il revint

came back, returned

→ revenir
re again or back + vint he/she past tense
verb · third singular · past indicative Rare #22,348
came back, returned Past simple (passé simple) form; common in books and storytelling.
FR: Il revint chez lui avant la nuit.
EN: He came back home before nightfall.
Conjugation of revenir
Indicative past
SingularPlural
Third revint

Il revint quelques années plus tard.

He returned a few years later.

Le soir, mon pigeon me revint sérieusement blessé.

In the evening, my pigeon came back to me seriously injured.

Il revint de Chine.

He came back from China.

Quand il revint, il n'était plus le même.

When he came back, he was no longer the same.

— Gangs of Wasseypur : 1ère partie (2012)

Il ne revint plus jamais.

He never came back.

— Good Bye Lenin! (2003)

Vingt canots flottaient à proximité, et un seul revint.

Twenty canoes were floating nearby, and only one returned.

— Titanic (1997)

Il revint une heure après.

He came back an hour later.

Il revint deux jours après.

He came back two days later.

Jean revint de bonne heure.

Jean came back early.

Tom revint de la cuisine avec deux tasses de café et s'assit à côté de Marie.

Tom came back from the kitchen with two cups of coffee and sat down next to Marie.

Il s'évanouit de faim et de fatigue, mais revint à lui peu après.

He fainted from hunger and exhaustion, but regained consciousness shortly afterward.

Et voici, il revint comme promis.

And behold, he returned as promised.

Il revint deux jours plus tard.

He came back two days later.

Dan revint s'asseoir avec ses enfants.

Dan came back to sit with his children.

Il revint d'Amérique.

He returned from America.

La réunion de la veille lui revint en mémoire.

The meeting the day before came back to him.