archives

See also: Archives and archivés

English

Noun

archives

1. plural of archive

Verb

archives

1. third-person singular simple present indicative of archive

   The library archives some of its older books.

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aʁ.ʃiv/

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Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin archīvum (with a change in gender), from Ancient Greek ἀρχεῖον (arkheîon).

Noun

archives f pl (plural only)

1. archive, the historical material (usually documents) considered as a whole
2. place for storing archives
3. plural of archive

Derived terms

• archiver

Descendants

• → Ottoman Turkish: آرشیو (arşiv)
  • Turkish: arşiv
• → Persian: آرشیو (âršiv)

Etymology 2

Verb

archives

1. second-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of archiver

Further reading

• “archives”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• chavires, chavirés

Spanish

Verb

archives

1. second-person singular present subjunctive of archivar