Arc de Triomphe

[ ark duhtree-awnf ]

/ ark də triˈɔ̃f /

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noun

an arch, located in Paris, begun in 1806 by Napoleon in honor of his victorious armies and completed in 1836. The unknown soldier of France and an eternal flame were placed beneath the arch after World War I.

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Also called Arc de Tri·omphe de l'É·toile

[ark duhtree-awnfduhley-twal] /ark də triˈɔ̃f də leɪˈtwal/ . English Arch of Tri·umph [ahrchuhv trahy-uhmf, trahy-uhmf] /ˈɑrtʃ əv ˈtraɪ əmf, ˈtraɪ ʌmf/ .

Origin of Arc de Triomphe

First recorded in 1810–20; from French: “arch of triumph”

Words nearby Arc de Triomphe

arc cos, arc cosecant, arc cosine, arc cotangent, Arc, d', Arc de Triomphe, Arce, Arcella, Arcesilaus, Arcesius, arcform

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How to use Arc de Triomphe in a sentence

One can even rent out the villa here or wander down from the Arc de Triomphe and peek through the fence.
Paris’s Secret Fashion Week Haunts|Liza Foreman|July 8, 2014|DAILY BEAST
He swears by a Turkish tailor named Mustapha near the Arc de Triomphe in Paris, his biographer has claimed.
French President Francois Hollande’s Inability to Tie a Necktie Earns France’s Scorn|Tracy McNicoll|November 10, 2012|DAILY BEAST
The main column marched from the Arc-de-Triomphe toward the middle of the afternoon.
The Memoirs of General P. H. Sheridan, Complete|General Philip Henry Sheridan
I went from the Arc de Triomphe to Passy and back quite a dozen times, on purpose—once for each tree!
The Martian|George Du Maurier

Up the brilliantly lighted avenue they went, toward Arc de Triomphe.
The Blue Lights|Arnold Fredericks
At the door he glanced quickly at his watch, then strode off up the street at a rapid pace, toward the Arc de Triomphe.
The Blue Lights|Arnold Fredericks
Off to the north were many lights—the lights of the houses toward the Champs Élysées, and the Arc de Triomphe.
The Blue Lights|Arnold Fredericks

British Dictionary definitions for Arc de Triomphe

Arc de Triomphe

/ (ˈɑːk də ˈtriːəʊmf, French ark də trijɔ̃f) /

noun

the triumphal arch in Paris begun by Napoleon I to commemorate his victories of 1805–6 and completed in 1836

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