armor

English

Alternative forms

• armour (British, Canadian, Australian)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

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• Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)mə(ɹ)

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.
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 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
• Arabic: الدّرع m (ạldĩr̊ʿu)
• Armenian: զրահ (zrah), պատյան (patyan)
• Avar: йарагъ-матахӏ (jaraġ-mataḥ)
• Bulgarian: броня (bg) (bronja)
• Catalan: arnès (ca) m, armadura (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 盔甲 (zh) (kuījiǎ)

• Croatian: oklop (sh) m
• Czech: brnění (cs) n, zbroj (cs) f, pancíř m
• Dutch: pantser (nl) n, harnas (nl) n
• Esperanto: kiraso (eo)
• Finnish: haarniska (fi), panssari (fi)
• French: armure (fr) f
• Georgian: აბჯარი (abǰari)
• German: Rüstung (de) f
• Greek: θωράκιση (el) f (thorákisi), πανοπλία (el) f (panoplía), οπλισμός (el) m (oplismós)
• Hebrew: שריון (he) m (shiryon)
• Hindi: कवच m (kavacha)
• Indonesian: zirah (id)

• Italian: armatura (it) f
• Japanese: 鎧 (ja) (yoroi), 装甲 (sōkō)
• Korean: 갑옷 (ko) (gah-beot)
• Latgalian: brūne
• Latin: armātūra
• Latvian: bruņas pl
• Lithuanian: šarvai
• Macedonian: оклоп m (oklop), панцир m (pancir)
• Maori: pākai
• Mongolian: хуяг (hujag)
• Persian: زره (fa) (zereh)
• Polish: zbroja (pl) f, pancerz (pl) m
• Portuguese: armadura (pt) f
• Romanian: armură (ro) f
• Russian: броня́ (ru) f (bronjá), ла́ты (ru) f pl (láty), доспе́хи (ru) m pl (dospéxi)
• Slovak: brnenie n
• Slovene: oklep (sl) m
• Spanish: armadura (es) f, blindaje m
• Swedish: rustning c
• Turkish: zırh (tr)

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

• Armenian: զրահ (zrah), պատյան (patyan)
• Bulgarian: защитна обвивка (zaštitna obvivka)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 鎧甲, 铠甲 (zh) (kǎijiǎ)

• Czech: krunýř m, (colloquially) pancíř m
• French: cuirasse (fr) f
• German: Panzerung f
• Greek: θωράκιση (el) f (thorákisi)

• Hebrew: שריון (he) m
• Japanese: 鎧 (ja) (yoroi), 装甲 (sōkō)
• Macedonian: оклоп m (oklop), школка f (školka)
• Maori: pākai
• Polish: pancerz (pl) m
• Portuguese: couraça (pt) f
• Russian: па́нцирь (ru) m (páncirʹ)
• Slovak: pancier m
• Slovene: oklep (sl) m
• Spanish: coraza f

tank — see tank

other heavy mobile assault vehicle

• Albanian: koracë
• Czech: obrněné vozidlo n
• Georgian: ჯავშან-ტექნიკა (ǰavšan-tek’nika)
• German: Panzerung 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
• 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

military formation consisting primarily of tanks

• Czech: obrněné vojsko n, obrněná vojska pl
• Finnish: panssarijoukot pl
• Georgian: ჯავშან-ტექნიკა (ǰavšan-tek’nika)
• Greek: τεθωρακισμένα (el) n pl (tethorakisména)

• Polish: wojska pancerne 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, removing any numbers. Numbers do not necessarily match those in definitions. See instructions at Help:How to check translations.

Translations to be checked

• 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