archive

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Derived terms 1.3.2 Translations 1.4 Verb 1.4.1 Translations

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[edit] Etymology

From French archif from Latin archīvum, from Ancient Greek ἀρχεῖον (arkheion), “‘town hall’”).

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• (RP) IPA: /ˈɑːkaɪv/
• enPR: är'kīv'

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archive (plural archives)

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).

   His archive of Old High German language texts is the most extensive in Britain.

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• archival
• archivist
• national archive

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[edit] Verb

to archive (third-person singular simple present archives, present participle archiving, simple past and past participle archived)

1. To put into an archive.

   I was planning on archiving the documents from 2001.

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