armilla

See also: armil·la

English

Pair of Roman armillae in the shape of snakes, 1st century CE

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin armilla. Doublet of armill.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɪlə

Noun

armilla (plural armillas or armillae)

1. (Ancient Rome) An armband awarded as a military decoration in Ancient Rome.
2. (zoology) A ring of hair or feathers on the legs.
3. (astronomy) Alternative form of armill.
4. (mycology) The frill of the stipe of agarics left attached on the expansion of the pileus, initially forming a covering of the hymenium.

Anagrams

• Mallari, Marilla

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish almilla, diminutive of alma (“soul”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ərˈmi.ʎə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [aɾˈmi.ʎa]

• Audio (Barcelona):

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Noun

armilla f (plural armilles)

1. waistcoat, vest

   armilla antibales ― bulletproof vest

   armilla salvavides ― life jacket

Synonyms

• (Alghero) dosso, dosseto
• (Mallorca) guardapits
• (Valencia) jupeti

Further reading

• “armilla”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “armilla”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
• “armilla” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Finnish

Noun

armilla

1. adessive singular of armi

Anagrams

• Marilla

Italian

Etymology

From Latin armilla.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /arˈmil.la/
• Rhymes: -illa
• Hyphenation: ar‧mìl‧la

Noun

armilla f (plural armille)

1. (Ancient Rome) armilla (armband awarded as a military decoration in Ancient Rome)
2. (astronomy) armil

   Synonym: sfera armillare

3. (architecture, heraldry) annulet
4. (obsolete) dog collar

Further reading

• armilla in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

• allarmi

Latin

Etymology

From Latin armus or arma.

Noun

armilla f (genitive armillae); first declension

1. bracelet, armlet
2. metal hoop, ring or ferrule

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	armilla	armillae
genitive	armillae	armillārum
dative	armillae	armillīs
accusative	armillam	armillās
ablative	armillā	armillīs
vocative	armilla	armillae

Derived terms

• armillātus

Descendants

• Catalan: armil·la
• English: armilla, armill
• Portuguese: armela, armila
• Spanish: armella, armilla, armila

References

• “armilla”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “armilla”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• "armilla", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• “armilla”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “armilla”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “armilla”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

Spanish

Etymology

From arma +‎ -illa or from Latin armilla.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /aɾˈmiʝa/ [aɾˈmi.ʝa]

• IPA^(key): /aɾˈmiʝa/ [aɾˈmi.ʝa] (most of Spain and Latin America)
• IPA^(key): /aɾˈmiʎa/ [aɾˈmi.ʎa] (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
• IPA^(key): /aɾˈmiʃa/ [aɾˈmi.ʃa] (Buenos Aires and environs)
• IPA^(key): /aɾˈmiʒa/ [aɾˈmi.ʒa] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)

 

• Rhymes: -iʝa

• Rhymes: -iʝa (most of Spain and Latin America)
• Rhymes: -iʎa (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -iʃa (Buenos Aires and environs)
• Rhymes: -iʒa (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)

• Syllabification: ar‧mi‧lla

Noun

armilla f (plural armillas)

1. diminutive of arma
2. (astronomy) armill, armillary sphere (ancient astronomical instrument)

   Synonym: esfera armilar

3. (obsolete) bracelet

   Synonym: brazalete

Further reading

• “armilla”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024