English edit

Etymology edit

arrange +‎ -er

Noun edit

arranger (plural arrangers)

  1. One who arranges.
  2. Digital keyboard to play music with accompaniment styles.

Translations edit

French edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Old French arangier.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /a.ʁɑ̃.ʒe/
  • (file)

Verb edit

arranger

  1. to arrange
  2. (colloquial) to suit, to be convenient
    • Désolé, ça ne m'arrange pas
      Sorry, that doesn't work for me.
  3. (reflexive) to be set for
    • 1829, Victor Hugo, Le Dernier Jour d’un condamné:
      Depuis l’heure où mon arrêt m’a été prononcé, combien sont morts qui s’arrangeaient pour une longue vie !
      Ever since my sentence was passed, how many who were set for a long life have died!
  4. (Louisiana) to build
    Synonym: construire
  5. (Louisiana, Cajun) to fix

Conjugation edit

This is a regular -er verb, but the stem is written arrange- before endings that begin with -a- or -o- (to indicate that the -g- is a "soft" /ʒ/ and not a "hard" /ɡ/). This spelling-change occurs in all verbs in -ger, such as neiger and manger.

Derived terms edit

Related terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Catalan: arranjar
  • German: arrangieren
  • Portuguese: arranjar
  • Romanian: aranja

Further reading edit

Norwegian Bokmål edit

Verb edit

arranger

  1. imperative of arrangere