arriver

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English

Etymology

arrive +‎ -er

Noun

arriver (plural arrivers)

  1. One who arrives; usually, one who arrives in a specified way.
    Synonyms: arrival, arrivant
    • 2007 January 7, “Gerard Beekman and Michael Kaminsky”, in New York Times‎:
      Mr. Kaminsky tells precisely the same story — except with Mr. Beekman as the late arriver.

Translations

French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French arriver, from Old French ariver, from Early Medieval Latin adrīpāre. Synchronically a- +‎ rive +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /a.ʁi.ve/
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Verb

arriver

  1. to arrive (often followed by a location)
    On est arrivés à Paris vers 9 heures.
    We arrived in Paris around 9 o'clock.
    Ils sont arrivés avant moi.
    They got there before me.
    Je n’arriverai pas à temps pour voir le début du film.
    I won't arrive in time to see the start of the film.
  2. (impersonal) to happen (unlike other translations of happen, can be used with an indirect object to specify something/somebody affected by the action; it may also be used with a relative clause in the subjunctive)
    Ça ne m’arrive jamais.
    That never happens to me.
    Il arrive souvent qu’il soit en retard.
    It often happens that he is late.
  3. (informal) to cope, to manage
    J’ sais pas quoi faire... J’arrive plus. ― I don't know what to do... I can't do it anymore.
  4. to be able to, to manage (to do something successfully)
    Synonym: parvenir
    Je suis finalement arrivé à réparer cette porte.
    I finally managed to repair that door.
    • 2015, Claude Nativel, Comme le phénix...:
      Je n’avais aucune nouvelle de la situation politique dans notre pauvre pays, je ne savais pas ce que j’allais trouver en y foulant son sol, si nous arrivions à passer la frontière du pays voisin sans nous faire arrêter.
      I had no news of the political situation in our poor country, I didn't know what I would find when I set foot on its soil, if we were able to cross the neighboring country's border without being arrested.
  5. to obtain a level of success or fame

Conjugation

Conjugation of arriver (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple arriver
compound être + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple arrivant
/a.ʁi.vɑ̃/
compound étant + past participle
past participle arrivé
/a.ʁi.ve/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present arrive
/a.ʁiv/ 		arrives
/a.ʁiv/ 		arrive
/a.ʁiv/ 		arrivons
/a.ʁi.vɔ̃/ 		arrivez
/a.ʁi.ve/ 		arrivent
/a.ʁiv/
imperfect arrivais
/a.ʁi.vɛ/ 		arrivais
/a.ʁi.vɛ/ 		arrivait
/a.ʁi.vɛ/ 		arrivions
/a.ʁi.vjɔ̃/ 		arriviez
/a.ʁi.vje/ 		arrivaient
/a.ʁi.vɛ/
past historic2 arrivai
/a.ʁi.ve/ 		arrivas
/a.ʁi.va/ 		arriva
/a.ʁi.va/ 		arrivâmes
/a.ʁi.vam/ 		arrivâtes
/a.ʁi.vat/ 		arrivèrent
/a.ʁi.vɛʁ/
future arriverai
/a.ʁi.vʁe/ 		arriveras
/a.ʁi.vʁa/ 		arrivera
/a.ʁi.vʁa/ 		arriverons
/a.ʁi.vʁɔ̃/ 		arriverez
/a.ʁi.vʁe/ 		arriveront
/a.ʁi.vʁɔ̃/
conditional arriverais
/a.ʁi.vʁɛ/ 		arriverais
/a.ʁi.vʁɛ/ 		arriverait
/a.ʁi.vʁɛ/ 		arriverions
/a.ʁi.və.ʁjɔ̃/ 		arriveriez
/a.ʁi.və.ʁje/ 		arriveraient
/a.ʁi.vʁɛ/
(compound
tenses) 		present perfect present indicative of être + past participle
pluperfect imperfect indicative of être + past participle
past anterior2 past historic of être + past participle
future perfect future of être + past participle
conditional perfect conditional of être + past participle
subjunctive que je (j’) que tu qu’il, qu’elle que nous que vous qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple
tenses) 		present arrive
/a.ʁiv/ 		arrives
/a.ʁiv/ 		arrive
/a.ʁiv/ 		arrivions
/a.ʁi.vjɔ̃/ 		arriviez
/a.ʁi.vje/ 		arrivent
/a.ʁiv/
imperfect2 arrivasse
/a.ʁi.vas/ 		arrivasses
/a.ʁi.vas/ 		arrivât
/a.ʁi.va/ 		arrivassions
/a.ʁi.va.sjɔ̃/ 		arrivassiez
/a.ʁi.va.sje/ 		arrivassent
/a.ʁi.vas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of être + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of être + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — arrive
/a.ʁiv/ 		— arrivons
/a.ʁi.vɔ̃/ 		arrivez
/a.ʁi.ve/ 		—
compound — simple imperative of être + past participle — simple imperative of être + past participle simple imperative of être + 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

Descendants

  • → German: arrivieren (“to succeed”)

Further reading

Middle French

Etymology

From Old French ariver.

Verb

arriver

  1. to arrive

Conjugation

  • Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.
Conjugation of arriver
infinitive simple arriver
compound estre + past participle
present participle1 or gerund2 simple arrivant
compound present participle or gerund of estre + past participle
past participle arrivé
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative ie (i’) tu il, elle nous vous ilz, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present arrive arrives arrive arrivons arrivez arrivent
imperfect arrivois, arrivoys arrivois, arrivoys arrivoit, arrivoyt arrivions, arrivyons arriviez, arrivyez arrivoient, arrivoyent
past historic arriva arrivas arriva arrivasmes arrivastes arriverent
future arriverai, arriveray arriveras arrivera arriverons arriverez arriveront
conditional arriverois, arriveroys arriverois, arriveroys arriveroit, arriveroyt arriverions, arriveryons arriveriez, arriveryez arriveroient, arriveroyent
(compound
tenses) 		present perfect present indicative of estre + past participle
pluperfect imperfect indicative of estre + past participle
past anterior past historic of estre + past participle
future perfect future of estre + past participle
conditional perfect conditional of estre + past participle
subjunctive que ie (i’) que tu qu’il, qu’elle que nous que vous qu’ilz, qu’elles
(simple
tenses) 		present arrive arrives arrive arrivons arrivez arrivent
imperfect arrivasse arrivasses arrivast arrivassions arrivassiez arrivassent
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of estre + past participle
pluperfect imperfect subjunctive of estre + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — arrive — arrivons arrivez —
compound — simple imperative of estre + past participle — simple imperative of estre + past participle simple imperative of estre + past participle —
1 The present participle was variable in gender and number until the 17th century (Anne Sancier-Château , Une esthétique nouvelle: Honoré d'Urfé, correcteur de l'Astrée, p. 179). The French Academy would eventually declare it not to be declined in 1679.
2 The gerund was held to be invariable by grammarians of the early 17th century, and was usable with preposition en, as in Modern French, although the preposition was not mandatory (Anne Sancier-Château , op. cit., p. 180).

Descendants

Norman

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Early Medieval Latin adrīpāre. Synchronically a- +‎ rive +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

Verb

arriver

  1. (Jersey) to arrive

Antonyms

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