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archivist

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • är'kə-vĭst
  • är'kī'-vĭst
  • /ˈɑː(ɹ)kɪvɪst/
  • /ˈɑː(ɹ)kəvɪst/
  • /ˈɑː(ɹ)ˌkaɪvɪst/
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  • CMU ARPABET: AA1 R K AH0 V IH0 S T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
  • CMU ARPABET 2: AA1 R K AY0 V IH0 S T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

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
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