English Explanatory Dictionary

archive

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A place for storing earlier, and often historical, material. An archive usually contains documents (letters, records, newspapers, etc.) or other types of media kept for historical interest.
  2. The material so kept, considered as a whole (compare archives).
  3. Natural deposits of material, regarded as a record of environmental changes over time.
verb
  1. To place (something) into an archive.

Pronunciation

/ˈɑːkaɪv/ En-uk-archive.ogg är'kīv' /ˈɑɹkaɪv/ En-us-archive.ogg /ˈaː.kɑɪv/

Word forms

archive archives archiving archived

Etymology

Etymology tree Ancient Greek ᾰ̓́ρχω (ắrkhō) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Ancient Greek -ᾱ (-ā) Ancient Greek -η (-ē) Ancient Greek ᾰ̓ρχή (ărkhḗ) Ancient Greek *ἀρχεῖος (*arkheîos) Ancient Greek ἀρχεῖον (arkheîon)bor. Latin archīvumbor. French archives French archiveder. English archive First appears c. 1603 in a translation by Philemon Holland. From French archive(s), from Latin archīvum, from Ancient Greek ἀρχεῖον (arkheîon, “town hall”).

Synonyms

archivize

Derived words

archival archivation archive box archiving archivism archivist archivization bioarchive cryoarchive de-archive e-archive national archive subarchive unarchive archivability archivable rearchive self-archive self-archiving

Translations

Finnish: arkisto Hindi: पुरालेख Indonesian: pertinggal
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