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title: "Archive Pronunciation: How to Say It in English | Speakeroo"
description: "Archive is pronounced /ˈɑr.ˌkaɪv/ — AHR-keyev. Say it out loud and get free AI feedback in seconds. Stress falls on the first syllable."
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# Archive pronunciation

/ˈɑr.ˌkaɪv/

AHR-keyev

Archive has 2 syllables. The stress is on the first syllable, "ahr". Capital letters in the respelling show where the stress falls.

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## Archive syllables

Archive has 2 syllables: AHR-keyev.

1. AHR ɑr
2. keyev kaɪv

AR-kive, two syllables. The "ch" is a hard k, as in "architecture", and the second syllable rhymes with "hive".

## Sounds to watch

### The r sound

Pull the tongue back and up without touching the roof of the mouth. American r is never rolled or tapped.

### The v sound

Rest your top teeth on your bottom lip and add voice. Keep it distinct from w, which uses rounded lips and no teeth.

## Archive in a sentence

- The newspaper archive goes back to the first issue in 1889.
- Archive the old projects so the dashboard only shows live work.

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## What Speakeroo listens for

These are the pronunciation patterns from Speakeroo’s speech feature catalog that this target tends to expose. The check above reports the ones it hears.

- /r/ distorted or unclear Use the selected accent’s tongue shape without pressing the tongue against the palate.
- /v/ and /w/ confused Use teeth-on-lip contact for /v/ and rounded lips without contact for /w/.
- Final consonant devoiced Keep the vocal folds vibrating through voiced endings such as /b/, /d/, /g/ and /z/.
- Diphthong flattened into one vowel Move smoothly between both vowel positions.
- Every syllable stressed equally Emphasise one main syllable and reduce the others.

## Questions

### How do you pronounce archive?

Archive is pronounced /ˈɑr.ˌkaɪv/, or AHR-keyev in plain letters. It has 2 syllables and the stress falls on the first syllable, "ahr".

### How many syllables are in archive?

2: AHR-keyev. The capital letters mark the stressed syllable.

### How do you use archive in a sentence?

The newspaper archive goes back to the first issue in 1889. Archive the old projects so the dashboard only shows live work.

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