archives
French, noun
archives is spelled A-R-C-H-I-V-E-S (8 letters) and appears 35 times per million words in written French, the 2,363rd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Archives is a French feminine noun meaning “archive, the historical material (usually documents) considered as a whole” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a plural of archive. With an accent, archivés is a different word: “masculine plural of archivé”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Anciennes minutes, pièces et documents que l’on rassemble et que l’on garde pour les consulter au besoin…”.
What does archives mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininearchive, the historical material (usually documents) considered as a whole
- 2
feminineplace for storing archives
- 3
feminineplural of archive
verb
- 1
second-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of archiver
verb
- 1
masculinemasculine plural of archivé
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Anciennes minutes, pièces et documents que l’on rassemble et que l’on garde pour les consulter au besoin, dans les administrations publiques ou privées. 2. Collection d’anciens titres ou documents concernant le passé d’un peuple, d’une province ou d’un département, d’une ville, d’une famille, d’une institution publique ou privée, etc. 3. Dépôt où l’on conserve ces documents. 4. Faits tirés du passé et remis en mémoire.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
English words that translate to archives
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is archives in French?
archives appears 35 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).