arch-

See also: arch, ARCH, ärch, -arch, and arch.

English

Etymology

From Middle English arch-, arche-, from Old English arċe-, ærċe-, erċe- (“arch-”), borrowed from Latin archi-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɑː(ɹ)t͡ʃ/

Prefix

arch-

1. chief, highest, most extreme

Derived terms

English terms prefixed with arch-

Related terms

• archi-
• -arch

Translations

chief, highest, most extreme

• Bulgarian: архи- (arhi-), най- (naj-)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 總／总 (yue) (zung²), 大 (yue) (daai⁶)

  Mandarin: 總／总 (zh) (zǒng), 总 (zh) (zǒng-), 大 (zh) (dà-)

• Czech: arci- (cs)
• Danish: ærke-
• Dutch: aarts- (nl)
• Finnish: arkki- (fi), peri-
• French: archi- (fr)
• German: erz- (de)
• Greek: αρχι- (el) (archi-)
• Hebrew: ארכי (arkhi)
• Hungarian: fő- (hu)
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• Irish: ard- (ga)
• Japanese: 大 (ja) (dai-)
• Korean: 대 (ko) (dae-)
• Luxembourgish: äerz-
• Norwegian: erke-
• Polish: arcy- (pl)
• Portuguese: arqui- (pt)
• Russian: архи- (ru) (arxi-), сверх- (ru) (sverx-), наи- (ru) (nai-)
• Serbo-Croatian: nad-
• Spanish: archi- (es), arqui-, arzo-
• Swedish: ärke- (sv)
• Vietnamese: tổng (vi)
• Welsh: arch-

Anagrams

• Char, Rach, char, rach