis.kɔ̃.vjɛ̃.dʁe/	disconviendras /dis.kɔ̃.vjɛ̃.dʁa/	disconviendra /dis.kɔ̃.vjɛ̃.dʁa/	disconviendrons /dis.kɔ̃.vjɛ̃.dʁɔ̃/	disconviendrez /dis.kɔ̃.vjɛ̃.dʁe/	disconviendront /dis.kɔ̃.vjɛ̃.dʁɔ̃/
	conditional	disconviendrais /dis.kɔ̃.vjɛ̃.dʁɛ/	disconviendrais /dis.kɔ̃.vjɛ̃.dʁɛ/	disconviendrait /dis.kɔ̃.vjɛ̃.dʁɛ/	disconviendrions /dis.kɔ̃.vjɛ̃.dʁi.jɔ̃/	disconviendriez /dis.kɔ̃.vjɛ̃.dʁi.je/	disconviendraient /dis.kɔ̃.vjɛ̃.dʁɛ/
(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	disconvienne /dis.kɔ̃.vjɛn/	disconviennes /dis.kɔ̃.vjɛn/	disconvienne /dis.kɔ̃.vjɛn/	disconvenions /dis.kɔ̃.və.njɔ̃/	disconveniez /dis.kɔ̃.və.nje/	disconviennent /dis.kɔ̃.vjɛn/
(simple tenses)	imperfect²	disconvinsse /dis.kɔ̃.vɛ̃s/	disconvinsses /dis.kɔ̃.vɛ̃s/	disconvînt /dis.kɔ̃.vɛ̃/	disconvinssions /dis.kɔ̃.vɛ̃.sjɔ̃/	disconvinssiez /dis.kɔ̃.vɛ̃.sje/	disconvinssent /dis.kɔ̃.vɛ̃s/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
(compound tenses)	pluperfect²	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	~~nous~~	~~vous~~	–
simple		—	disconviens /dis.kɔ̃.vjɛ̃/	—	disconvenons /dis.kɔ̃v.nɔ̃/	disconvenez /dis.kɔ̃v.ne/	—
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).