English Explanatory Dictionary

archival

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Of or pertaining to an archive or archiving.
  2. Of a material: having a quality suited to the conservational needs of archiving.
noun
  1. The practice of storing items in an archive; archiving; (countable) an instance of this.

Pronunciation

/ɑːˈkaɪv(ə)l/ /ˈɑːkɪv(ə)l/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-archival.wav /ˌɑɹˈkaɪv(ə)l/ En-us-archival.oga

Word forms

archival archivals

Etymology

The adjective is derived from archive (“place for storing earlier, and often historical, material; material so kept, considered as a whole”, noun) + -al (suffix meaning ‘of or pertaining to’ forming adjectives). The noun is derived from archive (“to put (something) in an archive”, verb) + -al (suffix forming nouns, especially of verbal action).

Synonyms

archivation archivization

Related words

archive archivist archivize e-archive national archive

Derived words

archivalism archivally archival science nonarchival prearchival
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