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Contents
1 English
1.1 Etymology
1.2 Pronunciation
1.3 Verb
1.3.1 Synonyms
1.3.2 Derived terms
1.3.3 Related terms
1.3.4 Translations
English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Middle French convenir, from Latin convenio, convenire (“come together”), from con- (“with, together”) + veniō (“come”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gʷm̥yéti, from the root *gʷem-.
Pronunciation[edit]
(UK) IPA(key): /ˈkɒn.viːn/, /kənˈviːn/
Audio (Southern England)(file)
Verb[edit]
convene (third-person singular simple present convenes, present participle convening, simple past and past participle convened)
(intransitive) To come together; to meet; to unite.
1704, I[saac] N[ewton], “(please specify |book=1 to 3)”, in Opticks: Or, A Treatise of the Reflexions, Refractions, Inflexions and Colours of Light. […], London: […] Sam[uel] Smith, and Benj[amin] Walford, printers to the Royal Society, […], OCLC 1118497469:In short-sighted men […] the rays converge and convene in the eyes before they come at the bottom.
(intransitive) To come together, as in one body or for a public purpose; to meet; to assemble.
1670, Richard Baker, A Chronicle of the Kings of England from the Time of the Romans Government unto the Death of King James
The Parliament of Scotland now convened.
1727, James Thomson, “Summer”, in The Seasons, London: […] A[ndrew] Millar, and sold by Thomas Cadell, […], published 1768, OCLC 642619686:Faint, underneath, the household fowls convene.
(transitive) To cause to assemble; to call together; to convoke.
(transitive) To summon judicially to meet or appear.
(transitive, with "on" or "upon") To make a convention; to declare a rule by convention.
To forestall any problems, we convened on the rule that all the database records would avoid containing certain literal strings.
Synonyms[edit]
meet
assemble
congregate
collect
unite
summon
convoke
Derived terms[edit]
convener, convenor
reconvene
unconvene
Related terms[edit]
convention
Translations[edit]
to come together, to meet, to unite
Arabic: اِجْتَمَعَ (ijtamaʿa)
Bulgarian: събирам се (sǎbiram se), срещам се (sreštam se)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 集合 (zh) (jíhé)
Czech: sejít se pf
Dutch: samenkomen (nl)
German: zusammenkommen (de)
Latin: conveniō (la)
Maori: paihere
Portuguese: unir (pt)
Russian: собира́ться (ru) impf (sobirátʹsja)
Spanish: convenir (es), juntarse (es)
to come together as in one body or for a public purpose
Bulgarian: събирам се (sǎbiram se)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 集合 (zh) (jíhé), 装配 (zh) (zhuāngpèi)
Czech: sejít se pf
Dutch: samenkomen (nl)
German: zusammenkommen (de), versammeln (de)
Latin: conveniō (la)
Russian: собира́ться (ru) impf (sobirátʹsja), сходи́ться (ru) impf (sxodítʹsja)
Spanish: constituirse (es)
Swedish: sammanträda (sv)
to cause to assemble, to call together
Bulgarian: свиквам (bg) (svikvam)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 召集 (zh) (zhàojí)
Czech: svolat pf
Dutch: samenroepen
Esperanto: kunvoki, kunvenigi
German: bilden (de), zusammenrufen (de), arrangieren (de)
Irish: comhghairm
Maori: paihere
Norwegian:
Bokmål: sammenkalle
Polish: zwołać (pl) pf, zwoływać (pl) impf
Russian: созыва́ть (ru) impf (sozyvátʹ), собира́ть (ru) impf (sobirátʹ)
Spanish: convocar (es), reunir (es)
Ukrainian: склика́ти impf (sklykáty), скли́кати pf (sklýkaty)
to summon judicially to meet or appear
Bulgarian: призовавам (bg) (prizovavam)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 傳訊 (zh), 传讯 (zh) (chuánxùn)
Czech: předvolat (cs) pf
Dutch: dagvaarden (nl)
German: einberufen (de), herbeirufen (de)
Russian: вызыва́ть (ru) impf (vyzyvátʹ)
Spanish: convocar (es), citar (es)
The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.
Translations to be checked
Arabic: (please verify) عَقَدَ (ar) (ʿaqada) (ʕaqada)
Hebrew: (please verify) להתכנס (le'hitkanes) (1,2), (please verify) לכנס (le'khanes) (3)
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