armor
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- Royaume-Uni//ˈɑː.mə//
- États-Unis//ˈɑːɹ.mɚ//
A protective layer over a body, vehicle, or other object intended to deflect or diffuse damaging forces.
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- 1
A protective layer over a body, vehicle, or other object intended to deflect or diffuse damaging forces.
a suit of armor
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
A natural form of this kind of protection on an animal's body.
- 3
A metal plate, protecting a ship, military vehicle, or aircraft.
- 4
A tank, or other heavy mobile assault vehicle.
- 5
A military formation consisting primarily of tanks or other armoured fighting vehicles, collectively.
Good work, Chief. Link up with our armor on the far side of the wall.
- 6
The naturally occurring surface of pebbles, rocks or boulders that line the bed of a waterway or beach and provide protection against erosion.
Étymologie
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂er-der. Proto-Indo-European *h₂(e)rmosder. 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).
verbe
- 1
To equip something with armor or a protective coating or hardening.
- 2
To provide something with an analogous form of protection.
Formes
- pluriel
- armors
- passé
- armored
- participe passé
- armored
- participe présent
- armoring
- 3ᵉ personne du singulier
- armors
armor · A protective layer over a body, vehicle, or other object intended to deflect or diffuse damaging forces.
Armor · A surname.armored · Clad or equipped with arms or armor.armory · American standard spelling of armoury.