Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

arche

/ˈɑː(ɹ)ki/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.02 in modern English

Syllables: arche
IPA: /ˈɑː(ɹ)ki/

10

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

1

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The first principle of existing things in pre-Socratic philosophy, initially assumed to be of water.

Countable; Uncountable

name

name

One of the moons of Jupiter.

Example Sentences

"In more modern times both the moving and the matter moved appear more complex and malleable, and less drawn from the realm of everyday experience. The substance may be dark matter and quarks rather than water or air, and the arche may be gravity or string harmonics."

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἀρχή (arkhḗ, literally “beginning, origin”).

Origin

Source language: Ancient Greek

Word Breakdown

Root: ἀρχή

Usage

Inflected Forms

archai (plural)

Rhymes With

khaki sparky snarky sharkey malarkey parky barky sarky arkie darkey

Questions

How do you pronounce arche?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈɑː(ɹ)ki/.
What does arche mean?: The first principle of existing things in pre-Socratic philosophy, initially assumed to be of water.
Where does arche come from?: It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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