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archaïsant: archaic; archaistic
archaïser: to archaize
archaïsme: archaism
arche: arch
arche: ark (Noah's ship)
arche de Noé: Noah's ark
archelle: a shelf with hooks used to hang cups by their handles
archentéron: archenteron
archer: archer (one who shoots an arrow from a bow or a bolt from a crossbow)
archer cracheur: synonym of poisson archer (“archerfish”)
archerie: archery; a group of archers
archet: bow (rod used for playing stringed instruments)
archetier: bow maker, archetier (somewhat uncommon)
archevêché: archbishopric, archdiocese; archbishop's palace
archevêque: archbishop
archi: very; super
archi: architecture
archiatre: chief physician, archiater
archibondé: packed, chock-a-block
archichancelier: archchancellor
archichancellerie: the office of an archchancellor
archichapelain: archchaplain
archicomble: jam-packed
archicon: Very stupid
archiconfrérie: archconfraternity
archiconnu: extremely well-known; hackneyed
archicontinental: archicontinental
archicube: Graduate, former student at the École normale supérieure in Paris; a student who repeats the third grade
archicélèbre: ultrafamous, superfamous
archidiacre: archdeacon
archidiocèse: archdiocese
archidiocésain: archdiocesan
archiduc: archduke (high nobiliary title)
archiducal: archducal
archiduchesse: archduchess
archiduché: archduchy
archie: principle
archifaux: dead wrong, extremely wrong, completely untrue
archimandrite: archimandrite
archimillionnaire: multimillionnaire
archimillionnaire: Very, very rich
archimédien: archimedean
archine: arshin
archipel: archipelago
archipel d'Hochelaga: Hochelaga Archipelago (a cluster of islands in Quebec, Canada)
archipel de San Blas: The San Blas Islands (an archipelago of Panama)
archiphonème: archiphoneme
archiphonémique: archiphonemic
archiplein: packed (filled with a large number or quantity of something)
archipresbytéral: archipresbyteral
archiprêtre: archpriest
archisimple: Extremely simple or easy
archisuppôt: a high-ranking member of criminal gang renown for his knowledge, often a former student or defrocked priest, who invented and taught criminal slang to other members
archisynagogue: archisynagogue (the head of a synagogue)
architecte: architect (a designer of buildings)
architecte d'intérieur: interior designer
architecteur: architectural
architectonie: synonym of architecture
architectonique: architectonics
architectonique: architectonic