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convier

Pronunciation: /kɔ̃.vje/

“convier” is a French word. Its 2 meanings in English:

verb

  1. to invite (someone to come somewhere)
  2. to invite, suggest (someone to do something)

In French

  1. Inviter à un repas, à une fête, à une cérémonie, etc.
  2. Exciter à quelque action, inciter, en parlant des choses.

Etymology

Inherited from Old French cunveer, cunvier, from Vulgar Latin *convitāre, from a cross between Latin invītāre (“to invite”) and convivium. Compare Italian convitare, Portuguese convidar.

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