conçoivent

Conçoivent is the third-person plural form of the French verb concevoir, used in present tense to mean they conceive, design, or devise. It is employed when the subject is Ils or Elles and refers to creating or imagining something, whether a plan, a product, or an idea, as well as the physical sense of conceiving a child in some contexts.

The verb concevoir comes from Latin concipere, via Old French concevoir, and is considered irregular in its present tense forms. The standard present conjugation is: je conçois, tu conçois, il conçoit, nous concevons, vous concevez, ils conçoivent. The past participle is conçu, used with auxiliary avoir in compound tenses. The sense of concevoir spans intellectual creation (concevoir un projet), practical design (concevoir un mécanisme), and biological conception (concevoir un enfant).

Usage and nuance: conçoivent is common in technical, organizational, and creative contexts, indicating active creation or planning. Examples include: “Les ingénieurs conçoivent un nouveau moteur” (The engineers design a new engine) or “Ils conçoivent une stratégie ambitieuse.” The expression “concevoir quelque chose” covers both abstract ideas and tangible products. In the pregnancy sense, concevoir an enfant is standard, though in everyday speech the pregnancy meaning may be balanced with other phrasing depending on context. The form conçoivent thus serves as a versatile indicator of collaborative or collective acts of conception, planning, or invention.