| Principales traductions |
| venir⇒ vi | (se rendre jusqu'à) | come⇒ vi |
| | Mes parents viendront demain pour déjeuner. |
| | My parents are coming for lunch tomorrow. |
| venir de [qch] vi + prép | (provenir d'un lieu) (source) | come from [sth], be from [sth] vi + prep |
| | Ce cacao vient du Mexique. |
| | This cocoa comes from Mexico. |
| venir de [qch] vi + prép | (avoir pour origine) (background) | come from [sth], be from [sth] vi + prep |
| | | originate from [sth] vi + prep |
| | Nous venons d'un milieu très modeste. |
| | We come from a very modest background. |
| venir de [qch] vi + prép | (découler de, résulter de) (reason) | result from [sth], stem from [sth], arise from [sth] vi + prep |
| | (reason) | be a result of [sth], be caused by [sth] v expr |
| | (reason: informal) | be down to [sth] v expr |
| | Ses problèmes viennent de la perte de son emploi. |
| | His problems stem from the loss of his job. |
| venir de faire [qch] loc v | (indique l'antériorité) | have just done [sth] v expr |
| | Pas de chance, mon mari n'est pas là : il vient juste de partir ! |
| | Bad luck, my husband's not here; he's just left. |
| venir à faire [qch] loc v | (finir par) | end up doing [sth] v expr |
| | (formal) | come to do [sth] v expr |
| | | eventually do [sth], finally do [sth] adv + vtr |
| | | do [sth] in the end v expr |
| | Si les abeilles venaient à disparaître, nous n'aurions plus ni fruits ni légumes. |
| | If the bees did eventually disappear, we wouldn't have any fruit or vegetables anymore. |
| Traductions supplémentaires |
| venir vi | (devenir membre) | visit⇒ vtr |
| | | come to vi + prep |
| | | join⇒ vtr |
| | Beaucoup de jeunes viennent dans notre club. |
| | A lot of young people visit our club. |
| venir vi | (apparaître, arriver) | arrive⇒, appear⇒, come⇒ vi |
| | La nuit vient tôt en hiver. |
| | Night comes early in winter. |
| venir vi | (plante : pousser) (plant) | grow⇒ vi |
| | Les hortensias viennent mal en terrain calcaire. |
| | Hydrangeas don't grow well in chalky soil. |
| venir de [qqn] vi + prép | (être donné par, transmis par) | be left to [sb] by [sb] v expr |
| | | be passed down to [sb] by [sb] v expr |
| | | come down to [sb] from [sb] v expr |
| | Sa maison lui vient de son père. |
| | His house was left to him by his father. |
| venir sur [qch] vtr ind | (navire : décaler sa route vers) (port, starboard) | turn to [sth], come to [sth] vi + prep |
| Note: Sur babord ou sur tribord. |
| | Pour éviter une collision deux navires doivent venir sur tribord. |
| | To avoid a collision, two ships must turn to starboard. |
| y venir loc v | (aborder un sujet) | get to it, get to that v expr |
| | - Et donc, comment tu as trouvé les Parisiens ? - J'y viens ! |
| | 'So, how did you find the Parisians?' 'I'm getting to that!' |