释义 |
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024archi-, - a combining form with the general sense "first, principal,'' that is prefixed to nouns denoting things that are earliest, most basic, or bottommost (archiblast;
archiphoneme; architrave); or denoting individuals who direct or have authority over others of their class, usually named by the base noun (archimandrite; architect). Also,[esp. before a vowel,] arch-. Cf. arch- 1 , arche-. - Greek, combining form akin to arché̄ beginning, árchos leader, árchein to be the first, command
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: archi- combining form - a variant of arch-
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: arch-, archi- combining form - chief; principal; of highest rank
- eminent above all others of the same kind; extreme
Etymology: ultimately from Greek arkhi-, from arkhein to rule |