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arrival

noun · 8 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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  • /əˈɹaɪ.vl̩/
  • ə-rīv'l
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  • rhymes with -aɪvəl
  • CMU ARPABET: ER0 AY1 V AH0 L Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

The act of arriving (reaching a certain place).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Examples

  • The early arrival of the bride created a stir.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: incoming

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

The fact of reaching a particular point in time.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Examples

  • He celebrated the arrival of payday with a shopping spree.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

The fact of beginning to occur; the initial phase of something.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Examples

  • The arrival of puberty can be especially challenging for transgender youth.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: onset

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

The attainment of an objective, especially as a result of effort.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Examples

  • The arrival of the railway made the local tourist industry viable.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: advent, introduction

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

A person who has arrived; a thing that has arrived.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Examples

  • There has been a significant growth in illegal arrivals.
  • 1823, Lord Byron, Don Juan, London: John Hunt, Canto 11, stanza 68, p. 137, Saloon, room, hall o’erflow beyond their brink, And long the latest of arrivals halts, ’Midst royal dukes and dames condemned to climb, And gain an inch of staircase at a time.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: arrivant, arriver

Antonyms: none provided

6

noun

Meaning 6

accomplishment of an objective

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: reaching

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: accomplishment, achievement

Narrower terms: attainment, advent, coming

7

noun

Meaning 7

the act of arriving at a certain place

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • they awaited her arrival

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: action

Narrower terms: entrance, entering, entry, ingress, incoming, appearance, return, homecoming, anchorage, docking, moorage, dockage, tying up, landing, check-in

8

noun

Meaning 8

someone who arrives (or has arrived)

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: arriver, comer

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: traveler, traveller

Narrower terms: early bird, latecomer, newcomer

History

Etymology

From Middle English arivaile, arivaille, arrival, arryvaile, arryvaylle, aryvayle, aryvaylle, from Middle French arrivaille, from arriver; equivalent to arrive + -al.

Across languages

Translations

172 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: aankoms — act of arriving
  • Albanian: arritje — act of arriving
  • Southern Altai: келери (keleri) — act of arriving
  • Southern Altai: једип келери (ǰedip keleri) — act of arriving
  • Southern Altai: учуп келери (učup keleri) — act of arriving
  • Arabic: وُصُول (wuṣūl) — act of arriving
  • Arabic: وِفَادَة (wifāda) — act of arriving
  • Arabic: وصول (wuṣūl) — act of arriving
  • Armenian: ժամանում (žamanum) — act of arriving
  • Armenian: գալուստ (galust) — act of arriving
  • Azerbaijani: gəliş — act of arriving
  • Belarusian: прыбыццё (prybyccjó) — act of arriving
  • Belarusian: прыбыцьцё (prybycʹcjó) — act of arriving
  • Belarusian: прые́зд (pryjézd) — act of arriving
  • Belarusian: прыхо́д (pryxód) — act of arriving
  • Belarusian: прылёт (pryljót) — act of arriving
  • Bengali: আগমন (agomon) — act of arriving
  • Bhojpuri: आगमन (āgəman) — act of arriving
  • Bulgarian: присти́гане (pristígane) — act of arriving
  • Burmese: ဆိုက်ရောက် (hcuik-rauk) — act of arriving
  • Burmese: ရောက်လာခြင်း (rauklahkrang:) — act of arriving
  • Buryat: ерэлгэ (jerelge) — act of arriving
  • Catalan: arribada — act of arriving
  • Chinese Mandarin: 到達 /到达 (dàodá) — act of arriving
  • Chinese Mandarin: 到來 /到来 (dàolái) — act of arriving
  • Chinese Mandarin: 抵達 /抵达 (dǐdá) — act of arriving
  • Czech: příchod — act of arriving
  • Czech: příjezd — act of arriving
  • Czech: přílet — act of arriving
  • Danish: ankomst — act of arriving
  • Dutch: komst — act of arriving
  • Dutch: aankomst — act of arriving
  • Esperanto: alveno — act of arriving
  • Estonian: saabumine — act of arriving
  • Finnish: saapuminen — act of arriving
  • French: arrivée — act of arriving
  • Galician: chegada — act of arriving
  • Galician: vida — act of arriving
  • Georgian: ჩამოსვლა (čamosvla) — act of arriving
  • Georgian: ჩამოფრენა (čamoprena) — act of arriving
  • German: Ankunft — act of arriving
  • German: Eintreffen — act of arriving
  • German: Ankommen — act of arriving
  • Gothic: 𐌵𐌿𐌼𐍃 (qums) — act of arriving
  • Greek: άφιξη (áfixi) — act of arriving
  • Ancient Greek: ἄφιξις (áphixis) — act of arriving
  • Ancient Greek: ἔλευσις (éleusis) — act of arriving
  • Hebrew: הַגָּעָה (haga'a) — act of arriving
  • Hindi: आगमन (āgman) — act of arriving
  • Hindi: आमद (āmad) — act of arriving
  • Hungarian: érkezés — act of arriving
  • Icelandic: koma — act of arriving
  • Indonesian: kedatangan — act of arriving
  • Ingrian: tulo — act of arriving
  • Ingrian: tulekki — act of arriving
  • Irish: teacht — act of arriving
  • Italian: arrivo — act of arriving
  • Japanese: 到着 (tōchaku) — act of arriving
  • Japanese: 到達 (tōtatsu) — act of arriving
  • Kazakh: келу (kelu) — act of arriving
  • Khmer: ដំណល់ (dɑmnɑl) — act of arriving
  • Korean: 도착 (dochak) — act of arriving
  • Korean: 도달 (dodal) — act of arriving
  • Northern Kurdish: hatin — act of arriving
  • Northern Kurdish: gihiştin — act of arriving
  • Kyrgyz: келүү (kelüü) — act of arriving
  • Lao: ຄະມະນາການ (kha ma nā kān) — act of arriving
  • Latin: perventio — act of arriving
  • Latin: adventum — act of arriving
  • Latin: adventus — act of arriving
  • Latvian: atbraukšana — act of arriving
  • Latvian: pienākšana — act of arriving
  • Latvian: atnākšana — act of arriving
  • Lithuanian: gimimas — act of arriving
  • Macedonian: пристигнување (pristignuvanje) — act of arriving
  • Malay: kedatangan — act of arriving
  • Malay: ketibaan — act of arriving
  • Manchu: ᠵᡳᡩᡝᡵᡝᠩᡤᡝ (jiderengge) — act of arriving
  • Manchu: ᠵᡳᡥᡝᠩᡤᡝ (jihengge) — act of arriving
  • Māori: taenga — act of arriving
  • Māori: taetaenga — act of arriving
  • Māori: haramaitanga — act of arriving
  • Mongolian: ирэлт (irelt) — act of arriving
  • Mongolian: ирэх нь (irex nʹ) — act of arriving
  • Mongolian: ирсэн нь (irsen nʹ) — act of arriving
  • Mongolian: ᠢᠷᠡᠯᠲᠡ (irelte) — act of arriving
  • Mongolian: ᠢᠷᠡᠬᠦ ᠨᠢ (irekü ni) — act of arriving
  • Mongolian: ᠢᠷᠡᠭᠰᠡᠨ ᠨᠢ (iregsen ni) — act of arriving
  • Norwegian Bokmål: ankomst — act of arriving
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: framkome — act of arriving
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: tilkomst — act of arriving
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: framkomst — act of arriving
  • Occitan: arribada — act of arriving
  • Iranian Persian: وُرود (vorud) — act of arriving
  • Iranian Persian: وُصول (vosul) — act of arriving
  • Plautdietsch: Aunkunft — act of arriving
  • Polish: przybycie — act of arriving
  • Polish: przyjazd — act of arriving
  • Polish: przyjście — act of arriving
  • Polish: przylot — act of arriving
  • Polish: przypłynięcie — act of arriving
  • Portuguese: chegada — act of arriving
  • Portuguese: vinda — act of arriving
  • Romanian: venire — act of arriving
  • Romanian: sosire — act of arriving
  • Romanian: ajungere — act of arriving
  • Russian: прибы́тие (pribýtije) — act of arriving
  • Russian: прие́зд (prijézd) — act of arriving
  • Russian: прихо́д (prixód) — act of arriving
  • Russian: прилёт (priljót) — act of arriving
  • Sanskrit: आगमन (āgamana) — act of arriving
  • Sardinian: arribbu — act of arriving
  • Serbo-Croatian: до̀лазак — act of arriving
  • Serbo-Croatian: dòlazak — act of arriving
  • Sinhalese: පැමිණීම් (pæmiṇīm) — act of arriving
  • Slovak: príchod — act of arriving
  • Slovak: príjazd — act of arriving
  • Slovak: prílet — act of arriving
  • Slovene: prihod — act of arriving
  • Spanish: llegada — act of arriving
  • Spanish: venida — act of arriving
  • Spanish: arribo — act of arriving
  • Spanish: arribada — act of arriving
  • Spanish: arribaje — act of arriving
  • Spanish: recalada — act of arriving
  • Spanish: alleganza — act of arriving
  • Swahili: ujaji — act of arriving
  • Swedish: ankomst — act of arriving
  • Tagalog: dating — act of arriving
  • Tajik: омадан (omadan) — act of arriving
  • Tajik: вуруд (vurud) — act of arriving
  • Tajik: омад (omad) — act of arriving
  • Taos: kwònéne — act of arriving
  • Telugu: ఆగమనము (āgamanamu) — act of arriving
  • Thai: การมาถึง (gaan-maa-tʉ̌ng) — act of arriving
  • Turkish: varış — act of arriving
  • Turkish: geliş — act of arriving
  • Turkish: ulaşma — act of arriving
  • Ottoman Turkish: ادراك (idrak) — act of arriving
  • Turkmen: geliş — act of arriving
  • Tuvan: келири (keliri) — act of arriving
  • Tuvan: чедип келери (çedip keleri) — act of arriving
  • Tuvan: ужуп келери (ujup keleri) — act of arriving
  • Tuvan: келгени (kelgeni) — act of arriving
  • Tuvan: чедип келгени (çedip kelgeni) — act of arriving
  • Tuvan: ужуп келгени (ujup kelgeni) — act of arriving
  • Ukrainian: прибуття́ (prybuttjá) — act of arriving
  • Ukrainian: приї́зд (pryjízd) — act of arriving
  • Ukrainian: прихі́д (pryxíd) — act of arriving
  • Ukrainian: прилі́т (prylít) — act of arriving
  • Urdu: آمَد (āmad) — act of arriving
  • Uyghur: كېلىش (këlish) — act of arriving
  • Uzbek: yetib kelish — act of arriving
  • Uzbek: kelish — act of arriving
  • Vietnamese: sự đến — act of arriving
  • Welsh: dyfodiad — act of arriving
  • Yakut: кэлии (kelii) — act of arriving
  • Polish: przybycie — the fact of reaching a particular point in time
  • Polish: nadejście — the fact of beginning to occur
  • Chinese Mandarin: 到來 /到来 (dàolái) — attainment of an objective
  • Chinese Mandarin: 問世 /问世 (wènshì) — attainment of an objective
  • Finnish: saapuminen — attainment of an objective
  • Polish: nadejście — attainment of an objective
  • Chinese Mandarin: 入境者 (rùjìng zhě) — person who has arrived
  • Finnish: saapuja — person who has arrived
  • Finnish: saapuminen — person who has arrived
  • French: arrivant — person who has arrived
  • French: arrivante — person who has arrived
  • Polish: przybywający — person who has arrived
  • Polish: przybywająca — person who has arrived
  • Polish: przybysz — person who has arrived
  • Polish: przybyszka — person who has arrived
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