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arrival

/əˈaɪvəl/ur-EYE-vuhl
/ɚˈaɪvəl/ur-EYE-vuhl

Meaningthe act of reaching shore

Common meaning: the act of coming to a place

‘to, towards (form of ad-)’ + ‘a river bank’ → arrival

Journey through time

  1. Proto-Indo-European*rip-‘break, rive’source
  2. Latinrīpa‘a river bank’
  3. Frenchariver
  4. Middle Englisharyuensource
  5. Englisharrive‘to reach a place (first: to come to shore)’
  6. Englishformed in English from arrivearrival‘the act of coming to a place’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Formed in English from arrive + -al.

Dictionary: Skeat (1898), ARRIVE, p.34 · scan

Roots

  • rīpa Latin “a river bank”

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