armee

See also: armée and Armee

Estonian

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Through what language?”) Ultimately from Old French armee.

Noun

armee (genitive armee, partitive armee)

1. army

Inflection

Declension of armee (ÕS type 26i/idee, no gradation)
		singular	plural
nominative		armee	armeed
accusative	nom.
	gen.	armee
genitive			armeede
partitive		armeed	armeid armeesid
illative		armeesse	armeedesse armeisse
inessive		armees	armeedes armeis
elative		armeest	armeedest armeist
allative		armeele	armeedele armeile
adessive		armeel	armeedel armeil
ablative		armeelt	armeedelt armeilt
translative		armeeks	armeedeks armeiks
terminative		armeeni	armeedeni
essive		armeena	armeedena
abessive		armeeta	armeedeta
comitative		armeega	armeedega

Derived terms

• Päästearmee (“Salvation Army”)

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Middle English

Etymology

Borrowed from Anglo-Norman, Old French armee, from Medieval Latin armata.

Noun

armee (plural armees)

1. army

Descendants

• → English: army

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Middle French

Alternative forms

• armée (16th and 17th centuries)

Etymology

First attested in France (as opposed to in Anglo-Norman) circa 1370. Borrowed from Medieval Latin armata (perhaps via Anglo-Norman).

Noun

armee f (plural armees)

1. army

Descendants

• French: armée

References

• armee on Dictionnaire du Moyen Français (1330–1500) (in French)

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Old French

Etymology

From the feminine past participle of armer, corresponding to Medieval Latin armāta (“armed force”), nominalized feminine form of Latin armātus (“armed”), past participle of armō, armāre (“arm”).

Noun

armee oblique singular, f (oblique plural armees, nominative singular armee, nominative plural armees)

1. (Anglo-Norman) army
   • 1847, M. Champollion-Figeac, Lettres de rois, reines et autres personnages des cours de France et d'Angleterre depuis Louis VII jusqu'à Henri IV, tirées des archives de Londres, Paris (date of cited texts 1301-1515)

     une autre tres puissante, grande et notable armee

     another very powerful, big and notable army

Descendants

• Middle English: armee
  • English: army
• Norman: armée

Verb

armee

1. feminine singular of the past participle of armer