arranger

English

Etymology

arrange +‎ -er

Noun

arranger (plural arrangers)

1. One who arranges.

Translations

one who arranges

• Finnish: järjestäjä (fi); sovittaja (fi) (in music)

• Swedish: arrangör (sv) c

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French

Pronunciation

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Verb

arranger

1. to arrange
2. (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!

Conjugation

• 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.

   Conjugation of arranger (see also Appendix:French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		arranger			avoir arrangé
gerund		en arrangeant			en ayant arrangé
present participle		arrangeant
past participle		arrangé
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il	nous	vous	ils
simple tenses	present	arrange	arranges	arrange	arrangeons	arrangez	arrangent
	imperfect	arrangeais	arrangeais	arrangeait	arrangions	arrangiez	arrangeaient
	past historic1	arrangeai	arrangeas	arrangea	arrangeâmes	arrangeâtes	arrangèrent
	future	arrangerai	arrangeras	arrangera	arrangerons	arrangerez	arrangeront
	conditional	arrangerais	arrangerais	arrangerait	arrangerions	arrangeriez	arrangeraient
compound tenses	present perfect	Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect	Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	past anterior1	Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	future perfect	Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	conditional perfect	Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il	que nous	que vous	qu’ils
simple tenses	present	arrange	arranges	arrange	arrangions	arrangiez	arrangent
	imperfect1	arrangeasse	arrangeasses	arrangeât	arrangeassions	arrangeassiez	arrangeassent
compound tenses	past	Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect1	Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
		—	arrange	—	arrangeons	arrangez	—
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