What does à venir in French mean?

What is the meaning of the word à venir in French? The article explains the full meaning, pronunciation along with bilingual examples and instructions on how to use à venir in French.

The word à venir in French means forthcoming, in the coming years, in the years to come, in the years ahead, come to do, make 's mouth water, the best is yet to come, the hardest part is yet to come, the world to come, overcome, finally be done with, come to mind, cross your mind, occur to, come to meet, come rescue , come to 's rescue, be timely. To learn more, please see the details below.

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Meaning of the word à venir

forthcoming

locution adjectivale (bientôt disponible)

(adjective: Describes a noun or pronoun--for example, "a tall girl," "an interesting book," "a big house.")
Le livre à venir traitera du voyage avec enfants.
The forthcoming book will be about travelling with children.

in the coming years, in the years to come, in the years ahead

locution adverbiale (au cours des prochaines années)

On ne verra pas encore de voitures volantes dans les prochaines années.

come to do

locution verbale (finir par faire [qch])

(verbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end.")
J'en viens à penser que cette expression est intraduisible. La nouvelle prof de maths est tellement horrible que j'en viens à regretter le vieil endormi qu'on avait avant.
The new maths teacher is so horrible, I'm starting to miss the old slacker we had before.

make 's mouth water

locution verbale (figuré (donner envie de [qch])

(verbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end.")
La bonne odeur de ce qui cuisait lui a fait venir l'eau à la bouche.

the best is yet to come

(le plus dur est passé)

(expression: Prepositional phrase, adverbial phrase, or other phrase or expression--for example, "behind the times," "on your own.")

the hardest part is yet to come

(ça va empirer)

(expression: Prepositional phrase, adverbial phrase, or other phrase or expression--for example, "behind the times," "on your own.")

the world to come

nom masculin (croyances fondamentales du judaïsme) (Judaism)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

overcome

(triompher de [qch])

(transitive verb: Verb taking a direct object--for example, "Say something." "She found the cat.")
Nous avons fini par venir à bout de toutes ces difficultés.

finally be done with

(finir par vaincre [qqn])

(verbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end.")
Les assaillants ont fini par venir à bout des défenseurs.

come to mind, cross your mind

locution verbale (être pensé)

(verbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end.")
Cette idée me vint à l'esprit.
This idea came to mind.

occur to

locution verbale (être pensé)

Il m'est venu à l'idée de les inviter,
It occurred to me to invite them

come to meet

(rejoindre [qqn])

(verbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end.")

come rescue , come to 's rescue

(secourir, aider [qqn])

(verbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end.")
A beautiful buxom girl came to my rescue.

be timely

locution verbale (arriver au bon moment)

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