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arch

Pronunciation: /ɑɹt͡ʃ/

The English word “arch” has 15 meanings listed here.

noun

  1. An inverted U shape.
  2. An arch-shaped arrangement of trapezoidal stones, designed to redistribute downward force outward.
  3. An architectural element having the shape of an arch
  4. Any place covered by an arch; an archway.
  5. An arc; a part of a curve.
  6. A natural arch-shaped opening in a rock mass.
  7. The curved part of the bottom of a foot.
  8. A chief.
  9. Synonym of god (“person who owns and runs a multi-user dungeon”).
  10. An architecture; a computer architecture or instruction set architecture.

verb

  1. To form into an arch shape.
  2. To cover with an arch or arches.

adjective

  1. Knowing, clever, mischievous.
  2. Cute, sly, prematurely wise.
  3. Principal; primary.

Etymology

From Middle English arch, arche, from Old French arche (“an arch”), a feminine form of arc, from Latin arcus (“a bow, arc, arch”). Doublet of arc and arco. Displaced native Old English bīeġels and Old English hwealf.

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