arriver

arrive +‎ -er

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.

From Middle French arriver, from Old French ariver, from Vulgar Latin *arripō, from Latin ad + rīpa; equivalent to a- + rive + -er. Compare Italian arrivare, Spanish arribar.

• IPA^(key): /a.ʁi.ve/

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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.

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 tard.

   It often happens that he is late.

3. to be able to, to manage (to do something successfully) (see also parvenir)

   Je suis finalement arrivé à réparer cette porte.

   I finally managed to repair that door.

4. to obtain a level of success or fame.

• arrivant
• arrivée
• arriver au genou

• “arriver” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

From Old French ariver.

arriver

1. to arrive

• Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.

• French: arriver

• arrivaïr (Guernsey)

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

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arriver

1. (Jersey) to arrive

• parti (“to leave”)