armée

See also: armee and Armee

French

Etymology

From Middle French armee, from the feminine past participle of the verb armer; first attested in French circa 1370 (except in Anglo-Norman), borrowed through Anglo-Norman from Medieval Latin armāta (“armed force”), the neuter plural form of the past participle of Latin armō (“to arm”), from arma (“arms, weapons”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂(e)rmos (“fitting”), from the root *h₂er- (“to join”). Doublet of armada, a borrowing from Spanish.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aʁ.me/

• audio (une armée)

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Noun

armée f (plural armées)

1. (military) army
2. (military) armed forces

Derived terms

• armée de l'air
• armée de l'espace
• armée de mer
• armée de terre

 

Adjective

armée

1. feminine singular of armé

Verb

armée f

1. feminine singular of the past participle of armer

Synonyms

• armée de terre
• forces terrestres
• forces militaires

Derived terms

• armée de mer
• armée de l'air
• armée de l'espace

Related terms

• arme
• armer
• armure

Descendants

• → German: Armee f

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• amère, marée, ramée

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Middle French

Noun

armée f (plural armées)

1. Alternative form of armee

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Norman

Etymology

From Middle French armee, from the feminine past participle of the verb armer, from Anglo-Norman armee, borrowed from Medieval Latin armāta (“armed force”), the neuter plural form of the past participle of Latin armō (“to arm”), from arma (“arms, weapons”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂(e)rmos (“fitting”), from the root *h₂er- (“to join”).

Pronunciation

• Audio

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Noun

armée f (plural armées)

1. (military) army