English Explanatory Dictionary

Arc de Triomphe

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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

Word forms

Arc de Triomphe

Etymology

From French Arc de Triomphe (literally “Arch of Triumph”), from arc de triomphe (“triumphal arch”).

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