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English
Etymology
From French arrangement .
Morphologically arrange + -ment
Pronunciation
IPA (key ) : /əˈɹeɪnd͡ʒmənt/
Hyphenation: ar‧range‧ment
Noun
arrangement (countable and uncountable , plural arrangements )
The act of arranging .
The manner of being arranged .
A collection of things that have been arranged.
A particular way in which items are organized .
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( often in the plural ) Preparations for some undertaking .
An agreement .
( music ) An adaptation of a piece of music for other instruments , or in another style .
Synonyms
Derived terms
Translations
act of arranging
Arabic: تَرْتِيب (ar) m ( tartīb )
Bengali: ব্যবস্থা (bn) ( bêbostha ) , এন্তেজাম (bn) ( entejam )
Bulgarian: подре́ждане (bg) n ( podréždane )
Catalan: arreglada (ca)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 排列 (zh) ( páiliè ) , 安排 (zh) ( ānpái )
Danish: arrangement (da) n
Finnish: järjestely (fi) , järjestäminen (fi)
French: arrangement (fr) m
Galician: arranxo (gl) m
German: Anordnung (de) f
Hindi: इंतज़ाम m ( intazām ) , व्यवस्था (hi) f ( vyavasthā )
Hungarian: elrendezés (hu)
Icelandic: röðun f , skipan f , uppsetning f , uppröðun f , uppstilling f
Irish: inleadh m
Italian: arrangiamento (it) m , sistemazione (it) f
Japanese: 配置 (ja) ( はいち, haichi )
Lithuanian: sutvarkymas m
Macedonian: распоредување n ( rasporeduvanje ) , подредување n ( podreduvanje )
Malay: penyusunan
Malayalam: ക്രമീകരണം (ml) ( kramīkaraṇaṁ ) , സജ്ജീകരണം (ml) ( sajjīkaraṇaṁ )
Maori: whakaritenga
Norwegian:
Bokmål: arrangement (no) n
Nynorsk: arrangement n
Ottoman Turkish: قوروم ( kurum )
Polish: aranżacja (pl) f , aranż m ( colloquial )
Portuguese: arranjo (pt) m
Romanian: aranjare (ro) , aranjament (ro)
Russian: приведе́ние в поря́док n ( privedénije v porjádok ) , расстано́вка (ru) f ( rasstanóvka ) , приготовле́ния (ru) n pl ( prigotovlénija )
Spanish: arreglo (es)
Swahili: orodha (sw)
Turkish: ayarlama (tr) , düzenleme (tr)
Urdu: انتظام m ( intazām )
collection of things that have been arranged
the manner in which items have been organised or positioned
plural: preparations for some undertaking
Bulgarian: ме́рки (bg) f pl ( mérki ) , приготовле́ния (bg) n pl ( prigotovlénija )
Dutch: voorbereiding (nl) , afspraak (nl) , akkoord (nl) , regeling (nl)
Finnish: järjestelyt pl , käytännönjärjestelyt , käytännön järjestelyt
French: préparatifs (fr) m pl
Icelandic: ráðstafanir f pl
Italian: preparativi (it) , disposizioni (it) , modalità (it)
Maori: whakariteritenga
Portuguese: preparativos m pl
Russian: приготовле́ния (ru) n pl ( prigotovlénija ) , ме́ры (ru) f pl ( méry )
Serbo-Croatian: pripreme (sh) f pl , priprave (sh) f pl
Spanish: preparativos (es) m pl , planes (es) m pl
Telugu: ఏర్పాట్లు pl ( ērpāṭlu )
agreement
Belarusian: дамо́ўленасць f ( damóŭljenascʹ )
Bulgarian: догово́реност f ( dogovórenost )
Catalan: acord (ca) m
Dutch: regeling (nl) f
Finnish: sopimus (fi) , sovinto (fi) , järjestely (fi)
French: accord (fr) m
Hebrew: הסדר m ( hesdér )
Icelandic: samkomulag n
Irish: socrú m
Italian: accomodamento (it) m , accordo (it) m , compromesso (it) m
Lithuanian: susitarimas m
Malayalam: യോജിപ്പ് (ml) ( yōjippŭ )
Persian: قرارداد (fa) ( qarârdâd ) , پیمان (fa) ( peymân )
Polish: układ (pl) m , umowa (pl) f
Portuguese: acordo (pt) m
Russian: договорённость (ru) f ( dogovorjónnostʹ ) , соглаше́ние (ru) n ( soglašénije )
Serbo-Croatian: aranžman (sh)
Slovene: sporazum m
Spanish: arreglo (es) m , acuerdo (es) m , arreglín (es) m ( illicit, Latin America )
Swahili: orodha (sw)
Ukrainian: домо́вленість f ( domóvlenistʹ )
music: adaptation of a piece of music
Danish
Etymology
Borrowed from French arrangement , derived from the verb arranger , hence Danish arrangere .
Pronunciation
Noun
arrangement n (singular definite arrangementet , plural indefinite arrangementer )
arrangement
event , party
Declension
Declension of arrangement
Further reading
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from French arrangement .
Pronunciation
IPA (key ) : /ˌɑ.rɑn.ʒəˈmɛnt/ , /ɑˌrɑn-/ , /aː-/
Hyphenation: ar‧ran‧ge‧ment
Rhymes: -ɛnt
Noun
arrangement n (plural arrangementen , diminutive arrangementje n )
( music ) a musical arrangement
a package deal , especially in relation to recreative services
Descendants
French
Etymology
From arranger ( “ to arrange ” ) + -ment .
Pronunciation
Noun
arrangement m (plural arrangements )
arrangement
Further reading
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From French arrangement .
Noun
arrangement n (definite singular arrangementet , indefinite plural arrangement or arrangementer , definite plural arrangementa or arrangementene )
arrangement , event
References
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From French arrangement .
Noun
arrangement n (definite singular arrangementet , indefinite plural arrangement , definite plural arrangementa )
arrangement , event
References