arrive
French, verb
arrive is spelled A-R-R-I-V-E (6 letters) and appears 219 times per million words in written French, the 379th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Arrive is a French verb meaning “first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With an accent, arrivé is a different word: “past participle of arriver”.
What does arrive mean in English?
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- 2
second-person singular imperative
verb
- 1
past participle of arriver
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui est arrivé. 2. Qui réussit.
noun: 1. Personne réussissant financièrement.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of arrive
- arrivée feminine
- arrivés masculine plural
- arrivées feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is arrive in French?
arrive appears 219 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).