arche
English
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ἀρχή (arkhḗ, literally “beginning, origin”).
Pronunciation
Noun
arche (uncountable)
- (philosophy, often italicized) The first principle of existing things in pre-Socratic philosophy, initially assumed to be of water.
- 2012, Lydia Pyne, Stephen J. Pyne, chapter 3, in The Last Lost World, Penguin, →ISBN:
- In more modern times both the moving and the matter moved appear more complex and malleable, and less drawn from the realm of everyday experience. The substance may be dark matter and quarks rather than water or air, and the arche may be gravity or string harmonics.
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French
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Old French arche, borrowed from Late Latin arca, from Latin arcus.
Noun
arche f (plural arches)
Etymology 2
From Old French arche, semi-learned borrowing from Latin arca.
Noun
arche f (plural arches)
- ark (Noah's ship)
Derived terms
Further reading
- “arche”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Italian
Pronunciation
Noun
arche f
Norman
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Noun
arche f (plural arches)
Old French
Noun
arche oblique singular, f (oblique plural arches, nominative singular arche, nominative plural arches)
Descendants
Polish
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀρχή (arkhḗ).
Pronunciation
Noun
arche f (indeclinable)
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