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 spelling)

(uncountable) A protective layer over a body, vehicle, or other object intended to deflect or diffuse damaging forces.
(uncountable) A natural form of this kind of protection on an animal's body.
(uncountable) Metal plate, protecting a ship, military vehicle, or aircraft.
(countable) A tank, or other heavy mobile assault vehicle.
(military, uncountable) A military formation consisting primarily of tanks or other armoured fighting vehicles, collectively.
(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

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)
Icelandic: brynja (is) m
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
Finnish: panssari (fi)
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
Finnish: panssariajoneuvo
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)

(transitive) To equip something with armor or a protective coating or hardening.
(transitive) To provide something with an analogous form of protection.

Anagrams

Marro, Morra, maror, morra

Albanian

Noun

armor

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

Latin

Verb

armor

first-person singular present passive indicative of armō

Middle English

Noun

armor

Alternative form of armure

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