archétype

See also: archetype

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin archetypum, from archetypus, itself a borrowing from Ancient Greek ἀρχέτυπος (arkhétupos).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aʁ.ke.tip/

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Adjective

archétype (plural archétypes)

1. archetypal

Noun

archétype m (plural archétypes)

1. archetype

Derived terms

• archétypique

See also

• prototype

Further reading

• “archétype”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.