armure

armure

English

Etymology

From French armure, from Middle French armure, from Old French armure, from Latin armatura. Doublet of armature and armor.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ɑːˈmjʊə/, /ɑːˈmjɔː/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ɑːˈmjʊɹ/, /ɑːˈmjɚ/

Noun

armure (plural armures)

1. A fabric woven with a raised pattern similar to chain mail.

Related terms

• armor

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French

Etymology

From Middle French armure, from Old French armure, armeüre, inherited from Latin armātūra. Doublet of armature, a borrowing.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aʁ.myʁ/

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Noun

armure f (plural armures)

1. armor

Related terms

• armer
• arme
• armature

Descendants

• → English: armure
• → Romanian: armură

Further reading

• “armure”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• murera, rameur

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Middle English

Alternative forms

• aarmer, armeure, armor, armore, armour, armur, armwr

Etymology

Borrowed from Anglo-Norman armure, from Latin armātūra.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /armˈɛu̯r(ə)/, /armˈiu̯r(ə)/, /armˈuːr(ə)/, /ˈarmur(ə)/, /ˈarmər(ə)/

Noun

armure (plural armures)

1. weaponry, the tools of warfare
2. armour, protection
3. weapons; arms
4. A armoured troop or soldier
5. A military action or event
6. (figurative) An implement; a device

Related terms

• armurer
• armurie
• cote armure

Descendants

• English: armor, armour, armure
• Scots: armour

References

• “armüre, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-12.

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Middle French

Alternative forms

• armeure

Etymology

From Old French armure, armeure.

Noun

armure f (plural armures)

1. armor (protective clothing worn for battle)

Descendants

• French: armure
  • → English: armure
  • → Romanian: armură

References

• Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (armeure, supplement)

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Old French

Alternative forms

• armeure, armeüre, armor, armour, armur

Etymology

From Latin armātūra.

Noun

armure f (oblique plural armures, nominative singular armure, nominative plural armures)

1. armor (protective clothing worn for battle)

Descendants

• Middle French: armure
  • French: armure
    • → English: armure
    • → Romanian: armură
• → Middle English: armure, aarmer, armeure, armor, armore, armour, armur, armwr
  • English: armor, armour, armure
  • Scots: armour

See also

• hernois
• escut
• helme

References

• Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (armeure, supplement)