adj
Meaning 1
Knowing, clever, mischievous.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- I attempted to hide my emotions, but an arch remark escaped my lips.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
arch
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Sound
Pronunciation
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General-American: ärch
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General-American: /ɑɹt͡ʃ/
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Received-Pronunciation: /ɑːt͡ʃ/
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General-American: /ɑɹk/ by analogy to arc, nonstandard
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Received-Pronunciation: /ɑːk/ by analogy to arc, nonstandard
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rhymes with -ɑː(ɹ)tʃ
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CMU ARPABET: AA1 R CH Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
adj
Meaning 2
Cute, sly, prematurely wise.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Ireland
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 3
Principal; primary.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- They were arch enemies.
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adj
Meaning 4
Initialism of autoregressive conditional heteroskedasticity
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, not-comparable
Topics: mathematics, sciences, statistics
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name
Meaning 5
A diminutive of the male given names Archibald or Archie.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 6
An inverted U shape.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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noun
Meaning 7
An arch-shaped arrangement of trapezoidal stones, designed to redistribute downward force outward.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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noun
Meaning 8
An architectural element having the shape of an arch
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: architecture
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noun
Meaning 9
Any place covered by an arch; an archway.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- to pass into the arch of a bridge
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 10
An arc; a part of a curve.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic
Topics: geometry, mathematics, sciences
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 11
A natural arch-shaped opening in a rock mass.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 12
The curved part of the bottom of a foot.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences
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noun
Meaning 13
A chief.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
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noun
Meaning 14
Synonym of god (“person who owns and runs a multi-user dungeon”).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: video-games
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: god
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 15
An architecture; a computer architecture or instruction set architecture.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Qualifier: operating systems
Topics: business, electrical-engineering, electricity, electromagnetism, electronics, energy, engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics
Examples
- In the Linux kernel, arch-specific code lives in the arch directory of the source tree.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 16
To form into an arch shape.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Examples
- The cat arched its back.
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 17
To cover with an arch or arches.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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adjective satellite
Meaning 18
naughtily or annoyingly playful
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- teasing and worrying with impish laughter
- a wicked prank
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: impish, implike, mischievous, pixilated, prankish, puckish, wicked
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 19
(used of behavior or attitude) characteristic of those who treat others with condescension
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: condescending, patronizing, patronising
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 20
(architecture) a masonry construction (usually curved) for spanning an opening and supporting the weight above it
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: structure, construction
Narrower terms: abutment arch, broken arch, camber arch, corbel arch, flat arch, straight arch, pier arch, pointed arch, proscenium arch, rampant arch, round arch, rowlock arch, safety arch, scoinson arch, sconcheon arch, segmental arch, shouldered arch, skeen arch, skene arch, scheme arch, diminished arch, skew arch, squinch, trimmer arch, triumphal arch, Tudor arch, four-centered arch
noun
Meaning 21
a passageway under a curved masonry construction
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- they built a triumphal arch to memorialize their victory
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: archway
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: entrance, entranceway, entryway, entry, entree
noun
Meaning 22
a curved bony structure supporting or enclosing organs (especially the inner sides of the feet)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: skeletal structure
Narrower terms: metatarsal arch, instep, shoulder girdle, pectoral arch, hemal arch, haemal arch, neural arch, vertebral arch
noun
Meaning 23
a curved shape in the vertical plane that spans an opening
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: curve, curved shape
verb
Meaning 24
form an arch or curve
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- her back arches
- her hips curve nicely
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: curve, arc
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: bend, flex
Narrower terms: camber
History
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h2er-der.? Proto-Indo-European *h2ergh-der.? Ancient Greek ἄρχω (árkhō) Ancient Greek ἀρχι- (arkhi-)der. Latin archi-bor. Old English arċe- Middle English arch- English arch- English arch From the prefix arch-. "Principal" is the original sense; "mischievous" is via onetime frequent collocation with rogue, knave, etc.
Clipping of Archibald or Archie.
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h2erkw- Proto-Indo-European *h2erkwos Proto-Italic *arkuos Latin arcus Old French arc Old French archebor. Middle English arch English arch 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.
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h2er-der.? Proto-Indo-European *h2ergh-der.? Ancient Greek ἄρχω (árkhō) Ancient Greek ἀρχι- (arkhi-) Proto-Indo-European *teḱ- Proto-Indo-European *tetḱ- Proto-Indo-European *-ō Proto-Indo-European *tétḱō Proto-Hellenic *téktōn Ancient Greek τέκτων (téktōn) Ancient Greek ἀρχιτέκτων (arkhitéktōn)bor. Latin architectus Proto-Indo-European *-tew-? Proto-Indo-European *-r-eh2? Latin -tūra Latin architectūralbor. French architecturebor. English architectureclip. English arch Clipping of architecture.
Across languages
Translations
182 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Finnish: ovela — knowing, clever, mischievous
- Italian: furbo — knowing, clever, mischievous
- Portuguese: esperto — knowing, clever, mischievous
- Russian: игри́вый (igrívyj) — knowing, clever, mischievous
- Russian: лука́вый (lukávyj) — knowing, clever, mischievous
- Spanish: pícaro — knowing, clever, mischievous
- Finnish: pää- — principal, primary
- Spanish: principal — principal, primary
- Arabic: قَوْس (qaws) — inverted U shape
- Arabic: بكية (bakya) — inverted U shape
- Arabic: قوس (ʔōs) — inverted U shape
- Arabic: قوس (gōs) — inverted U shape
- Armenian: կամար (kamar) — inverted U shape
- Azerbaijani: qövs — inverted U shape
- Belarusian: лука́ (luká) — inverted U shape
- Belarusian: дуга́ (duhá) — inverted U shape
- Belarusian: а́рка (árka) — inverted U shape
- Bulgarian: дъга (dǎga) — inverted U shape
- Catalan: arc — inverted U shape
- Chinese Mandarin: 拱形 (gǒngxíng) — inverted U shape
- Chinese Mandarin: 拱 (gǒng) — inverted U shape
- Czech: oblouk — inverted U shape
- Danish: bue — inverted U shape
- Dutch: boog — inverted U shape
- Esperanto: arko — inverted U shape
- Finnish: kaari — inverted U shape
- French: arc — inverted U shape
- French: arche — inverted U shape
- German: Bogen — inverted U shape
- Greek: αψίδα (apsída) — inverted U shape
- Gullah: aa’ch — inverted U shape
- Ido: arko — inverted U shape
- Northern Kurdish: kevane — inverted U shape
- Latin: arcus — inverted U shape
- Macedonian: свод (svod) — inverted U shape
- Macedonian: лак (lak) — inverted U shape
- Māori: tāwhana — inverted U shape
- Māori: whakaare — inverted U shape
- Māori: piko ānau — inverted U shape
- Persian: قوس (qows) — inverted U shape
- Persian: کمان (kamân) — inverted U shape
- Polish: łuk — inverted U shape
- Portuguese: arco — inverted U shape
- Russian: дуга́ (dugá) — inverted U shape
- Russian: а́рка (árka) — inverted U shape
- Scots: bow — inverted U shape
- Scottish Gaelic: bogha — inverted U shape
- Spanish: arco — inverted U shape
- Swedish: båge — inverted U shape
- Ukrainian: дуга́ (duhá) — inverted U shape
- Ukrainian: а́рка (árka) — inverted U shape
- Armenian: կամար (kamar) — arrangement of trapezoidal stones
- Bulgarian: свод (svod) — arrangement of trapezoidal stones
- Catalan: arc — arrangement of trapezoidal stones
- Chinese Mandarin: 拱 (gǒng) — arrangement of trapezoidal stones
- Chinese Mandarin: 拱門 /拱门 (gǒngmén) — arrangement of trapezoidal stones
- Czech: oblouk — arrangement of trapezoidal stones
- Czech: klenba — arrangement of trapezoidal stones
- Finnish: kaari — arrangement of trapezoidal stones
- Finnish: holvikaari — arrangement of trapezoidal stones
- German: Bogen — arrangement of trapezoidal stones
- Greek: αψίδα (apsída) — arrangement of trapezoidal stones
- Ido: arko — arrangement of trapezoidal stones
- Macedonian: свод (svod) — arrangement of trapezoidal stones
- Polish: łuk — arrangement of trapezoidal stones
- Portuguese: arco — arrangement of trapezoidal stones
- Russian: а́рка (árka) — arrangement of trapezoidal stones
- Russian: свод (svod) — arrangement of trapezoidal stones
- Scots: pend — arrangement of trapezoidal stones
- Scottish Gaelic: bogha — arrangement of trapezoidal stones
- Slovene: obok — arrangement of trapezoidal stones
- Spanish: arco — arrangement of trapezoidal stones
- Arabic: قَوْس (qaws) — architectural element
- Armenian: կամար (kamar) — architectural element
- Azerbaijani: tağ — architectural element
- Bashkir: көмбәҙ (kömbəź) — architectural element
- Belarusian: а́рка (árka) — architectural element
- Bulgarian: арка (arka) — architectural element
- Burmese: မုခ်ခုံး (muhkhkum:) — architectural element
- Catalan: arc — architectural element
- Chinese Mandarin: 拱 (gǒng) — architectural element
- Chinese Mandarin: 拱券 (gǒngxuàn) — architectural element
- Chinese Mandarin: 拱門 /拱门 (gǒngmén) — architectural element
- Czech: oblouk — architectural element
- Danish: bue — architectural element
- Dutch: boog — architectural element
- Esperanto: arko — architectural element
- Estonian: kaar — architectural element
- Finnish: kaari — architectural element
- French: arc — architectural element
- Friulian: arc — architectural element
- Georgian: თაღი (taɣi) — architectural element
- German: Bogen — architectural element
- Greek: αψίδα (apsída) — architectural element
- Ancient Greek: ἁψίς (hapsís) — architectural element
- Hebrew: קֶשֶׁת (késhet) — architectural element
- Hindi: चाप (cāp) — architectural element
- Hungarian: ív — architectural element
- Icelandic: bogi — architectural element
- Ido: arko — architectural element
- Italian: arco — architectural element
- Japanese: アーチ (āchi) — architectural element
- Kazakh: доға (doğa) — architectural element
- Korean: 아치 (achi) — architectural element
- Northern Kurdish: kevane — architectural element
- Kyrgyz: дого (dogo) — architectural element
- Latin: arcus — architectural element
- Latvian: arka — architectural element
- Lithuanian: arka — architectural element
- Macedonian: свод (svod) — architectural element
- Macedonian: арка (arka) — architectural element
- Malay: gerbang — architectural element
- Malayalam: കമാനം (kamānaṁ) — architectural element
- Manx: aae — architectural element
- Norwegian Bokmål: bue — architectural element
- Old English: bīeġels — architectural element
- Persian: طاق (tâq) — architectural element
- Polish: łuk — architectural element
- Portuguese: arco — architectural element
- Romanian: arc — architectural element
- Russian: а́рка (árka) — architectural element
- Russian: свод (svod) — architectural element
- Scots: pend — architectural element
- Scottish Gaelic: bogha — architectural element
- Serbo-Croatian: лу̑к — architectural element
- Serbo-Croatian: lȗk — architectural element
- Slovak: oblúk — architectural element
- Slovene: obok — architectural element
- Slovene: lok — architectural element
- Spanish: arco — architectural element
- Swedish: valvbåge — architectural element
- Swedish: valv — architectural element
- Swedish: båge — architectural element
- Tajik: тоқ (toq) — architectural element
- Tajik: равоқ (ravoq) — architectural element
- Thai: ช่องโค้ง (chɔ̂ɔng-kóong) — architectural element
- Turkish: kemer — architectural element
- Ottoman Turkish: طاق (tak) — architectural element
- Ottoman Turkish: كمر (kemer) — architectural element
- Ukrainian: а́рка (árka) — architectural element
- Uzbek: toq — architectural element
- Uzbek: ravoq — architectural element
- Uzbek: arka — architectural element
- Vietnamese: vòm — architectural element
- Walloon: åtche — architectural element
- Chinese Mandarin: 足弓 (zú gōng) — curved part of the bottom of a foot
- Finnish: jalkaholvi — curved part of the bottom of a foot
- French: voûte plantaire — curved part of the bottom of a foot
- Galician: galga — curved part of the bottom of a foot
- German: Fußgewölbe — curved part of the bottom of a foot
- German: Fußbogen — curved part of the bottom of a foot
- German: Spann — curved part of the bottom of a foot
- Hungarian: rüszt — curved part of the bottom of a foot
- Irish: trácht — curved part of the bottom of a foot
- Māori: waerewa — curved part of the bottom of a foot
- Polish: łuk — curved part of the bottom of a foot
- Russian: свод (svod) — curved part of the bottom of a foot
- Spanish: puente — curved part of the bottom of a foot
- Swedish: hålfot — curved part of the bottom of a foot
- Swedish: fotvalv — curved part of the bottom of a foot
- Catalan: arquejar — form into arch
- Chinese Mandarin: 弓 (gōng) — form into arch
- Chinese Mandarin: 拱 (gǒng) — form into arch
- Esperanto: kurbigi — form into arch
- Finnish: köyristää — form into arch
- French: cambrer — form into arch
- German: krümmen — form into arch
- Greek: κυρτώνω (kyrtóno) — form into arch
- Gullah: aa’ch — form into arch
- Ido: arkigar — form into arch
- Malayalam: വളയുക (vaḷayuka) — form into arch
- Malayalam: വളയ്ക്കുക (vaḷaykkuka) — form into arch
- Māori: whakatuapuku — form into arch
- Māori: tīwhana — form into arch
- Polish: wyginać w łuk — form into arch
- Polish: tworzyć łuk — form into arch
- Portuguese: arquear — form into arch
- Russian: изгиба́ться дуго́й (izgibátʹsja dugój) — form into arch
- Spanish: arquear — form into arch
- Spanish: enarcar — form into arch
- Spanish: arcar — form into arch
- Swedish: välva sig — form into arch