How to pronounce “archaïc”

Meaning

• [Noun]
• (archaeology, US, usually capitalized) The prehistoric period intermediate between the earliest period (‘Paleo-Indian’, ‘Paleo-American’, ‘American‐paleolithic’, etc.) of human presence in the Western Hemisphere, and the most recent prehistoric period (‘Woodland’, etc.).
• (paleoanthropology) (A member of) an archaic variety of Homo sapiens.
• [Adjective]
• Of or characterized by antiquity; old-fashioned, quaint, antiquated.
• (chiefly lexicography, of words) No longer in ordinary use, though still used occasionally to give a sense of antiquity and are still likely to be understood by well-educated speakers and are found in historical texts.
• (archaeology) Belonging to the archaic period.

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