armadura

armadura

Catalan

armadura

Etymology

From Latin armātūra (“armour”). Compare Occitan armadura or French armure.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /əɾ.məˈdu.ɾə/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /ər.məˈdu.ɾə/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /aɾ.maˈdu.ɾa/

Noun

armadura f (plural armadures)

1. armor (body protection)

   Synonym: arnès

2. framework
3. (music) key signature

Related terms

• armar
• arma

Further reading

• “armadura” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “armadura” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

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Galician

Etymology

From Old Portuguese armadura, from Latin armātūra (“armour”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aɾmaˈduɾa/, [aɾmaˈðuɾɐ]

Noun

armadura f (plural armaduras)

1. armor (body protection)

Related terms

• armar
• arma

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Portuguese

armadura

Etymology

From Old Portuguese armadura, from Latin armātūra (“armour”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aʁ.maˈdu.ɾɐ/ [aɦ.maˈdu.ɾɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aʁ.maˈdu.ɾɐ/ [aɦ.maˈdu.ɾɐ]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /aɾ.maˈdu.ɾɐ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /aʁ.maˈdu.ɾɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /aɻ.maˈdu.ɾa/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐɾ.mɐˈdu.ɾɐ/ [ɐɾ.mɐˈðu.ɾɐ]

• Hyphenation: ar‧ma‧du‧ra

Noun

armadura f (plural armaduras)

1. armor (body protection)
2. armatura (the rotating part of an electric motor or dynamo)
3. (by extension) structure; framework
   • 2015 December 13, Jorge Almeida Fernandes, “Estratégia de Marine Le Pen: devorar a direita tradicional”, in Público‎:

     A FN permanece amarrada aos fundamentos nacionalistas de extrema-direita. "A armadura da sua doutrina permanece uma concepção determinista e étnica da identidade, impermeável aos valores universalistas dos Direitos do Homem e da cidadania republicana. (...)"

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Related terms

• arma
• armar

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Spanish

Etymology

From Old Spanish armadura, from Latin armātūra (“armour”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aɾmaˈduɾa/ [aɾ.maˈð̞u.ɾa]
• Rhymes: -uɾa
• Syllabification: ar‧ma‧du‧ra

Noun

armadura f (plural armaduras)

1. armour
2. frame, framework
3. skeleton

   Synonym: esqueleto

Related terms

• armar
• arma

Further reading

• “armadura”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014