ARCH-


Meaning of ARCH- in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ɑ:(r)tʃ- ]

Arch- combines with nouns referring to people to form new nouns that refer to people who are extreme examples of something. For example, your arch-rival is the rival you most want to beat.

Neither he nor his arch-rival, Giuseppe De Rita, won.

...his arch-enemy.

COMB in N-COUNT

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