different between seasonable vs convenient

English

Etymology

season +? -able

Adjective

seasonable (comparative more seasonable, superlative most seasonable)

1. Opportune; occurring at an appropriate or suitable time.
2. Appropriate to the current season of the year.
3. (obsolete) Ephemeral; lasting for just one season.
4. (obsolete) In season (said of game when it is legal to be hunted and killed).
5. (obsolete) Well-seasoned; matured (e.g. timber).

Synonyms

• (occurring at an appropriate or suitable time): well-timed, timesome; see also Thesaurus:timely
• (lasting for just one season): passing, transitory; see also Thesaurus:ephemeral

Antonyms

• (general): unseasonable
• (occurring at an appropriate or suitable time): ill-timed, untime; see also Thesaurus:untimely
• (lasting for just one season): evergreen, perennial; see also Thesaurus:eternal

Derived terms

• seasonableness

Translations

References

• John A. Simpson and Edward S. C. Weiner, editors (1989) , “seasonable”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, ?ISBN

English

Etymology

From Middle English convenient, from Latin conveniens (“fit, suitable, convenient”), present participle of convenire (“to come together, suit”); see convene and compare covenant.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /k?n?vi?ni?nt/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /k?n?vinj?nt/
• Hyphenation: con?ve?nient

Adjective

convenient (comparative more convenient, superlative most convenient)

1. Serving to reduce a difficulty, or accessible with minimum difficulty; expedient.

   Synonyms: expedient, simple, easy

   Antonym: inconvenient

2. (obsolete) Fit; suitable; appropriate.
   • Neither filthiness, nor foolish talking, nor jesting, which are not convenient.

   • 1640', Edward Reynolds, A treatise of the passions and faculties of the soule of man

     […] continual drinking is most convenient to the distemper of an hydropick body, though most disconvenient to its present welfare.

Related terms

• convene
• convenience
• conveniently

Translations

Further reading

• convenient in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• convenient in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin conveniens, convenientem, possibly a borrowing (first appears in 1507).

Adjective

convenient (masculine and feminine plural convenients)

1. convenient

   Antonym: inconvenient

Derived terms

• convenientment

Related terms

• conveniència
• convenir

References

Further reading

• “convenient” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “convenient” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “convenient” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Latin

Verb

convenient

1. third-person plural future active indicative of conveni?