English Online Dictionary. What means archives? What does archives mean?
English
Noun
archives
- plural of archive
Verb
archives
- third-person singular simple present indicative of archive
- The library archives some of its older books.
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /aʁ.ʃiv/
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Latin archīvum (with a change in gender), from Ancient Greek ἀρχεῖον (arkheîon).
Noun
archives f pl (plural only)
- archive, the historical material (usually documents) considered as a whole
- place for storing archives
- plural of archive
Derived terms
- archiver
Descendants
- → Ottoman Turkish: آرشیو (arşiv)
- Turkish: arşiv
- → Persian: آرشیو (âršiv)
Etymology 2
Verb
archives
- 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
- second-person singular present subjunctive of archivar