arche

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See also: Arche, archè, arché, and -arche

English

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Etymology

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From Ancient Greek ἀρχή (arkhḗ, literally beginning, origin).

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arche (countable and uncountable, plural archai)

  1. (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

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French Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology 1

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Inherited from Old French arche, borrowed from Late Latin arca, from Latin arcus.

Noun

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arche f (plural arches)

  1. (architecture) arch

Etymology 2

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Inherited from Old French arche, semi-learned borrowing from Latin arca.

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arche f (plural arches)

  1. ark (Noah's ship)
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Italian

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  • IPA(key): /ˈar.ke/
  • Rhymes: -arke
  • Hyphenation: àr‧che

Noun

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arche f

  1. plural of arca

Norman

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arche f (plural arches)

  1. (Jersey, architecture) arch

Old French

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Noun

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arche oblique singularf (oblique plural arches, nominative singular arche, nominative plural arches)

  1. arch

Descendants

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  • French: arche
  • Middle English: arch, arche

Polish

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Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia pl

Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ἀρχή (arkhḗ).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈar.xɛ/
  • Rhymes: -arxɛ
  • Syllabification: ar‧che

Noun

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arche f (indeclinable)

  1. (philosophy) arche

Further reading

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  • arche in Polish dictionaries at PWN