Feminine
Arche
Meaning
- (feminine) ark (Noah’s ship)
- (archaic, feminine) ark of the covenant
- (feminine, obsolete) broad, middle-sized boat or ship
- (dialectal, feminine, obsolete) wooden box, chest
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Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈarçə/
Etymology
In summary
From Middle High German arche, byform of more common arke, from Old High German arka, archa, from Proto-Germanic *arkō, from Latin arca. The expected German form is Arke. The ch-form is native in parts of Upper German. It was reinforced in the modern standard language by the Medieval Latin spelling archa.
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