archive

== English == === Etymology === The noun is borrowed from French archive, archif, from Late Latin archīvum, archīum (“archive; room containing an archive; public record office”), from Ancient Greek ἀρχεῖον (arkheîon, “office of a magistrate; public building or office; town hall; (in the plural) archives; public records”), a noun use of the neuter form of *ἀρχεῖος (*arkheîos, “relating to an office”), from ᾰ̓ρχή (ărkhḗ, “beginning, origin; authority, sovereignty”) (from ἄρχω (árkhō, “to begin; to govern, rule”); further etymology uncertain, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *h₂er- (“to fit; to fix; to put together”), or *h₂ergʰ- (“to begin; to command; to rule”)) + -ῐος (-ĭos, suffix meaning ‘of or relating to’ forming adjectives). The verb is derived from the noun. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈɑːkaɪv/, /-kɪv/ (General American) enPR: är'kīv', IPA(key): /ˈɑɹˌkaɪv/ (Australian) IPA(key): /ˈaːkɑɪv/ Hyphenation: arch‧ive === Noun === archive (plural archives) Chiefly in the form archives. A repository or other place for storing material (such as documents and records) no longer in current use, and usually having historical value. Coordinate terms: gallery, library, museum The material so stored, considered as a whole. (by extension, ecology) A natural deposit of material, regarded as a record of environmental changes over time. peat archive    soil archive (figurative) A collection, a repository. ==== Hyponyms ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → Japanese: アーカイブ (ākaibu) → Korean: 아카이브 (akaibeu) ==== Translations ==== === Verb === archive (third-person singular simple present archives, present participle archiving, simple past and past participle archived) (transitive) To place or store (something, such as a document or record) in an archive (noun sense 1.1). Synonym: archivize Antonyms: de-archive, unarchive (computing) To transfer (less used or obsolete data, files, etc.) to a storage medium for long-term storage. Antonyms: de-archive, unarchive ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === References === === Further reading === archive on Wikipedia.Wikipedia === Anagrams === Varchie == French == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /aʁ.ʃiv/ === Etymology 1 === From archives. ==== Noun ==== archive f (plural archives) (rare) an item in an archive, a document kept for historical interest (rare) singular of archives === Etymology 2 === ==== Verb ==== archive inflection of archiver: first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive second-person singular imperative === Further reading === “archive”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 === Anagrams === chavire, chaviré == Spanish == === Verb === archive inflection of archivar: first/third-person singular present subjunctive third-person singular imperative