arrive

See also: arrivé

English

Etymology

From Middle English arriven, ariven, a borrowing from Old French ariver, from Late Latin *arrīpare, from Latin ad + rīpa (“shore”). Displaced native oncome, tocome.

For the sense-derivation, compare Old English ġelandian, ġelendan, lendan (“to arrive at land; land”) > Middle English alenden, landen (“to arrive; arrive at shore; land”).

Pronunciation

enPR: ə-rīvʹ, IPA^(key): /əˈɹaɪv/
audio (US) (file)
Rhymes: -aɪv

Verb

arrive (third-person singular simple present arrives, present participle arriving, simple past and past participle arrived)

(intransitive, copulative) To reach; to get to a certain place.
We arrived at the hotel and booked in.
He arrived home for two days.
- 2013 May 25, “No hiding place”, in The Economist‎, volume 407, number 8837, page 74:
  In America alone, people spent $170 billion on “direct marketing”—junk mail of both the physical and electronic varieties—last year. Yet of those who received unsolicited adverts through the post, only 3% bought anything as a result. If the bumf arrived electronically, the take-up rate was 0.1%. And for online adverts the “conversion” into sales was a minuscule 0.01%.
(intransitive) To obtain a level of success or fame; to succeed.
He had finally arrived on Broadway.
- 2002, Donald Cole, Immigrant City: Lawrence, Massachusetts, 1845-1921 (page 58)
  Evidence that the Irish had arrived socially was the abrupt decline in the number of newspaper articles accusing them of brawling and other crimes.
(intransitive) To come; said of time.
The time has arrived for us to depart.
(intransitive) To happen or occur.
- 1666, Edmund Waller, Instructions to a Painter
  Happy! to whom this glorious death arrives.
(transitive, archaic) To reach; to come to.
- 1667, John Milton, “Book II”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], […], OCLC 228722708; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, OCLC 230729554:
  Ere he arrive the happy isle.
- 1599 (first performance), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Iulius Cæsar”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, [Act I, scene ii]:
  Ere we could arrive the point proposed.
- 1850, [Alfred, Lord Tennyson], In Memoriam, London: Edward Moxon, […], OCLC 3968433, (please specify |part=prologue or epilogue, or |canto=I to CXXIX):
  Arrive at last the blessed goal.
(intransitive, obsolete) To bring to shore.
- 1618, George Chapman, A Hymn to Apollo
  and made the sea-trod ship arrive them

Usage notes

Additional, nonstandard, and uncommon past tense and past participle are, respectively, arrove and arriven, formed by analogy to verbs like drove and driven.

Antonyms

depart

Derived terms

arrive at
it is better to travel hopefully than to arrive

Related terms

arrival

Translations

to reach

Afrikaans: aankom (af),arriveer
Albanian: arrij (sq)
Amharic: ደረሰ (däräsä)
Arabic: وَصَلَ‎ (ar) (waṣala)
Hijazi Arabic: وَصَل‎ (waṣal)
Moroccan Arabic: وصل‎ (wṣal)
Aragonese: plegar (an)
Argobba: ዴረሳ (dēräsā)
Armenian: ժամանել (hy) (žamanel), հասնել (hy) (hasnel)
Aromanian: agiungu
Azerbaijani: gəlmək (az), gəlib çatmaq, varid olmaq
Baba Malay: sampei
Bashkir: (to a location near the speaker) килеп етеү (kilep yetew), (to a location far from the speaker) барып етеү (barıp yetew)
Belarusian: (on foot) дахо́дзіць impf (daxódzicʹ), дайсці́ pf (dajscí), (by vehicle) даязджа́ць impf (dajazdžácʹ), дае́хаць pf (dajéxacʹ); (by airplane) далята́ць impf (daljatácʹ), даляце́ць pf (daljacjécʹ)
Bulgarian: достигам (bg) (dostigam)
Burmese: ရောက် (my) (rauk)
Catalan: arribar (ca)
Central Sierra Miwok: hý·ja
Cherokee: ᎦᎷᎦ (galuga)
Chinese:
Cantonese: 到 (dou³)
Mandarin: 到達／到达 (zh) (dàodá), 到 (zh) (dào)
Czech: dorážet impf, dorazit (cs) pf; (on foot) docházet (cs) impf, dojít (cs) pf; (by a wheeled vehicle) dojíždět (cs) impf, dojet (cs) pf; (by plane) doletovat impf, dolétat impf, doletět pf
Danish: ankomme
Dutch: bereiken (nl), aankomen (nl), arriveren (nl)
Esperanto: alveni (eo)
Estonian: saabuma (et)
Faroese: koma (fo)
Finnish: saapua (fi), tulla perille
French: arriver (fr)
Friulian: rivâ
Galician: chegar (gl)
German: gelangen (de), kommen (de), erreichen (de), ankommen (de)
Gothic: 𐌰𐍄𐍆𐌰𐍂𐌾𐌰𐌽 (atfarjan)
Greek: φτάνω (el) (ftáno)
Ancient: ἀφικνέομαι (aphiknéomai), ἱκνέομαι (hiknéomai), ἀφικάνω (aphikánō), ἱκάνω (hikánō)
Hebrew: הִגִּיעַ‎ (he) (higía)
Hindi: आना (hi) (ānā), पहुँचना (hi) (pahũcnā)
Hungarian: elér (hu)
Icelandic: koma (is)
Ido: arivar (io)
Italian: arrivare (it), giungere (it)
Japanese: 着く (ja) (つく, tsuku), 到着する (ja) (tōchaku suru)
Kabuverdianu: txiga, txegá
Lao: ຮອດ (hǭt), ເຖິງ (thœng)
Latgalian: dativēt, atīt, atsarast
Latin: advenio (la), pervenio (la), devenio
Latvian: ierasties, atbraukt
Lithuanian: atvykti (lt)
Low German:
German Low German: ankamen (nds)
Manchu: ᡳᠰᡳᠨ᠋ᠠᠮᠪᡳ
Maori: tae, taetae (not all together)
Maranao: danon, oma
Mbyá Guaraní: vaẽ
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: хүрэх (mn) (xürex)
Mongolian: ᠬᠦᠷᠬᠦ (kürkü)
Nahuatl: ahci, ehco
Norman: arriver
North Frisian: uunkem (Föhr-Amrum)
Norwegian: ankomme
Occitan: arribar (oc)
Old English: ancuman
Persian: رسیدن‎ (fa) (residan)
Polish: (on foot) dochodzić (pl) impf, dojść (pl) pf; (by vehicle) dojeżdżać (pl) impf, dojechać (pl) pf; (by airplane) dolatywać impf dolecieć (pl) pf
Portuguese: chegar (pt)
Quechua: chamuy
Romanian: ajunge (ro), sosi (ro)
Romansch: arrivar, rivar, river, arivar
Russian: (on foot) доходи́ть (ru) impf (doxodítʹ), дойти́ (ru) pf (dojtí); (by vehicle) доезжа́ть (ru) impf (dojezžátʹ), дое́хать (ru) pf (dojéxatʹ); (by airplane) долета́ть (ru) impf (doletátʹ), долете́ть (ru) pf (doletétʹ)
Sardinian: arribbai, arribbare, arrivare, arribbari, erribbai
Scots: win tae
Serbo-Croatian: dospjeti (sh) pf
Cyrillic: доспети pf
Roman: dospeti (sh) pf, (by airplane) doletjeti (sh) pf
Sicilian: arrivari (scn), arruvari (scn)
Slovak: dôjsť pf, doraziť
Slovene: prispeti (sl) pf
Sorbian:
Lower Sorbian: (on foot) pśichadaś impf, pśiś pf; (by vehicle) pśijězdźowaś impf, pśijěś pf
Upper Sorbian: (on foot) dochadźeć impf, dóńć (hsb) pf: (by vehicle) přijěć pf
Spanish: llegar (es)
Swedish: anlända (sv), ankomma (sv)
Tagalog: dumating
Thai: ถึง (th) (tʉ̌ng), สู่ (th) (sùu), มาถึง (maa-tʉ̌ng)
Turkish: varmak (tr)
Tuvan: чедер (çeder)
Ugaritic: 𐎎𐎙𐎊 (mġy)
Ukrainian: (on foot) дохо́дити impf (doxódyty), дійти́ pf (dijtý); (by vehicle) доїжджа́ти impf (dojiždžáty), дої́хати pf (dojíxaty)
Urdu: آنا‎ (ur) (ānā), پہنچنا‎ (pahũcnā)
Venetian: rivar (vec)
Vietnamese: đến (vi)
Walloon: ariver (wa), avni (wa)
Welsh: cyrraedd (cy)
Yakut: тиий (tiiy)
Yiddish: אָנקומען‎ (onkumen), קומען‎ (kumen)

to get to a certain place

Aklanon: abot
Afrikaans: aankom (af),arriveer
Albanian: vij (sq)
Arabic: وَصَلَ‎ (ar) (waṣala)
Moroccan Arabic: وصل‎ (wṣal)
Armenian: ժամանել (hy) (žamanel), հասնել (hy) (hasnel)
Belarusian: прыбыва́ць impf (prybyvácʹ), прыбы́ць pf (prybýcʹ); (on foot) прыхо́дзіць impf (pryxódzicʹ), пры́йсці pf (prýjsci), (by vehicle) прыязджа́ць impf (pryjazdžácʹ), прые́хаць pf (pryjéxacʹ); (by airplane) прылята́ць impf (pryljatácʹ), прыляце́ць (pryljacjécʹ)
Bulgarian: стигам (bg) (stigam), пристигам (bg) (pristigam)
Burmese: ရောက် (my) (rauk)
Catalan: arribar (ca)
Cebuano: abot
Central Sierra Miwok: hý·ja
Cherokee: ᎦᎷᎦ (galuga)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 到達／到达 (zh) (dàodá), 到 (zh) (dào)
Czech: dorážet impf, dorazit (cs) pf; (on foot) přicházet (cs) impf, přijít (cs) pf; (by a wheeled vehicle) přijíždět impf, přijet (cs) pf; (by plane) přilétat impf, přiletět pf; přicestovat; přibývat impf přibýt pf
Danish: ankomme
Dutch: aankomen (nl), arriveren (nl), bereiken (nl)
Esperanto: alveni (eo)
Even: эм- (əm-)
Evenki: эмэ- (əmə-)
Finnish: saapua (fi), tulla perille
French: arriver (fr)
Friulian: rivâ
Galician: chegar (gl)
German: ankommen (de), einlangen (de) (Austrian German), einlaufen (de), eintreffen (de)
Greek: φτάνω (el) (ftáno)
Ancient: ἀφικνέομαι (aphiknéomai)
Hebrew: הִגִּיעַ‎ (he) (higía)
Hindi: पहुँचना (hi) (pahũcnā)
Hungarian: érkezik (hu), megérkezik (hu)
Ido: arivar (io)
Italian: arrivare (it), giungere (it)
Japanese: 着く (ja) (つく, tsuku), 到着する (ja) (とうちゃくする, tōchaku-suru)
Kazakh:
Arabic: كەلۋ‎, كەلىپ جەتۋ‎, كەلىپ ٴتۇسۋ‎
Cyrillic: келу (kk) (kelu), келіп жету (kelıp jetu), келіп түсу (kelıp tüsu)
Latin: kelý, kelip jetý, kelip túsý
Khmer: ដល់ (km) (dɑl)
Korean: 도착하다 (ko) (dochakhada)
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: گەیشتن‎ (ku) (geyiştin)
Lao: ຈວບ (chūap), ຈູ້ (chū), ຊອດ (sǭt), ດົນ (don), ມາ (mā), ເຖິງ (thœng)
Latin: advenio (la), pervenio (la), devenio
Malay: please add this translation if you can
Mansaka: abot, datung
Maori: tae, taetae (not all together)
Maranao: oma
Norman: arriver
Norwegian: ankomme
Papiamentu: yega
Polish: przybywać (pl) impf, przybyć (pl) pf; (on foot) przychodzić (pl) impf, przyjść (pl) pf; (by vehicle) przyjeżdżać (pl) impf, przyjechać (pl) pf; (by airplane) przylatywać (pl) impf, przylecieć (pl) pf
Portuguese: chegar (pt)
Quechua: chayay
Romanian: ajunge (ro)
Romansch: arrivar, rivar, river, arivar
Russian: прибыва́ть (ru) impf (pribyvátʹ), прибы́ть (ru) pf (pribýtʹ), (on foot) приходи́ть (ru) impf (prixodítʹ), прийти́ (ru) pf (prijtí); (by vehicle) приезжа́ть (ru) impf (prijezžátʹ), прие́хать (ru) pf (prijéxatʹ)
Sardinian: arribbai, arribbare, arrivare, arribbari, erribbai
Scots: win tae
Sicilian: arrivari (scn), arruvari (scn)
Slovak: prísť pf, prichádzať impf
Sorbian:
Upper Sorbian: přichadźeć impf, přińć (hsb) pf
Spanish: llegar (es), arribar (es)
Swedish: komma fram (sv), anlända (sv), ankomma (sv)
Tagalog: dumating
Tausug: datung
Thai: มา (th) (maa), ถึง (th) (tʉ̌ng)
Turkish: varmak (tr)
Tuvan: келир (kelir), чедип келир (çedip kelir), ап чедер (ap çeder)
Ukrainian: (on foot) прихо́дити (uk) impf (pryxódyty), прийти́ (uk) pf (pryjtý); (by vehicle) приїжджа́ти impf (pryjiždžáty), приїзди́ти impf (pryjizdýty), приї́хати pf (pryjíxaty)
Urdu: پہنچنا‎ (pahũcnā)
Venetian: rivar (vec)
Vietnamese: đến (vi)
Walloon: ariver (wa)
Welsh: cyrraedd (cy)
Western Bukidnon Manobo: uma
Yakut: кэл (kel)

to obtain a level of success or fame

Albanian: arrij (sq)
Arabic:
Moroccan Arabic: نجح‎ (njaḥ)
Bulgarian: постигам (bg) (postigam)
Dutch: bereiken (nl), het gemaakt (nl) hebben
Finnish: saapua (fi), tulla perille
French: réussir (fr), percer (fr)
German: schaffen (de)
Hebrew: הִגִּיעַ‎ (he) (higía)
Hungarian: befut (hu), beérkezik (hu)
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: گەیشتن‎ (ku) (geyiştin)
Polish: dojść (pl) (do czegoś)
Portuguese: vencer (pt)
Russian: достига́ть (ru) impf (dostigátʹ), дости́чь (ru) pf (dostíčʹ)
Slovak: dosiahnuť
Spanish: lograr (es), triunfar (es), tener éxito
Tagalog: dumating
Walloon: ariver (wa), reyussi (dins l' veye)

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

Swedish: ^{(please verify)} anlända (sv), ^{(please verify)} ankomma (sv) (a few situations, as when a train arrives to the station)
Telugu: ^{(please verify)} చేరు (te) (cēru), ^{(please verify)} చేరుకొను (te) (cērukonu)

Anagrams

Rivera, Vierra, ravier, varier

French

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /a.ʁiv/
Audio (file)

Verb

arrive

inflection of arriver:
1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
2. second-person singular imperative

Anagrams

rivera
varier
verrai
virera