arrivé

Arrivé is a French word that functions as the past participle of the verb arriver and as an adjective. It expresses that someone or something has reached a destination or that a situation has come to pass.

As a verb participle, arrivé forms part of compound tenses with être for the verb arriver, and the participle agrees in gender and number with the subject: je suis arrivé, tu es arrivé(e), il est arrivé, elle est arrivée, nous sommes arrivés/arrivées, vous êtes arrivés/arrivées, ils sont arrivés, elles sont arrivées. It can also express a completion or occurrence of an event.

As an adjective, arrivé agrees with the noun it modifies: un homme arrivé, une femme arrivée, des voyageurs arrivés. It is commonly used to describe someone or something that has already reached a destination or reached a certain state, often placed after the noun: une voiture arrivée sur le quai; des projets arrivés à bon terme.

As a noun, the preferred term for “the arrival” is arrivée; arrivé is rare and usually found only in specialized or informal contexts to denote “a person who has just arrived,” with plural arrivés.

Etymology: the verb arriver derives from Old French ariver; its ultimate origin is uncertain.