armor

See also: Armor

English

Alternative forms

• armour (UK, Canada, Australia)

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₂er-

Proto-Indo-European *-mós

Proto-Indo-European *h₂(e)rmos

Proto-Italic *armosder.

Latin arma

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu.

Proto-Italic *-ājō

Proto-Italic *-āō

Latin -ō

Latin armō

Proto-Indo-European *-tew-?

Proto-Indo-European *-r-eh₂?

Latin -tūra

Latin armātūra

Old French armeure

Anglo-Norman armurebor.

Middle English armure

English armor

From Middle English armure, armour, armor, armeure, borrowed from Anglo-Norman armure and Old French armeüre, from Latin armātūra. Doublet of armature and armure. By surface analysis, arm (“to cover or furnish”) +‎ -or (suffix forming agent nouns or nouns of quality, state, or condition).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈɑː.mə/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈɑːɹ.mɚ/

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• Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)mə(ɹ)

Noun

armor (countable and uncountable, plural armors) (chiefly American spelling)

1. (uncountable) A protective layer over a body, vehicle, or other object intended to deflect or diffuse damaging forces.

   a suit of armor

   Hyponyms: body armor, mail, chain mail, plate, suit of armor

   • 2025, “Someone's Daughter”, in Duél, performed by Jinjer:

     You teach me how to be a man / Though I am someone's daughter / The path of warrior was set for me / And I had to try on the armour / No it doesn't suit me / And it feels so heavy / I'm frightened and so ashamed / That I have to combat the world alone / That I have to swing my sword alone

2. (uncountable) A natural form of this kind of protection on an animal's body.

   Synonyms: carapace, chitin, horn

3. (uncountable) A metal plate, protecting a ship, military vehicle, or aircraft.

   Synonym: armor plate

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: cavalry, mechanized

   • 2007 September 25, Bungie, Halo 3, spoken by Miranda Keyes (Justis Bolding), Microsoft Game Studios, Xbox 360, level/area: The Ark:

     Good work, Chief. Link up with our armor on the far side of the wall.

6. (hydrology, uncountable) The naturally occurring surface of pebbles, rocks or boulders that line the bed of a waterway or beach and provide protection against erosion.

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 armour (noun)

• antiarmor
• appliqué armour
• armorbearer
• armor-bearer
• armored combat
• armorial
• armorist
• armorless
• armorlike
• armor-piercing
• armor-piercing shot
• armorplast
• armor-plated
• armorsmith
• armour-piercing
• armour-plated
• armour plating
• armoury
• chink in the armor
• combat armor suit
• composite armour
• dearmor
• enarmor
• explosive reactive armour
• horse armor
• knight in shining armor
• mirror armor
• passive armor
• plate armor
• plot armor
• reactive armor
• reactive armour
• rock armour
• scale armor
• spaced armour
• stand-off armour
• suit of armour

Related terms

• arm
• armament
• armaments
• arms
• armure

Translations

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

• Albanian: tarogzë (sq), parzmore (sq), ^{(please verify)} armor (sq) ?
• Arabic: دِرْع m (dirʕ)
• Armenian: զրահ (hy) (zrah), պատյան (hy) (patyan)
• Asturian: armadura f, cenonda f (granary's), cimbla (walls or chests)
• Avar: йарагъ-матахӏ (jarağ-mataḥʳ)
• Azerbaijani: zireh, dəmir geyim (of a knight), yaraq-əsləhə (of a knight), yaraq-əsbab (of a knight), yaraq-yasaq (of a knight)
• Bashkir: һауыт (hawıt)
• Belarusian: браня́ f (branjá), даспе́хі m pl (daspjéxi)
• Bulgarian: броня́ (bg) f (bronjá)
• Catalan: arnès (ca) m, armadura (ca) f
• Chechen: please add this translation if you can
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 盔甲 (zh) (kuījiǎ), 鐵甲 / 铁甲 (zh) (tiějiǎ), 鎧甲 / 铠甲 (zh) (kǎijiǎ)

• Czech: brnění (cs) n, zbroj (cs) f, pancíř (cs) m
• Danish: rustning c
• Dutch: pantser (nl) n, harnas (nl) n
• Esperanto: kiraso (eo), armaĵo
• Finnish: haarniska (fi) (body), panssari (fi) (vehicle etc.)
• French: armure (fr) f
• Galician: armadura (gl) f
• Georgian: ჯავშანი (ka) (ǯavšani), აბჯარი (ka) (abǯari), საჭურველი (sač̣urveli)
• German: Rüstung (de) f, Panzerung (de) f, Armierung (de) f, Bewehrung (de) f
• Greek: θωράκιση (el) f (thorákisi), πανοπλία (el) f (panoplía), οπλισμός (el) m (oplismós)

  Ancient Greek: πανοπλία f (panoplía)

• Hebrew: שִׁרְיוֹן (he) m (shiryon)
• Hindi: कवच (hi) m (kavac)
• Hungarian: páncél (hu), páncélok (hu) pl
• Icelandic: brynja (is) f
• Indonesian: zirah (id)
• Irish: armúr m
• Italian: armatura (it) f
• Japanese: 鎧 (ja) (yoroi), 装甲 (ja) (sōkō)
• Khmer: ក្រោះ (km) (krɑh)
• Korean: 갑옷 (ko) (gabot)
• Kyrgyz: кыяк (kıyak)
• Latgalian: brūne
• Latin: armātūra f
• Latvian: bruņas pl
• Lithuanian: šarvai
• Macedonian: оклоп m (oklop), панцир m (pancir)
• Maltese: armatura f
• Manchu: ᡠᡴ᠋ᠰᡳ᠍ᠨ (uksin)
• Māori: pākai
• Maranao: bakakes
• Marathi: कवच n (kavac)
• Mingrelian: ანჯარი (anǯari)
• Mon: ပၠောံခြပ် (mnw)
• Mongolian: хуяг (mn) (xujag)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: rustning m or f (body)

  Nynorsk: rustning f (body)

• Occitan: armadura (oc) f
• Old English: byrne f
• Ossetian: згъӕрӕфтыд (zǧæræftyd)
• Pali: kavaca m
• Persian: زره (fa) (zere)
• Polish: zbroja (pl) f, pancerz (pl) m
• Portuguese: armadura (pt) f
• Romanian: armură (ro) f, blindaj (ro) n
• Russian: броня́ (ru) f (bronjá), ла́ты (ru) f pl (láty), доспе́хи (ru) m pl (dospéxi)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: о̀клоп m

  Latin: òklop (sh) m

• Slovak: brnenie n
• Slovene: oklep (sl) m
• Southern Altai: куйак (kuyak)
• Spanish: armadura (es) f, blindaje m
• Swedish: rustning (sv) c
• Tagalog: baluti
• Thai: เกราะ (th) (kerāa)
• Turkish: zırh (tr)
• Ugaritic: 𐎘𐎗𐎊𐎐 (ṯryn)
• Ukrainian: броня́ (uk) f (bronjá), ла́ти f pl (láty)
• Vietnamese: áo giáp (vi), giáp (vi)
• Yiddish: פּאַנצער m (pantser)

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

• Armenian: զրահ (hy) (zrah), պատյան (hy) (patyan)
• Belarusian: па́нцыр m (páncyr)
• Bulgarian: защитна обвивка f (zaštitna obvivka)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 鎧甲 / 铠甲 (zh) (kǎijiǎ)

• Czech: krunýř (cs) m; pancíř (cs) m (colloquial)
• Dutch: pantser (nl) n
• Finnish: panssari (fi)
• French: cuirasse (fr) f
• German: Panzerung (de) f
• Greek: θωράκιση (el) f (thorákisi)
• Hebrew: שִׁרְיוֹן (he) m (shiryon)
• Irish: armúr m
• Italian: corazza (it)
• Japanese: 鎧 (ja) (yoroi), 装甲 (ja) (sōkō)
• Korean: 철갑 (ko) (cheolgap)
• Macedonian: оклоп m (oklop), школка f (školka)
• Māori: pākai
• Marathi: कवच n (kavac)
• Polish: pancerz (pl) m
• Portuguese: couraça (pt) f
• Russian: па́нцирь (ru) m (páncirʹ)
• Siberian Tatar: ҡуйаҡ (quyaq)
• Slovak: pancier m
• Slovene: oklep (sl) m
• Southern Altai: куйак (kuyak)
• Spanish: coraza (es) f
• Ukrainian: па́нцир m (páncyr)
• Uyghur: қуяқ (quyaq)

tank — see tank

other heavy mobile assault vehicle

• Albanian: koracë (sq)
• Czech: obrněné vozidlo n
• Dutch: pantservoertuig (nl) n
• Finnish: panssariajoneuvo (fi)
• Georgian: ჯავშან-ტექნიკა (ǯavšan-ṭekniḳa)
• German: Panzerung (de) f, Panzer (de) m, Panzerkraftwagen
• Greek: τεθωρακισμένο (el) n (tethorakisméno)
• Hebrew: משוריין m (meshuryan)
• Indonesian: lapis baja
• Macedonian: оклоп m (oklop)
• Polish: pojazd opancerzony m
• Portuguese: (veículo) blindado m
• Romanian: vehicul blindat n, blindat (ro) n
• Russian: боева́я брони́рованная маши́на f (bojevája bronírovannaja mašína), ББМ f (BBM), бронетранспортёр (ru) m (bronetransportjór) (armoured personnel carrier)
• Slovak: obrnené vozidlo n
• Slovene: oklepnik m
• Spanish: blindado (es) m
• Yiddish: פּאַנצער m (pantser)

military formation consisting primarily of tanks

• Czech: obrněné vojsko n, obrněná vojska pl
• Dutch: pantserformatie f
• Finnish: panssarijoukot pl, panssariosasto
• Georgian: ჯავშან-ტექნიკა (ǯavšan-ṭekniḳa)
• Greek: τεθωρακισμένα (el) n pl (tethorakisména)
• Polish: wojska pancerne pl
• Romanian: unitate blindată f, trupe blindate f pl
• Russian: бронета́нковые войска́ n pl (bronetánkovyje vojská)
• Slovak: obrnené vojsko n, obrnené vojská pl

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

• Breton: ^{(please verify)} houarnwisk (br) m, ^{(please verify)} hobregon m (1), ^{(please verify)} karbed houarnet (3)
• Interlingua: ^{(please verify)} armatura (1); ^{(please verify)} cuirasse (2); ^{(please verify)} vehiculo blindate, ^{(please verify)} 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.

Translations

to equip with armour

• Danish: pansre
• Finnish: panssaroida (fi); haarniskoida (body armour)
• German: panzern (de)
• Russian: бронирова́ть (ru) impf or pf (bronirovátʹ)
• Swedish: bepansra (sv)

to provide something with an analogous form of protection

• Finnish: panssaroida (fi)

Anagrams

• Marro, Morar, Morra, maror, morra

Albanian

Noun

armor

1. armour (body protection)

Latin

Verb

armor

1. first-person singular present passive indicative of armō

Middle English

Noun

armor

1. alternative form of armure