Meaning
archivist
- a person responsible for maintaining, preserving, and cataloging historical or corporate records
In a sentence
L'archivista ha catalogato con cura tutti i manoscritti del secolo scorso.
The archivist carefully cataloged all the manuscripts from the last century.
Puoi chiedere all'archivista di mostrarti i registri comunali?
Can you ask the archivist to show you the municipal records?
Le archiviste della biblioteca nazionale sono molto preparate.
The archivists at the national library are very knowledgeable.
Word forms (2)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| archivista | singular |
| archivisti, archiviste | plural |
Usage notes
- Ending in '-ista', it takes masculine or feminine articles: 'il/un archivista' (m) or 'la/un'archivista' (f).
- Plural is 'archivisti' for men/mixed groups and 'archiviste' for women.
- plural archivisti, archiviste