deviendrait

Deviendrait is a French verb form that corresponds to the third-person singular conditional present of devenir, the verb meaning to become. It is used to express hypothetical, potential, or uncertain outcomes, typically in conditional clauses or indirect speech.

Etymology and meaning: The verb devenir comes from Old French devenir, itself derived from Latin devenire, meaning “to come to be.” The form deviendrait retains the sense of imagining a future state that depends on some condition.

Conjugation and usage: Deviendrait is the affirmative conditional present form used with il, elle, or on as the subject. The full conditional present of devenir includes: je deviendrais, tu deviendrais, il deviendrait, nous deviendrions, vous deviendriez, ils deviendraient. The endings follow the standard conditional pattern in French, and the verb itself is commonly used to discuss what someone or something would become under certain circumstances.

Examples: In a hypothetical situation, one might say, “Si cela arrivait, il deviendrait célèbre.” In another context: “Avec plus d’entraînement, il deviendrait un athlète remarquable.” Deviendrait can also appear in indirect speech or narrations about potential futures, maintaining a sense of possibility rather than certainty.

Related forms: Deviendrait is part of the larger family of devenir conjugations. The verb itself is irregular in some tenses and moods, but in the present conditional it follows the standard pattern of adding -ait to the il/elle/on form, with the corresponding forms for other subjects.

See also: devenir; conditional mood; hypothetical clauses in French.