Viennent

Viennent is the third-person plural present indicative form of the French verb venir, meaning “they come.” The verb venir is irregular and widely used in everyday French. Its present tense forms include je viens, tu viens, il vient, nous venons, vous venez, ils viennent. The ending -iennent identifies the plural form in this tense.

In usage, venir denotes movement toward the speaker or toward a referenced point, a nuance that distinguishes it from verbs such as arriver or aller. Viennent is used to describe people, animals, or things approaching a location or person: for example, “Ils viennent ici” means they are coming here. The expression venir de + infinitive forms a near-past construction, as in “Ils viennent de partir” (they have just left). Venir also serves to indicate origin or source in phrases like “Ils viennent du marché” (they come from the market) or “Ils viennent de loin” (they come from far away). Beyond literal movement, venir appears in figurative sense for events, ideas, or trends that arrive or develop, for instance “les idées viennent peu à peu.”

Etymologically, venir derives from Latin venire, and the French verb forms share cognates in other Romance languages (for example, Spanish vienen, Italian vengono, Portuguese vêm). The word appears in a wide range of constructions, making venir one of the core verbs in contemporary French syntax and daily expression.