archive

See also archivé

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (RP) IPA: /ˈɑːkaɪv/; (US) IPA: /ˈɑɹkaɪv/
• enPR: är'kīv'

• Audio (US)

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• Audio (UK)

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Noun

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.

Derived terms

archival archivist national archive

Translations

place for storing earlier material

• Arabic: أرشيف (ar) ('arshiif) m
• Armenian: արխիվ (hy) (arxiv)
• Bulgarian: архив (bg) (arhiv)
• Catalan: arxiu (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 檔案 (cmn), 档案 (cmn) (dàng'àn), 檔案館 (cmn), 档案馆 (cmn) (dàng'àn'guǎn), 存檔 (cmn), 存档 (cmn) (cúndàng), 卷宗 (cmn) (juànzōng), (computer) 歸檔 (cmn), 归档 (cmn) (guīdàng)

• Czech: archiv (cs) m
• Danish: arkiv (da) n
• Dutch: archief (nl) n
• Esperanto: arkivo (eo), arĥivo (eo)
• Finnish: arkisto (fi)
• French: archives (fr) f pl
• Galician: arquivo (gl) m
• German: Archiv (de) n
• Greek: αρχείο (el) (archeío) n
• Hungarian: levéltár (hu), irattár (hu), okmánytár (hu), archívum (hu)
• Interlingua: archivo (ia)

• Irish: cartlann (ga) f, aircív (ga) f
• Italian: archivio (it) m
• Japanese: 書庫 (ja) (しょこ, shoko), 文書の保管所 (ja) (ぶんしょのほかんしょ, bunsho-no hokansho), アーカイブ (ja) (ākaibu) (computer)
• Latin: archium (la) n
• Lithuanian: archyvas (lt) m
• Malay: arkib (ms)
• Pashto: خونديځ (ps)
• Polish: archiwum (pl)
• Portuguese: arquivo (pt) m
• Russian: архив (ru) (arxív) m
• Sardinian:

  Gallurese Sardinian: alciu

• Sassarese Sardinian: archíbiu
• Serbo-Croatian: arhiv (sh) m
• Spanish: archivo (es) m
• Swedish: arkiv (sv) n
• Turkish: arşiv (tr)
• Volapük: ragiv (vo)

Verb

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.

Translations

to archive

• Bulgarian: архивирам (bg) (arhiviram)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 檔案 (cmn), 档案 (cmn) (dàng'àn), 歸檔 (cmn), 归档 (cmn) (guīdàng)

• Czech: archivovat (cs)
• Danish: arkivere (da)
• Dutch: archiveren (nl)
• Finnish: arkistoida (fi)
• French: archiver (fr)
• German: archivieren (de)
• Greek: αρχειοθετώ (el) (archeiothetó)
• Hungarian: archivál (hu)

• Indonesian: mengarsipkan (id)
• Interlingua: archivar (ia)
• Italian: archiviare (it)
• Japanese: アーカイブに格納する (ja) (ākaibu-ni kakunō-suru)
• Jèrriais: archiver
• Lithuanian: archyvuoti (lt)
• Portuguese: arquivar (pt)
• Russian: архивировать (ru) (arxivírovat’)
• Serbo-Croatian: arhivirati (sh)
• Spanish: archivar (es)
• Swedish: arkivera (sv)
• Turkish: arşivlemek (tr)

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA: /aʁ.ʃiv/

Noun

archive f (plural archives)

1. A piece of archive, a document kept for historical interest.

Verb

archive

1. first-person singular present indicative of archiver
2. third-person singular present indicative of archiver
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of archiver
4. first-person singular present subjunctive of archiver
5. second-person singular imperative of archiver

Anagrams

• chavire, chaviré

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Spanish

Verb

archive (infinitive archivar)

1. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of archivar.
2. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of archivar.
3. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of archivar.
4. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of archivar.