arranger

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English

Etymology

arrange +‎ -er

Noun

arranger (plural arrangers)

  1. One who arranges.
  2. Digital keyboard to play music with accompaniment styles.

Translations

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French arangier.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /a.ʁɑ̃.ʒe/
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Verb

arranger

  1. to arrange
  2. (colloquial) to suit, to be convenient
    • Désolé, ça ne m'arrange pas
      Sorry, that doesn't work for me.
  3. (reflexive) to be set for
    • 1829, Victor Hugo, Le Dernier Jour d’un condamné:
      Depuis l’heure où mon arrêt m’a été prononcé, combien sont morts qui s’arrangeaient pour une longue vie !
      Ever since my sentence was passed, how many who were set for a long life have died!
  4. (Louisiana) to build
    Synonym: construire
  5. (Louisiana, Cajun) to fix

Conjugation

This is a regular -er verb, but the stem is written arrange- before endings that begin with -a- or -o- (to indicate that the -g- is a "soft" /ʒ/ and not a "hard" /ɡ/). This spelling-change occurs in all verbs in -ger, such as neiger and manger.

Conjugation of arranger (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple arranger
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple arrangeant
/a.ʁɑ̃.ʒɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle arrangé
/a.ʁɑ̃.ʒe/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present arrange
/a.ʁɑ̃ʒ/ 		arranges
/a.ʁɑ̃ʒ/ 		arrange
/a.ʁɑ̃ʒ/ 		arrangeons
/a.ʁɑ̃.ʒɔ̃/ 		arrangez
/a.ʁɑ̃.ʒe/ 		arrangent
/a.ʁɑ̃ʒ/
imperfect arrangeais
/a.ʁɑ̃.ʒɛ/ 		arrangeais
/a.ʁɑ̃.ʒɛ/ 		arrangeait
/a.ʁɑ̃.ʒɛ/ 		arrangions
/a.ʁɑ̃.ʒjɔ̃/ 		arrangiez
/a.ʁɑ̃.ʒje/ 		arrangeaient
/a.ʁɑ̃.ʒɛ/
past historic2 arrangeai
/a.ʁɑ̃.ʒe/ 		arrangeas
/a.ʁɑ̃.ʒa/ 		arrangea
/a.ʁɑ̃.ʒa/ 		arrangeâmes
/a.ʁɑ̃.ʒam/ 		arrangeâtes
/a.ʁɑ̃.ʒat/ 		arrangèrent
/a.ʁɑ̃.ʒɛʁ/
future arrangerai
/a.ʁɑ̃ʒ.ʁe/ 		arrangeras
/a.ʁɑ̃ʒ.ʁa/ 		arrangera
/a.ʁɑ̃ʒ.ʁa/ 		arrangerons
/a.ʁɑ̃ʒ.ʁɔ̃/ 		arrangerez
/a.ʁɑ̃ʒ.ʁe/ 		arrangeront
/a.ʁɑ̃ʒ.ʁɔ̃/
conditional arrangerais
/a.ʁɑ̃ʒ.ʁɛ/ 		arrangerais
/a.ʁɑ̃ʒ.ʁɛ/ 		arrangerait
/a.ʁɑ̃ʒ.ʁɛ/ 		arrangerions
/a.ʁɑ̃.ʒə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		arrangeriez
/a.ʁɑ̃.ʒə.ʁje/ 		arrangeraient
/a.ʁɑ̃ʒ.ʁɛ/
(compound
tenses) 		present perfect present indicative of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
past anterior2 past historic of avoir + past participle
future perfect future of avoir + past participle
conditional perfect conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive que je (j’) que tu qu’il, qu’elle que nous que vous qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple
tenses) 		present arrange
/a.ʁɑ̃ʒ/ 		arranges
/a.ʁɑ̃ʒ/ 		arrange
/a.ʁɑ̃ʒ/ 		arrangions
/a.ʁɑ̃.ʒjɔ̃/ 		arrangiez
/a.ʁɑ̃.ʒje/ 		arrangent
/a.ʁɑ̃ʒ/
imperfect2 arrangeasse
/a.ʁɑ̃.ʒas/ 		arrangeasses
/a.ʁɑ̃.ʒas/ 		arrangeât
/a.ʁɑ̃.ʒa/ 		arrangeassions
/a.ʁɑ̃.ʒa.sjɔ̃/ 		arrangeassiez
/a.ʁɑ̃.ʒa.sje/ 		arrangeassent
/a.ʁɑ̃.ʒas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — arrange
/a.ʁɑ̃ʒ/ 		— arrangeons
/a.ʁɑ̃.ʒɔ̃/ 		arrangez
/a.ʁɑ̃.ʒe/ 		—
compound — simple imperative of avoir + past participle — simple imperative of avoir + past participle simple imperative of avoir + past participle —
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way:
  • past historic → present perfect
  • past anterior → pluperfect
  • imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive
  • pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive

(Christopher Kendris , Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Derived terms

Related terms

Descendants

  • → Catalan: arranjar
  • → German: arrangieren
  • → Portuguese: arranjar
  • → Romanian: aranja

Further reading

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

arranger

  1. imperative of arrangere
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