Plural of archive
regular plural
The plural of archive is archives.
Forms of archive
| Singular | archive /ˈɑːkaɪv/ |
|---|---|
| Plural | archives |
| Countable | countable |
Archives in a sentence
- The library archives some of its older books.
- I spent hours in the archives, but couldn't turn up anything on the alleged criminal.From the entry turn up
- You're looking at recent data, but you can drill out to the archives too.From the entry drill out
- He had his posts nuked from the Google archives.From the entry nuke
- The original cloth inspiring the shade is kept in archives for historical reference.2019 June 7, Maha Al Fahim, “The power of orange”, in The Daily Princetonian. From the entry Princeton orange
Meaning of archive
- noun A repository or other place for storing material (such as documents and records) no longer in current use, and usually having historical value.
- noun The material so stored, considered as a whole.
- noun A natural deposit of material, regarded as a record of environmental changes over time.
Questions about the plural of archive
- What is the plural of archive?
- The plural of archive is archives.
- Is archive countable?
- Archive is a countable noun.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: archive (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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