armour

English

Alternative forms

• armor (US)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

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• Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)mə(ɹ)

Noun

armour (countable and uncountable, plural armours)

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

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

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

   Synonyms: carapace, chitin, horn

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

   Synonym: armour 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

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.

Derived terms

• appliqué armour
• armour-piercing
• armour-plated
• armour plating
• armoury
• composite armour
• explosive reactive armour
• reactive armour
• spaced armour
• stand-off armour
• suit of armour

 

Related terms

• arm
• armament
• armaments
• arms

 

Translations

protective layer over a body, vehicle etc.

• Albanian: armor (sq) ?, parzmore (sq) ?
• Arabic: دِرْع m (dirʕ)
• Armenian: զրահ (hy) (zrah), պատյան (hy) (patyan)
• Avar: йарагъ-матахӏ (jarağ-mataḥʳ)
• 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／铁甲 (zh) (tiějiǎ), 铁甲 (zh) (tiějiǎ)

• Czech: brnění (cs) n, zbroj (cs) f, pancíř m
• Danish: rustning c
• Dutch: pantser (nl) n, harnas (nl) n
• Esperanto: kiraso (eo)
• Finnish: haarniska (fi) (body), panssari (fi) (vehicle etc.)
• 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 (kavac)
• Hungarian: páncél (hu), páncélok (hu) pl
• Indonesian: zirah (id)
• Italian: armatura (it) f
• Japanese: 鎧 (ja) (yoroi), 装甲 (sōkō)
• Korean: 갑옷 (ko) (gabot)
• Latgalian: brūne
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• Latin: armātūra ?
• Latvian: bruņas f pl
• Lithuanian: šarvai ?
• Macedonian: оклоп m (oklop), панцир m (pancir)
• Maori: pākai
• Mongolian: хуяг (mn) (xujag)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: rustning m or f (body)

  Nynorsk: rustning f (body)

• 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)
• 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 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), 铠甲 (zh) (kǎijiǎ)

• Czech: krunýř (cs) m, pancíř m (colloquial)
• Finnish: panssari (fi)
• French: cuirasse (fr) f
• German: Panzerung f
• Greek: θωράκιση (el) f (thorákisi)
• Hebrew: שִׁרְיוֹן (he) m (shiryon)
• Italian: corazza (it) f
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• 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)

plate protecting a ship, vehicle or aircraft

• Finnish: panssari (fi)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}

tank — see tank

other heavy mobile assault vehicle

• Albanian: koracë (sq) ?
• Czech: obrněné vozidlo n
• Finnish: panssariajoneuvo (fi)
• Georgian: ჯავშან-ტექნიკა (ǯavšan-ṭekniḳa)
• German: Panzerung f, Panzer (de) m, Panzerkraftwagen
• Greek: τεθωρακισμένο (el) n (tethorakisméno)
• Hebrew: משוריין m (meshuryan)
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• 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, panssariosasto
• Georgian: ჯავშან-ტექნიკა (ǯavšan-ṭekniḳa)
• Greek: τεθωρακισμένα (el) n pl (tethorakisména)
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• 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. 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)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Interlingua: ^{(please verify)} armatura (1); ^{(please verify)} cuirasse (2); ^{(please verify)} vehiculo blindate, ^{(please verify)} blindato (3)

Verb

armour (third-person singular simple present armours, present participle armouring, simple past and past participle armoured)

1. (transitive) To equip something with armour 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)
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• German: panzern (de)

to provide something with an analogous form of protection

• Finnish: panssaroida (fi)
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Middle English

Noun

armour

1. Alternative form of armure

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Old French

Noun

armour oblique singular, f (oblique plural armours, nominative singular armour, nominative plural armours)

1. Late Anglo-Norman spelling of armure

   De rochez et chemyses cover ses armours

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