arranger

English

Etymology

arrange +‎ -er

Noun

arranger (plural arrangers)

  1. One who arranges.

Translations

French

Etymology

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 French) 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)
present participle arrangeant
/a.ʁɑ̃.ʒɑ̃/
past participle arrangé
/a.ʁɑ̃.ʒe/
infinitive
simple arranger
compound avoir + past participle
gerund1
simple arrangeant
/a.ʁɑ̃.ʒɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle 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 Only usable with preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, the past historic, past anterior, imperfect subjunctive and pluperfect subjunctive tenses may be found to have been replaced with the indicative present perfect, indicative pluperfect, present subjunctive and past subjunctive tenses respectively (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Descendants

Further reading

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

arranger

  1. imperative of arrangere
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