different between arranger vs orchestrator

English

Etymology

arrange +? -er

Noun

arranger (plural arrangers)

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

Translations

French

Etymology

From Old French arangier

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.???.?e/

Verb

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. (Louisiana) to build

   Synonym: construire

5. (Louisiana, Cajun French) to fix

Conjugation

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” /?/ and not a “hard” /?/). This spelling-change occurs in all verbs in -ger, such as neiger and manger.

Derived terms

• mariage arrangé

Descendants

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

Further reading

• “arranger” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

arranger

1. imperative of arrangere

English

Etymology

orchestrate +? -or

Noun

orchestrator (plural orchestrators)

1. One who orchestrates.

Translations

Romanian

Etymology

orchestra +? -tor

Noun

orchestrator m (plural orchestratori)

1. orchestrator

Declension