Revinrent (en. Came back)

/ʁə.vɛ̃.ʁɑ̃/

Meaning & Definition

EnglishFrench

verb

Third person plural of the simple past of 'revenir'.

They returned after a long absence.

Ils revinrent après une longue absence.

To mark a return to a place.

The soldiers returned to camp after the battle.

Les soldats revinrent au camp après la bataille.

To express the act of coming back in a conversation or topic.

They returned to the subject discussed earlier.

Ils revinrent sur le sujet discuté plus tôt.

Comes from the Latin 'revenire', which means to return.

to come back to the charge

To insist on a topic after initially postponing it.

revenir à la charge

to retrace one's steps

To turn back.

revenir sur ses pas

to return to one's first loves

To rediscover a former taste or interest.

revenir à ses premières amours

revenir

To go back, to happen again.

revenir

return

The action of returning to the starting point.

retour

arrive

To reach a place after traveling.

arriver

To return quickly to a familiar situation

He is always there, he returned tonight.

Il est toujours là, il revinrent ce soir.

To bring back a person lost in life

You know he will come back, they always returned.

Tu sais qu'il va revenir, ils revinrent toujours.