# arriver
## English
### Etymology

From arrive +‎ -er.

### Noun

arriver (plural arrivers)
* 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: /a.ʁi.ve/
* Audio:(file)

### Verb

arriver
* 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.
* (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.
* (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.
* 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.
    Je n’arrive pas à croire que tu manges ce que le médecin t’a prescrit de ne pas manger.I can't believe you're eating what the doctor told you not to eat.
** 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.
* to obtain a level of success or fame

#### Derived terms

* arrivant
* arrivée
* arriver à bon port
* arriver à la cheville
* arriver à la fumée des cierges
* arriver à ses fins
* arriver après la bataille
* arriver comme les carabiniers
* premier arrivé, premier servi

#### Descendants

* → German: arrivieren (“to succeed”)

### References

* ↑ Tatoeba No. 1850290

### Further reading

* “arriver”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

## Middle French
### Etymology

From Old French ariver.

### Verb

arriver
* to arrive

#### Conjugation

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

#### Descendants

* French: arriver

## Norman
### Alternative forms

* arrivaïr (Guernsey)

### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Verb

arriver
* (Jersey) to arrive

#### Antonyms

* parti (“to leave”)