arriver

English

Etymology

arrive +‎ -er

Noun

arriver (plural arrivers)

1. One who arrives; usually, one who arrives in a specified way
   • 2007 January 7, “Gerard Beekman and Michael Kaminsky”:

     Mr. Kaminsky tells precisely the same story — except with Mr. Beekman as the late arriver.

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French

Etymology

From a- + rive, Vulgar Latin arripare, from Latin ad ripa. Compare Spanish arribar.

Pronunciation

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• IPA: /a.ʁi.ve/, X-SAMPA: /a.Ri.ve/

Verb

arriver

1. to arrive

   On est arrivés à Paris vers 9 heures.

   We arrived in Paris around 9 o'clock.

2. to happen

   Cela ne m'arrive jamais.

   That never happens to me.

3. to be able to, to manage (to do something successfully)
4. to obtain a level of success or fame.

Conjugation

   Conjugation of arriver (see also Appendix:French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		arriver			être arrivé
gerund		en arrivant			en étant arrivé
present participle		arrivant
past participle		arrivé
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il	nous	vous	ils
simple tenses	present	arrive	arrives	arrive	arrivons	arrivez	arrivent
	imperfect	arrivais	arrivais	arrivait	arrivions	arriviez	arrivaient
	past historic1	arrivai	arrivas	arriva	arrivâmes	arrivâtes	arrivèrent
	future	arriverai	arriveras	arrivera	arriverons	arriverez	arriveront
	conditional	arriverais	arriverais	arriverait	arriverions	arriveriez	arriveraient
compound tenses	present perfect	Use the present tense of être followed by the past participle
	pluperfect	Use the imperfect tense of être followed by the past participle
	past anterior1	Use the past historic tense of être followed by the past participle
	future perfect	Use the future tense of être followed by the past participle
	conditional perfect	Use the conditional tense of être followed by the past participle
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il	que nous	que vous	qu’ils
simple tenses	present	arrive	arrives	arrive	arrivions	arriviez	arrivent
	imperfect1	arrivasse	arrivasses	arrivât	arrivassions	arrivassiez	arrivassent
compound tenses	past	Use the present subjunctive of être followed by the past participle
	pluperfect1	Use the imperfect subjunctive of être followed by the past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
		—	arrive	—	arrivons	arrivez	—
1literary tenses

Derived terms

• arrivant
• arrivée

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Jèrriais

Etymology

From Old French ariver, from Late Latin *arrīpare, from Latin ad + rīpa (“shore”).

Verb

arriver

1. to arrive

Antonyms

• parti (“to leave”)