il survint

happened, occurred

s y ʁ . v ɛ̃ → survenir

sur on, onto + vin to come + t 3rd-person singular simple past (il/elle/on)

verb · 3rd-person singular, past tense Rare #51,584

happened, occurred Literary past-tense form, mainly used in written narratives.

FR: Un incident survint pendant la nuit.

EN: An incident occurred during the night.

Conjugation of survenir

Indicative past

	Singular	Plural
Third	survint	—

A problem immediately arose.

The accident occurred at dawn.

That’s how the accident happened.

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