different between returns vs archives

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /???t??nz/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /???t?nz/
• Rhymes: -??(?)nz
• Hyphenation: re?turns

Noun

returns

1. plural of return

Noun

returns

1. (plural only) Merchandise returned to the retailer, wholesaler or supplier.
2. A mild, light-coloured kind of tobacco.
3. (law) The rendering back of a writ to the proper officer.
4. (military) The return of the soldiers fit for duty.

Translations

Verb

returns

1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of return

See also

• many happy returns

Anagrams

• Turners, turners

English

Noun

archives

1. plural of archive

Verb

archives

1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of archive

   The library archives some of its older books.

French

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Latin arch?vum, from Ancient Greek ??????? (arkheîon).

Noun

archives f pl (plural only)

1. archive, the historical material (usually documents) considered as a whole
2. place for storing archives
3. plural of archive

Derived terms

• archiver

Etymology 2

Verb

archives

1. second-person singular present indicative of archiver
2. second-person singular present subjunctive of archiver

Anagrams

• chavires, chavirés

Further reading

• “archives” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Spanish

Verb

archives

1. Informal second-person singular (tú) negative imperative form of archivar.
2. Informal second-person singular (tú) present subjunctive form of archivar.