different between arrangement vs contrivance

English

Etymology

From French arrangement.

Morphologically arrange +? -ment

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???e?nd??m?nt/
• Hyphenation: ar?range?ment

Noun

arrangement (countable and uncountable, plural arrangements)

1. The act of arranging.
2. The manner of being arranged.
3. A collection of things that have been arranged.
4. A particular way in which items are organized.
5. (in the plural) Preparations for some undertaking.
6. An agreement.
7. (music) An adaptation of a piece of music for other instruments, or in another style.

Synonyms

• (particular way in which items are organized): configuration, constitution; see also Thesaurus:composition

Derived terms

• wheel arrangement

Related terms

• arrange

Translations

Danish

Etymology

Borrowed from French arrangement, derived from the verb arranger, hence Danish arrangere.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [??????m??]

Noun

arrangement n (singular definite arrangementet, plural indefinite arrangementer)

1. arrangement
2. event, party

Declension

Further reading

• “arrangement” in Den Danske Ordbog
• “arrangement” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French arrangement.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??.r?n.???m?nt/
• Hyphenation: ar?ran?ge?ment
• Rhymes: -?nt

Noun

arrangement n (plural arrangementen, diminutive arrangementje n)

1. (music) A musical arrangement.
2. A package deal, especially in relation to recreative services.

Related terms

• arrangeren

French

Etymology

arranger +? -ment

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.????.m??/

Noun

arrangement m (plural arrangements)

1. arrangement

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From French arrangement

Noun

arrangement n (definite singular arrangementet, indefinite plural arrangement or arrangementer, definite plural arrangementa or arrangementene)

1. arrangement, event

Related terms

• arrangere

References

• “arrangement” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “arrangement” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From French arrangement

Noun

arrangement n (definite singular arrangementet, indefinite plural arrangement, definite plural arrangementa)

1. arrangement, event

Related terms

• arrangere

References

• “arrangement” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

English

Etymology

contrive +? -ance

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k?n?t?a?.v?ns/

Noun

contrivance (plural contrivances)

1. a (mechanical) device to perform a certain task
2. a means, such as an elaborate plan or strategy, to accomplish a certain objective
   • 2005, Plato, Sophist. Translation by Lesley Brown. 266b.

     And along with each of these go their images, not the things themselves, — they too have come about by godlike contrivance.

3. something overly artful or artificial

Synonyms

• contraption

Related terms

• contrive

Translations

Further reading

• contrivance in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• contrivance in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.