armor

See also: Armor

English

Alternative forms

• armour (British, Canadian, Australian)

Etymology

From Middle English armure, armour, armor, armeure, borrowed from Anglo-Norman armure, from Old French armeüre, from Latin armātūra. Doublet of armure.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈɑːɹ.mɚ/

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• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈɑː.mə/
• Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)mə(ɹ)

Noun

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

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 armour (noun)

• appliqué armour
• armour-plated
• armour plating

• armoury
• composite armour
• explosive reactive armour

• reactive armour
• spaced armour

• stand-off armour
• suit of armour

Related terms

Terms related to armor

• arm
• armament

• armaments

• arms

• armure

Translations

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

• Albanian: armor (sq), parzmore (sq)
• Arabic: دِرْع‎‎ m (dirʿ)
• Armenian: զրահ (hy) (zrah), պատյան (hy) (patyan)
• Avar: йарагъ-матахӏ (jaraġ-mataḥ)
• Belarusian: браня́ f (branjá), даспе́хі m pl (daspjéxi)
• Bulgarian: броня́ (bg) f (bronjá)
• Catalan: arnès (ca) m, armadura (ca) f
• Chinese:

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

• 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 (abǯari)
• German: Rüstung (de) f
• Greek: θωράκιση (el) f (thorákisi), πανοπλία (el) f (panoplía), οπλισμός (el) m (oplismós)
• Hebrew: שִׁרְיוֹן‎‎ (he) m (shiryon)
• Hindi: कवच (hi) m (kavaca)
• Indonesian: zirah (id)
• Irish: armúr m
• Italian: armatura (it) f
• Japanese: 鎧 (ja) (yoroi), 装甲 (sōkō)
• Korean: 갑옷 (ko) (gabot)

• Latgalian: brūne
• Latin: armātūra
• Latvian: bruņas pl
• Lithuanian: šarvai
• Macedonian: оклоп m (oklop), панцир m (pancir)
• Maori: pākai
• Mongolian: хуяг (mn) (hujag)
• Persian: زره‎‎ (fa) (zereh)
• 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

  Roman: òklop (sh) m

• Slovak: brnenie n
• Slovene: oklep (sl) m
• Spanish: armadura (es) f, blindaje m
• Swedish: rustning (sv) c
• Tagalog: baluti
• Turkish: zırh (tr)
• Ukrainian: броня́ (uk) f (bronjá), ла́ти f pl (láty)
• Vietnamese: áo giáp (vi)

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 (zh), 铠甲 (zh) (kǎijiǎ)

• Czech: krunýř (cs) m, (colloquially) pancíř m
• French: cuirasse (fr) f
• German: Panzerung f
• Greek: θωράκιση (el) f (thorákisi)
• Hebrew: שִׁרְיוֹן‎‎ (he) m (shiryon)
• Irish: armúr m
• Italian: corazza (it)

• Japanese: 鎧 (ja) (yoroi), 装甲 (sōkō)
• Korean: 철갑 (ko) (cheolgap)
• 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 (es) f
• Ukrainian: па́нцир m (páncyr)

tank — see tank

other heavy mobile assault vehicle

• Albanian: koracë (sq)
• Czech: obrněné vozidlo n
• Georgian: ჯავშან-ტექნიკა (ǯavšan-ṭekniḳa)
• 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
• 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

military formation consisting primarily of tanks

• Czech: obrněné vojsko n, obrněná vojska pl
• Finnish: panssarijoukot pl
• 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, removing any numbers. Numbers do not necessarily match those in definitions. 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.

Anagrams

• Marro, Morra, maror, morra

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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

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Middle English

Noun

armor

1. Alternative form of armure