arrivage
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English
Etymology
From Middle English a-rivage, arryvage, aryvage, from Anglo-Norman aryvage and/or Middle French arivage; equivalent to arrive + -age.[1]
Noun
arrivage (countable and uncountable, plural arrivages)
- (obsolete) An arrival, especially one by ship or boat.
- 1611, Iohn Speed [i.e., John Speed], “Stephen, the Two and Fortieth Monarch of the English-men: His Raigne, Acts, and Issue”, in The History of Great Britaine under the Conquests of yͤ Romans, Saxons, Danes and Normans. , London: William Hall and John Beale, for John Sudbury and George Humble, , →OCLC, book IX ( ), paragraph 19, page 448, column 2:
- The place of her arriuage was at the port of Arundell, into which Caſtle ſhee was ioyfully receiued by William de Albeny, who had married Queen Adeliza, the late wife to King Henry, whoſe Dowrie it was; […]
References
- ^ “arrivage, n.”, in OED Online
, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
French
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
arrivage m (plural arrivages)
Further reading
- “arrivage”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.