English

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Etymology

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From arrange +‎ -er.

Noun

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arranger (plural arrangers)

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

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French

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old French arangier.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /a.ʁɑ̃.ʒe/
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Verb

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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. (reflexive) to be pleasant (towards someone); to get along (with someone)
  5. (Louisiana) to build
    Synonym: construire
  6. (Louisiana, Cajun) to fix

Conjugation

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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

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Descendants

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

Further reading

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Norwegian Bokmål

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Verb

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arranger

  1. imperative of arrangere
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