armure

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Noun

armure (plural armures)

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

French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French armure, from armure, armeüre, from Latin armātūra. Doublet of armature, a borrowing.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /aʁ.myʁ/
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Noun

armure f (plural armures)

  1. armor
  2. (music) key signature

Derived terms

Descendants

  • English: armure
  • Romanian: armură

Further reading

Anagrams

Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Anglo-Norman armure, armeüre, 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

Descendants

References

Middle French

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old French armure, armeüre.

Noun

armure f (plural armures)

  1. armor (protective clothing worn for battle)

Descendants

References

  • Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (armeure, supplement)

Old French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /aɾˈmyɾə/

Noun

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

  1. Alternative form of armeure
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