Arc de Triomphe

See also: arc de triomphe

English

Etymology

From French Arc de Triomphe (“Arch of Triumph”).

Proper noun

The Arc de Triomphe at night.

Arc de Triomphe

1. A war monument in Paris, France, designed by Jean Chalgrin in 1806, started in 1808 and inaugurated in 1836.

Translations

the Parisian monument

• Arabic: قَوْسُ النَّصْر m (qawsu n-naṣr)

  Hijazi Arabic: قوس النصر m (gōs an-naṣir)

• Basque: Garaipen Arkua
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 凱旋門 / 凯旋门 (zh) (Kǎixuánmén)

• Finnish: Riemukaari (fi), Pariisin riemukaari
• French: Arc de Triomphe (fr) m
• Georgian: ტრიუმფალური თაღი (ṭriumpaluri taɣi), სატრიუმფო თაღი (saṭriumpo taɣi)
• German: Triumphbogen (de) m
• Hungarian: Diadalív (hu)
• Italian: Arco di Trionfo m
• Japanese: 凱旋門 (ja) (がいせんもん, Gaisenmon)
• Polish: Łuk Triumfalny m
• Portuguese: Arco do Triunfo m
• Romanian: Arcul de Triumf n
• Russian: Триумфа́льная а́рка f (Triumfálʹnaja árka)
• Spanish: Arco de Triunfo m