armure

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

armure (plural armures)

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

Related terms

• armor

Anagrams

• Maurer

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

• armurerie
• armurier

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

Middle English

Alternative forms

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

Etymology

Borrowed from Anglo-Norman armure, armeüre, from Latin armātūra. First attested in c. 1300.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

armure (plural armures)

1. Armaments; weapons and armor:
   1. Armour; defensive clothing.
   2. (rare) Weapons; implements for attacking.
2. An armoured soldier or force.
3. Battle, combat; military activity.
4. (rare) Any kind of military equipment.
5. (figurative) A device, implement, or tool.
6. (figurative, rare) A protective layer or coating.

Related terms

• armurer
• armurie
• cote armure

Descendants

• English: armor, armour
• Scots: armour

References

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

Middle French

Alternative forms

• armeure

Etymology

From Old French armure, armeüre.

Noun

armure f (plural armures)

1. armor (protective clothing worn for battle)

Descendants

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

References

• Frédéric Godefroy (1880–1902), “armeure”, in Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle […], Paris: F[riedrich] Vieweg; Émile Bouillon, →OCLC.

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