armor

English

Alternative forms

• armour (British, Canadian)

Etymology

From Middle English armo(u)r/armure, from Anglo-Norman armour(e)/armure, from Old French armëure, from Latin armātūra.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈɑː(ɹ)mə(ɹ)/
• (US) IPA: /ˈɑːɹmɚ/

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• Rhymes: -ɑː(r)mə(r)

Noun

Wikipedia armor (countable and uncountable; plural armors) (chiefly US)

1. (uncountable) A protective layer over a body, vehicle, or other object intended to deflect or diffuse damaging forces.
2. (uncountable) A natural form of this kind of protection on an animal's body.
3. (uncountable) Metal plate, protecting a ship, military vehicle, or aircraft.
4. (countable) A tank, or other heavy mobile assault vehicle.
5. (military, uncountable) A military formation consisting primarily of tanks or other armoured fighting vehicles, collectively.

Synonyms

• (body armour): body armour, body armor, mail, chain mail, plate, suit of armour, suit of armor
• (animal): horn, carapace, chitin
• (metal plate): armour plate, armor plate
• (military): mechanized, cavalry

Derived terms

terms derived from armor (noun)

appliqué armour composite armour armour-plated armour plating armoury

spaced armour stand-off armour suit of armour reactive armour explosive reactive armour

Related terms

arm arms

armament armaments

Translations

protective layer over a body, vehicle, or other object intended to deflect or diffuse damaging forces

Albanian: armor (sq), parzmore Armenian: զրահ (hy) (zrah), պատյան (hy) (patyan) Bulgarian: броня (bg) Catalan: arnès (ca) m., armadura (ca) f. Croatian: oklop m. Czech: brnění (cs) n., zbroj (cs) f. Dutch: pantser (nl) f. Finnish: haarniska (fi), panssari (fi) French: armure (fr) f. Georgian: აბჯარი German: Rüstung (de) f. Greek: θωράκιση (el) (thorákisi) f., πανοπλία (el) (panoplía) f., οπλισμός (el) (oplismós) m. Hebrew: שריון (he) (shiryon) m.

Indonesian: zirah (id) Italian: armatura (it) f. Japanese: 鎧 (yoroi) Korean: 갑옷 (gah-beot) Latgalian: brūne Latvian: bruņas (lv) pl. Macedonian: оклоп (mk) (óklop) m., панцир (mk) (páncir) m. Polish: zbroja f., pancerz m. Portuguese: armadura (pt) f. Russian: броня (ru) (bronjá) f., латы (ru) (láty) f. pl. Slovak: brnenie (sk) n. Slovene: oklep (sl) m. Spanish: armadura (es) f. Swedish: rustning (sv) c.

natural form of this kind of protection on an animal's body

Armenian: զրահ (hy) (zrah), պատյան (hy) (patyan) Bulgarian: защитна обвивка (bg) Czech: krunýř (cs) m., (colloquially) pancíř (cs) m. Greek: θωράκιση (el) (thorákisi) f. Hebrew: שריון (he) m. Japanese: 鎧 (yoroi) Macedonian: оклоп (mk) (óklop) m., школка (mk) (škólka) f.

Polish: pancerz (pl) m. Portuguese: couraça f. Slovak: pancier (sk) m. Slovene: oklep m. Spanish: coraza (es) f.

tank — see tank

other heavy mobile assault vehicle

Albanian: koracë Czech: obrněné vozidlo (cs) n. Georgian: ჯავშან-ტექნიკა German: Panzerung (de) f., Panzer (de) m., Panzerkraftwagen Greek: τεθωρακισμένο (el) (tethorakisméno) n. Hebrew: משוריין (meshuryan) m.

Indonesian: lapis baja (id) Macedonian: оклоп (mk) (óklop) m. Polish: pojazd opancerzony m. Portuguese: (veículo) blindado m. Slovak: obrnené vozidlo (sk) n. Slovene: oklepnik m.

military formation consisting primarily of tanks

Czech: obrněné vojsko (cs) n., obrněná vojska (cs) pl. Finnish: panssarijoukot pl. Georgian: ჯავშან-ტექნიკა

Greek: τεθωρακισμένα (el) (tethorakisména) n. pl. Polish: wojska pancerne pl. Slovak: obrnené vojsko (sk) n., obrnené vojská (sk) pl.

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• Breton: houarnwisk m., hobregon m. (1), karbed houarnet (3)
• Interlingua: armatura (1); cuirasse (2); vehiculo blindate, blindato (3)

Verb

armor (third-person singular simple present armors, present participle armoring, simple past and past participle armored)

1. (transitive) To equip something with armor or a protective coating or hardening.
2. (transitive) To provide something with an analogous form of protection.

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Albanian

Noun

armor

1. armour (body protection)

This Albanian entry was created from the translations listed at armour. It may be less reliable than other entries, and may be missing parts of speech or additional senses. Please also see armor in the Albanian Wiktionary. This notice will be removed when the entry is checked. (more information) November 2009

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Latin

Verb

armor

1. first-person singular present passive indicative of armō