noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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är'kə-vĭst
är'kī'-vĭst
/ˈɑː(ɹ)kɪvɪst/
/ˈɑː(ɹ)kəvɪst/
/ˈɑː(ɹ)ˌkaɪvɪst/
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1
noun
Meaning 1
One who is in charge of, or performs the task of creating, collecting, cataloguing and organising archives.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
The billionaire’s will established a trust to create a staff of archivists that would chronicle and preserve his rise to prominence.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
a person in charge of collecting and cataloguing archives
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: collector, aggregator
History
Etymology
Etymology tree English archive Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English archivist From archive + -ist.
Across languages
Translations
105 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Afrikaans:
argivaris
— one who creates, maintains or controls archives
Albanian:
arkivist
— one who creates, maintains or controls archives
Albanian:
arkiviste
— one who creates, maintains or controls archives
Armenian:
արխիվարիուս
(arxivarius)
— one who creates, maintains or controls archives
Asturian:
archivero
— one who creates, maintains or controls archives
Asturian:
archivera
— one who creates, maintains or controls archives
Azerbaijani:
arxivçi
— one who creates, maintains or controls archives
Basque:
agirizain
— one who creates, maintains or controls archives
Basque:
artxibozain
— one who creates, maintains or controls archives
Breton:
diellour
— one who creates, maintains or controls archives
Bulgarian:
архивар
(arhivar)
— one who creates, maintains or controls archives
Catalan:
arxiver
— one who creates, maintains or controls archives
Catalan:
arxivista
— one who creates, maintains or controls archives
Chinese Mandarin:
档案员
(dǎng'àn yuán)
— one who creates, maintains or controls archives
Czech:
archivář
— one who creates, maintains or controls archives
Czech:
archivářka
— one who creates, maintains or controls archives
Danish:
arkivar
— one who creates, maintains or controls archives
Dutch:
archivaris
— one who creates, maintains or controls archives
Esperanto:
arkivisto
— one who creates, maintains or controls archives
Esperanto:
arĥivisto
— one who creates, maintains or controls archives
Faroese:
skjalavørður
— one who creates, maintains or controls archives
Finnish:
arkistonhoitaja
— one who creates, maintains or controls archives
French:
archiviste
— one who creates, maintains or controls archives
West-Frisian:
argivaris
— one who creates, maintains or controls archives
Galician:
arquivista
— one who creates, maintains or controls archives
Galician:
arquiveiro
— one who creates, maintains or controls archives
Galician:
arquiveira
— one who creates, maintains or controls archives
German:
Archivar
— one who creates, maintains or controls archives
German:
Archivarin
— one who creates, maintains or controls archives
Greek:
αρχειοφύλακας
(archeiofýlakas)
— one who creates, maintains or controls archives
Hindi:
पुराभिलेखपाल
(purābhilekhpāl)
— one who creates, maintains or controls archives
Hungarian:
levéltáros
— one who creates, maintains or controls archives
Hungarian:
levéltárosnő
— one who creates, maintains or controls archives
Icelandic:
skjalavörður
— one who creates, maintains or controls archives
Ido:
arkivisto
— one who creates, maintains or controls archives
Indonesian:
arsiparis
— one who creates, maintains or controls archives
Indonesian:
pengarsip
— one who creates, maintains or controls archives
Interlingua:
archivista
— one who creates, maintains or controls archives
Irish:
cartlannaí
— one who creates, maintains or controls archives
Italian:
archivista
— one who creates, maintains or controls archives
Japanese:
アーキビスト
(ākibisuto)
— one who creates, maintains or controls archives
Kannada:
ಸಂಗ್ರಹಕಾರರನ್ನು
(saṅgrahakārarannu)
— one who creates, maintains or controls archives
Kazakh:
мұрағатшы
(mūrağatşy)
— one who creates, maintains or controls archives
Korean:
기록연구사
(girogyeon'gusa)
— one who creates, maintains or controls archives
Northern Kurdish:
arşîvvan
— one who creates, maintains or controls archives
Northern Kurdish:
arşîvger
— one who creates, maintains or controls archives
Kyrgyz:
архивчи
(arhivci)
— one who creates, maintains or controls archives
Latin:
archeota
— one who creates, maintains or controls archives
Latin:
chartularius
— one who creates, maintains or controls archives
Latin:
chartarius
— one who creates, maintains or controls archives
Latvian:
arhivārs
— one who creates, maintains or controls archives
Lithuanian:
archyvaras
— one who creates, maintains or controls archives
Luxembourgish:
Archivist
— one who creates, maintains or controls archives
Luxembourgish:
Archivistin
— one who creates, maintains or controls archives
Macedonian:
архивар
(arhivar)
— one who creates, maintains or controls archives
Macedonian:
архивистка
(arhivistka)
— one who creates, maintains or controls archives
Manx:
recortysser
— one who creates, maintains or controls archives
Māori:
kaipūranga
— one who creates, maintains or controls archives
Māori:
kaipūranga kōrero
— one who creates, maintains or controls archives
Mongolian:
архивч
(arxivč)
— one who creates, maintains or controls archives
Norwegian Bokmål:
arkivar
— one who creates, maintains or controls archives
Norwegian Nynorsk:
arkivar
— one who creates, maintains or controls archives
Occitan:
archivista
— one who creates, maintains or controls archives
Polish:
archiwista
— one who creates, maintains or controls archives
Polish:
archiwistka
— one who creates, maintains or controls archives
Polish:
archiwariusz
— one who creates, maintains or controls archives
Polish:
archiwariuszka
— one who creates, maintains or controls archives
Portuguese:
arquivista
— one who creates, maintains or controls archives
Portuguese:
arquivador
— one who creates, maintains or controls archives
Romagnol:
archivèstar
— one who creates, maintains or controls archives
Romagnol:
archivèsta
— one who creates, maintains or controls archives
Romanian:
arhivist
— one who creates, maintains or controls archives
Romanian:
arhivistă
— one who creates, maintains or controls archives
Romanian:
arhivar
— one who creates, maintains or controls archives
Russian:
архива́риус
(arxivárius)
— one who creates, maintains or controls archives
Russian:
архиви́ст
(arxivíst)
— one who creates, maintains or controls archives
Russian:
архиви́стка
(arxivístka)
— one who creates, maintains or controls archives
Serbo-Croatian:
архѝва̄р
— one who creates, maintains or controls archives
Serbo-Croatian:
архѝвист
— one who creates, maintains or controls archives
Serbo-Croatian:
архѝва̄рка
— one who creates, maintains or controls archives
Serbo-Croatian:
архѝвисткиња
— one who creates, maintains or controls archives
Serbo-Croatian:
arhìvār
— one who creates, maintains or controls archives
Serbo-Croatian:
arhìvist
— one who creates, maintains or controls archives
Serbo-Croatian:
arhìvārka
— one who creates, maintains or controls archives
Serbo-Croatian:
arhìvistkinja
— one who creates, maintains or controls archives
Slovak:
archivár
— one who creates, maintains or controls archives
Slovak:
archivárka
— one who creates, maintains or controls archives
Slovene:
arhivar
— one who creates, maintains or controls archives
Slovene:
arhivarka
— one who creates, maintains or controls archives
Lower Sorbian:
archiwar
— one who creates, maintains or controls archives
Lower Sorbian:
archiwarka
— one who creates, maintains or controls archives
Upper Sorbian:
archiwar
— one who creates, maintains or controls archives
Upper Sorbian:
archiwarka
— one who creates, maintains or controls archives
Spanish:
archivista
— one who creates, maintains or controls archives
Spanish:
archivero
— one who creates, maintains or controls archives
Spanish:
archivera
— one who creates, maintains or controls archives
Swedish:
arkivarie
— one who creates, maintains or controls archives
Tagalog:
tagasinop
— one who creates, maintains or controls archives
Tajik:
архивчӣ
(arxivči)
— one who creates, maintains or controls archives
Turkish:
arşivci
— one who creates, maintains or controls archives
Ukrainian:
архіва́ріус
(arxivárius)
— one who creates, maintains or controls archives
Uzbek:
arxivarius
— one who creates, maintains or controls archives
Uzbek:
arxivchi
— one who creates, maintains or controls archives
Vietnamese:
chuyên viên lưu trữ
— one who creates, maintains or controls archives
Welsh:
archifydd
— one who creates, maintains or controls archives