arrivé

¹ American  

[ar-ee-vey, a-ree-vey] / ˌær iˈveɪ, a riˈveɪ /

noun

PLURAL

arrivés

1. a person who has swiftly gained wealth, status, success, or fame.

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arrive ² American  

[uh-rahyv] / əˈraɪv /

verb (used without object)

arrived, arriving

1. to come to a certain point in the course of travel; reach one's destination.

   He finally arrived in Rome.

2. to come to be near or present in time.

   The moment to act has arrived.

3. to attain a position of success, power, achievement, fame, or the like.

   After years of hard work, she has finally arrived in her field.

4. Archaic. to happen.

   It arrived that the master had already departed.

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verb (used with object)

arrived, arriving

1. Obsolete. to reach; come to.

verb phrase

1. arrive at

   1. to come to a place after traveling; reach.

   2. to attain the objective in a course or process.

      to arrive at a conclusion.

arrive British  

/ əˈraɪv /

verb

1. to come to a certain place during or after a journey; reach a destination

2. (foll by at) to agree upon; reach

   to arrive at a decision

3. to occur eventually

   the moment arrived when pretence was useless

4. informal (of a baby) to be born

5. informal to attain success or gain recognition

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Other Word Forms

• arriver noun
• unarrived adjective
• unarriving adjective

Etymology

Origin of arrivé¹

First recorded in 1920–25; from French: literally, “arrived,” noun use of past participle of arriver “to arrive”; arrive

Origin of arrive¹

First recorded in 1175–1225; Middle English a(r)riven, from Old French a(r)river, from Vulgar Latin arrīpāre (unrecorded) “to come to land,” verb derivative of Latin ad rīpam “to the riverbank”; river ¹

Example Sentences

Last year the US Department of Homeland Security estimated there were 11 million illegal migrants living in the US as of January 2022, with the majority arriving before 2010.

From BBC

We wanted pasta that stretched and sighed, casseroles that arrived bubbling and bronzed, soups that tasted like something rescued from memory and improved by adulthood.

From Salon

When Mr Mendelson arrived back in the UK he was told he needed surgery for ligament damage.

From BBC

And within hours of arriving in Buffalo Creek and talking to the displaced and demoralized locals, Erikson knew he’d be doing the study himself.

From The Wall Street Journal

Cox also said fourth quarter prices climbed as more tariffed inventory arrived.

From The Wall Street Journal

Related Words

• appear
• enter
• land
• reach
• report
• show up
• take place
• turn up
• visit