No. 1,642 in French
venant
"Venant" means "coming" or "arriving."
In a sentence
Un homme venant de Paris est arrivé.
A man coming from Paris has arrived.
Here, 'venant' is a present participle describing the man who is coming from Paris.
Les étudiants, venant en groupe, étaient bruyants.
The students, coming in a group, were noisy.
In this example, 'venant' acts as a modifier providing additional context about the students, specifically how they were assembled.
Ce sont des souvenirs venant du passé.
These are memories coming from the past.
Here, 'venant' is used to describe the origin of the memories, indicating they derive from the past.
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