arriver comme les carabiniers
French, verb/a.ʁi.ve kɔm le ka.ʁa.bi.nje/
arriver comme les carabiniers is spelled A-R-R-I-V-E-R-C-O-M-M-E-L-E-S-C-A-R-A-B-I-N-I-E-R-S (26 letters). Arriver comme les carabiniers is a French verb meaning “to come a day after the fair, to close the stable door after the horse has bolted” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Arriver trop tard”.
What does arriver comme les carabiniers mean in English?
verb
- 1
to come a day after the fair, to close the stable door after the horse has bolted
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Arriver trop tard.
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 arriver comme les carabiniers
- arriver comme les carabiniers d’Offenbach
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce arriver comme les carabiniers?
- /a.ʁi.ve kɔm le ka.ʁa.bi.nje/
- \a.ʁi.ve kɔm le ka.ʁa.bi.nje\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.