archive

== English == === Etymology === First appears c. 1603 in a translation by Philemon Holland. From French archive(s), from Latin archīvum, from Ancient Greek ἀρχεῖον (arkheîon, “town hall”). === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈɑːkaɪv/ (General American) enPR: är'kīv', IPA(key): /ˈɑɹkaɪv/ (General Australian) IPA(key): /ˈaː.kɑɪv/ Hyphenation: ar‧chive === Noun === archive (plural archives) 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. The material so kept, considered as a whole (compare archives). (ecology) Natural deposits of material, regarded as a record of environmental changes over time. soil archive peat archive ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Verb === archive (third-person singular simple present archives, present participle archiving, simple past and past participle archived) (transitive) To place (something) into an archive. Synonym: archivize ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === 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