Standard Lemma guide

armor

name · noun · verb · 13 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈɑː.mə/
  • US: /ˈɑːɹ.mɚ/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -ɑː(ɹ)mə(ɹ)
  • CMU ARPABET: AA1 R M ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

name

Meaning 1

A surname.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A protective layer over a body, vehicle, or other object intended to deflect or diffuse damaging forces.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: US, uncountable

Examples

  • a suit of armor

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

A natural form of this kind of protection on an animal's body.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: US, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: carapace, chitin, horn

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

A metal plate, protecting a ship, military vehicle, or aircraft.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: US, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: armor plate

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

A tank, or other heavy mobile assault vehicle.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: US, countable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

noun

Meaning 6

A military formation consisting primarily of tanks or other armoured fighting vehicles, collectively.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: US, uncountable

Topics: government, military, politics, war

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: cavalry, mechanized

Antonyms: none provided

7

noun

Meaning 7

The naturally occurring surface of pebbles, rocks or boulders that line the bed of a waterway or beach and provide protection against erosion.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: US, uncountable

Topics: geography, hydrology, natural-sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

8

verb

Meaning 8

To equip something with armor or a protective coating or hardening.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: US, transitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

9

verb

Meaning 9

To provide something with an analogous form of protection.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: US, transitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

10

noun

Meaning 10

tough more-or-less rigid protective covering of an animal or plant

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: armour

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: protective covering

11

noun

Meaning 11

protective covering made of metal and used in combat

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: armour

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: protective covering, protective cover, protection

Narrower terms: body armor, body armour, suit of armor, suit of armour, coat of mail, cataphract, shield, buckler

12

noun

Meaning 12

a military unit consisting of armored fighting vehicles

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: armour

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: military unit, military force, military group, force

13

verb

Meaning 13

equip with armor

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: armour

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: equip, fit, fit out, outfit

History

Etymology

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).

Across languages

Translations

180 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: tarogzë — protective layer over a body, vehicle, or other object intended to deflect or diffuse damaging forces
  • Albanian: parzmore — protective layer over a body, vehicle, or other object intended to deflect or diffuse damaging forces
  • Arabic: دِرْع (dirʕ) — protective layer over a body, vehicle, or other object intended to deflect or diffuse damaging forces
  • Armenian: զրահ (zrah) — protective layer over a body, vehicle, or other object intended to deflect or diffuse damaging forces
  • Armenian: պատյան (patyan) — protective layer over a body, vehicle, or other object intended to deflect or diffuse damaging forces
  • Asturian: armadura — protective layer over a body, vehicle, or other object intended to deflect or diffuse damaging forces
  • Asturian: cenonda — protective layer over a body, vehicle, or other object intended to deflect or diffuse damaging forces
  • Asturian: cimbla — protective layer over a body, vehicle, or other object intended to deflect or diffuse damaging forces
  • Avar: йарагъ-матахӏ (jarağ-mataḥr) — protective layer over a body, vehicle, or other object intended to deflect or diffuse damaging forces
  • Azerbaijani: zireh — protective layer over a body, vehicle, or other object intended to deflect or diffuse damaging forces
  • Azerbaijani: dəmir geyim — protective layer over a body, vehicle, or other object intended to deflect or diffuse damaging forces
  • Azerbaijani: yaraq-əsləhə — protective layer over a body, vehicle, or other object intended to deflect or diffuse damaging forces
  • Azerbaijani: yaraq-əsbab — protective layer over a body, vehicle, or other object intended to deflect or diffuse damaging forces
  • Azerbaijani: yaraq-yasaq — protective layer over a body, vehicle, or other object intended to deflect or diffuse damaging forces
  • Bashkir: һауыт (hawıt) — protective layer over a body, vehicle, or other object intended to deflect or diffuse damaging forces
  • Belarusian: браня́ (branjá) — protective layer over a body, vehicle, or other object intended to deflect or diffuse damaging forces
  • Belarusian: даспе́хі (daspjéxi) — protective layer over a body, vehicle, or other object intended to deflect or diffuse damaging forces
  • Bulgarian: броня́ (bronjá) — protective layer over a body, vehicle, or other object intended to deflect or diffuse damaging forces
  • Catalan: arnès — protective layer over a body, vehicle, or other object intended to deflect or diffuse damaging forces
  • Catalan: armadura — protective layer over a body, vehicle, or other object intended to deflect or diffuse damaging forces
  • Chinese Mandarin: 盔甲 (kuījiǎ) — protective layer over a body, vehicle, or other object intended to deflect or diffuse damaging forces
  • Chinese Mandarin: 鐵甲 /铁甲 (tiějiǎ) — protective layer over a body, vehicle, or other object intended to deflect or diffuse damaging forces
  • Chinese Mandarin: 鎧甲 /铠甲 (kǎijiǎ) — protective layer over a body, vehicle, or other object intended to deflect or diffuse damaging forces
  • Czech: brnění — protective layer over a body, vehicle, or other object intended to deflect or diffuse damaging forces
  • Czech: zbroj — protective layer over a body, vehicle, or other object intended to deflect or diffuse damaging forces
  • Czech: pancíř — protective layer over a body, vehicle, or other object intended to deflect or diffuse damaging forces
  • Danish: rustning — protective layer over a body, vehicle, or other object intended to deflect or diffuse damaging forces
  • Dutch: pantser — protective layer over a body, vehicle, or other object intended to deflect or diffuse damaging forces
  • Dutch: harnas — protective layer over a body, vehicle, or other object intended to deflect or diffuse damaging forces
  • Esperanto: kiraso — protective layer over a body, vehicle, or other object intended to deflect or diffuse damaging forces
  • Esperanto: armaĵo — protective layer over a body, vehicle, or other object intended to deflect or diffuse damaging forces
  • Finnish: haarniska — protective layer over a body, vehicle, or other object intended to deflect or diffuse damaging forces
  • Finnish: panssari — protective layer over a body, vehicle, or other object intended to deflect or diffuse damaging forces
  • French: armure — protective layer over a body, vehicle, or other object intended to deflect or diffuse damaging forces
  • Galician: armadura — protective layer over a body, vehicle, or other object intended to deflect or diffuse damaging forces
  • Georgian: ჯავშანი (ǯavšani) — protective layer over a body, vehicle, or other object intended to deflect or diffuse damaging forces
  • Georgian: აბჯარი (abǯari) — protective layer over a body, vehicle, or other object intended to deflect or diffuse damaging forces
  • Georgian: საჭურველი (sač̣urveli) — protective layer over a body, vehicle, or other object intended to deflect or diffuse damaging forces
  • German: Rüstung — protective layer over a body, vehicle, or other object intended to deflect or diffuse damaging forces
  • German: Panzerung — protective layer over a body, vehicle, or other object intended to deflect or diffuse damaging forces
  • German: Armierung — protective layer over a body, vehicle, or other object intended to deflect or diffuse damaging forces
  • German: Bewehrung — protective layer over a body, vehicle, or other object intended to deflect or diffuse damaging forces
  • Greek: θωράκιση (thorákisi) — protective layer over a body, vehicle, or other object intended to deflect or diffuse damaging forces
  • Greek: πανοπλία (panoplía) — protective layer over a body, vehicle, or other object intended to deflect or diffuse damaging forces
  • Greek: οπλισμός (oplismós) — protective layer over a body, vehicle, or other object intended to deflect or diffuse damaging forces
  • Ancient Greek: πανοπλία (panoplía) — protective layer over a body, vehicle, or other object intended to deflect or diffuse damaging forces
  • Hebrew: שִׁרְיוֹן (shiryon) — protective layer over a body, vehicle, or other object intended to deflect or diffuse damaging forces
  • Hindi: कवच (kavac) — protective layer over a body, vehicle, or other object intended to deflect or diffuse damaging forces
  • Hungarian: páncél — protective layer over a body, vehicle, or other object intended to deflect or diffuse damaging forces
  • Hungarian: páncélok — protective layer over a body, vehicle, or other object intended to deflect or diffuse damaging forces
  • Icelandic: brynja — protective layer over a body, vehicle, or other object intended to deflect or diffuse damaging forces
  • Indonesian: zirah — protective layer over a body, vehicle, or other object intended to deflect or diffuse damaging forces
  • Irish: armúr — protective layer over a body, vehicle, or other object intended to deflect or diffuse damaging forces
  • Italian: armatura — protective layer over a body, vehicle, or other object intended to deflect or diffuse damaging forces
  • Japanese: 鎧 (yoroi) — protective layer over a body, vehicle, or other object intended to deflect or diffuse damaging forces
  • Japanese: 装甲 (sōkō) — protective layer over a body, vehicle, or other object intended to deflect or diffuse damaging forces
  • Khmer: ក្រោះ (krɑh) — protective layer over a body, vehicle, or other object intended to deflect or diffuse damaging forces
  • Korean: 갑옷 (gabot) — protective layer over a body, vehicle, or other object intended to deflect or diffuse damaging forces
  • Kyrgyz: кыяк (kıyak) — protective layer over a body, vehicle, or other object intended to deflect or diffuse damaging forces
  • Latgalian: brūne — protective layer over a body, vehicle, or other object intended to deflect or diffuse damaging forces
  • Latin: armātūra — protective layer over a body, vehicle, or other object intended to deflect or diffuse damaging forces
  • Latvian: bruņas — protective layer over a body, vehicle, or other object intended to deflect or diffuse damaging forces
  • Lithuanian: šarvai — protective layer over a body, vehicle, or other object intended to deflect or diffuse damaging forces
  • Macedonian: оклоп (oklop) — protective layer over a body, vehicle, or other object intended to deflect or diffuse damaging forces
  • Macedonian: панцир (pancir) — protective layer over a body, vehicle, or other object intended to deflect or diffuse damaging forces
  • Maltese: armatura — protective layer over a body, vehicle, or other object intended to deflect or diffuse damaging forces
  • Manchu: ᡠᡴ᠋ᠰᡳ᠍ᠨ (uksin) — protective layer over a body, vehicle, or other object intended to deflect or diffuse damaging forces
  • Māori: pākai — protective layer over a body, vehicle, or other object intended to deflect or diffuse damaging forces
  • Maranao: bakakes — protective layer over a body, vehicle, or other object intended to deflect or diffuse damaging forces
  • Marathi: कवच (kavac) — protective layer over a body, vehicle, or other object intended to deflect or diffuse damaging forces
  • Mingrelian: ანჯარი (anǯari) — protective layer over a body, vehicle, or other object intended to deflect or diffuse damaging forces
  • Mon: ပၠောံခြပ် — protective layer over a body, vehicle, or other object intended to deflect or diffuse damaging forces
  • Mongolian: хуяг (xujag) — protective layer over a body, vehicle, or other object intended to deflect or diffuse damaging forces
  • Norwegian Bokmål: rustning — protective layer over a body, vehicle, or other object intended to deflect or diffuse damaging forces
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: rustning — protective layer over a body, vehicle, or other object intended to deflect or diffuse damaging forces
  • Occitan: armadura — protective layer over a body, vehicle, or other object intended to deflect or diffuse damaging forces
  • Old English: byrne — protective layer over a body, vehicle, or other object intended to deflect or diffuse damaging forces
  • Ossetian: згъӕрӕфтыд (zǧæræftyd) — protective layer over a body, vehicle, or other object intended to deflect or diffuse damaging forces
  • Pali: kavaca — protective layer over a body, vehicle, or other object intended to deflect or diffuse damaging forces
  • Persian: زره (zere) — protective layer over a body, vehicle, or other object intended to deflect or diffuse damaging forces
  • Polish: zbroja — protective layer over a body, vehicle, or other object intended to deflect or diffuse damaging forces
  • Polish: pancerz — protective layer over a body, vehicle, or other object intended to deflect or diffuse damaging forces
  • Portuguese: armadura — protective layer over a body, vehicle, or other object intended to deflect or diffuse damaging forces
  • Romanian: armură — protective layer over a body, vehicle, or other object intended to deflect or diffuse damaging forces
  • Romanian: blindaj — protective layer over a body, vehicle, or other object intended to deflect or diffuse damaging forces
  • Russian: броня́ (bronjá) — protective layer over a body, vehicle, or other object intended to deflect or diffuse damaging forces
  • Russian: ла́ты (láty) — protective layer over a body, vehicle, or other object intended to deflect or diffuse damaging forces
  • Russian: доспе́хи (dospéxi) — protective layer over a body, vehicle, or other object intended to deflect or diffuse damaging forces
  • Serbo-Croatian: о̀клоп — protective layer over a body, vehicle, or other object intended to deflect or diffuse damaging forces
  • Serbo-Croatian: òklop — protective layer over a body, vehicle, or other object intended to deflect or diffuse damaging forces
  • Slovak: brnenie — protective layer over a body, vehicle, or other object intended to deflect or diffuse damaging forces
  • Slovene: oklep — protective layer over a body, vehicle, or other object intended to deflect or diffuse damaging forces
  • Southern Altai: куйак (kuyak) — protective layer over a body, vehicle, or other object intended to deflect or diffuse damaging forces
  • Spanish: armadura — protective layer over a body, vehicle, or other object intended to deflect or diffuse damaging forces
  • Spanish: blindaje — protective layer over a body, vehicle, or other object intended to deflect or diffuse damaging forces
  • Swedish: rustning — protective layer over a body, vehicle, or other object intended to deflect or diffuse damaging forces
  • Tagalog: baluti — protective layer over a body, vehicle, or other object intended to deflect or diffuse damaging forces
  • Thai: เกราะ (kerāa) — protective layer over a body, vehicle, or other object intended to deflect or diffuse damaging forces
  • Turkish: zırh — protective layer over a body, vehicle, or other object intended to deflect or diffuse damaging forces
  • Ugaritic: 𐎘𐎗𐎊𐎐 (ṯryn) — protective layer over a body, vehicle, or other object intended to deflect or diffuse damaging forces
  • Ukrainian: броня́ (bronjá) — protective layer over a body, vehicle, or other object intended to deflect or diffuse damaging forces
  • Ukrainian: ла́ти (láty) — protective layer over a body, vehicle, or other object intended to deflect or diffuse damaging forces
  • Vietnamese: áo giáp — protective layer over a body, vehicle, or other object intended to deflect or diffuse damaging forces
  • Vietnamese: giáp — protective layer over a body, vehicle, or other object intended to deflect or diffuse damaging forces
  • Yiddish: פּאַנצער (pantser) — protective layer over a body, vehicle, or other object intended to deflect or diffuse damaging forces
  • Armenian: զրահ (zrah) — natural form of this kind of protection on an animal's body
  • Armenian: պատյան (patyan) — natural form of this kind of protection on an animal's body
  • Belarusian: па́нцыр (páncyr) — natural form of this kind of protection on an animal's body
  • Bulgarian: защитна обвивка (zaštitna obvivka) — natural form of this kind of protection on an animal's body
  • Chinese Mandarin: 鎧甲 /铠甲 (kǎijiǎ) — natural form of this kind of protection on an animal's body
  • Czech: krunýř — natural form of this kind of protection on an animal's body
  • Czech: pancíř — natural form of this kind of protection on an animal's body
  • Dutch: pantser — natural form of this kind of protection on an animal's body
  • Finnish: panssari — natural form of this kind of protection on an animal's body
  • French: cuirasse — natural form of this kind of protection on an animal's body
  • German: Panzerung — natural form of this kind of protection on an animal's body
  • Greek: θωράκιση (thorákisi) — natural form of this kind of protection on an animal's body
  • Hebrew: שִׁרְיוֹן (shiryon) — natural form of this kind of protection on an animal's body
  • Irish: armúr — natural form of this kind of protection on an animal's body
  • Italian: corazza — natural form of this kind of protection on an animal's body
  • Japanese: 鎧 (yoroi) — natural form of this kind of protection on an animal's body
  • Japanese: 装甲 (sōkō) — natural form of this kind of protection on an animal's body
  • Korean: 철갑 (cheolgap) — natural form of this kind of protection on an animal's body
  • Macedonian: оклоп (oklop) — natural form of this kind of protection on an animal's body
  • Macedonian: школка (školka) — natural form of this kind of protection on an animal's body
  • Māori: pākai — natural form of this kind of protection on an animal's body
  • Marathi: कवच (kavac) — natural form of this kind of protection on an animal's body
  • Polish: pancerz — natural form of this kind of protection on an animal's body
  • Portuguese: couraça — natural form of this kind of protection on an animal's body
  • Russian: па́нцирь (páncirʹ) — natural form of this kind of protection on an animal's body
  • Siberian Tatar: ҡуйаҡ (quyaq) — natural form of this kind of protection on an animal's body
  • Slovak: pancier — natural form of this kind of protection on an animal's body
  • Slovene: oklep — natural form of this kind of protection on an animal's body
  • Southern Altai: куйак (kuyak) — natural form of this kind of protection on an animal's body
  • Spanish: coraza — natural form of this kind of protection on an animal's body
  • Ukrainian: па́нцир (páncyr) — natural form of this kind of protection on an animal's body
  • Uyghur: қуяқ (quyaq) — natural form of this kind of protection on an animal's body
  • Albanian: koracë — other heavy mobile assault vehicle
  • Czech: obrněné vozidlo — other heavy mobile assault vehicle
  • Dutch: pantservoertuig — other heavy mobile assault vehicle
  • Finnish: panssariajoneuvo — other heavy mobile assault vehicle
  • Georgian: ჯავშან-ტექნიკა (ǯavšan-ṭekniḳa) — other heavy mobile assault vehicle
  • German: Panzerung — other heavy mobile assault vehicle
  • German: Panzer — other heavy mobile assault vehicle
  • German: Panzerkraftwagen — other heavy mobile assault vehicle
  • Greek: τεθωρακισμένο (tethorakisméno) — other heavy mobile assault vehicle
  • Hebrew: משוריין (meshuryan) — other heavy mobile assault vehicle
  • Indonesian: lapis baja — other heavy mobile assault vehicle
  • Macedonian: оклоп (oklop) — other heavy mobile assault vehicle
  • Polish: pojazd opancerzony — other heavy mobile assault vehicle
  • Portuguese: (veículo) blindado — other heavy mobile assault vehicle
  • Romanian: vehicul blindat — other heavy mobile assault vehicle
  • Romanian: blindat — other heavy mobile assault vehicle
  • Russian: боева́я брони́рованная маши́на (bojevája bronírovannaja mašína) — other heavy mobile assault vehicle
  • Russian: ББМ (BBM) — other heavy mobile assault vehicle
  • Russian: бронетранспортёр (bronetransportjór) — other heavy mobile assault vehicle
  • Slovak: obrnené vozidlo — other heavy mobile assault vehicle
  • Slovene: oklepnik — other heavy mobile assault vehicle
  • Spanish: blindado — other heavy mobile assault vehicle
  • Yiddish: פּאַנצער (pantser) — other heavy mobile assault vehicle
  • Czech: obrněné vojsko — military formation consisting primarily of tanks
  • Czech: obrněná vojska — military formation consisting primarily of tanks
  • Dutch: pantserformatie — military formation consisting primarily of tanks
  • Finnish: panssarijoukot — military formation consisting primarily of tanks
  • Finnish: panssariosasto — military formation consisting primarily of tanks
  • Georgian: ჯავშან-ტექნიკა (ǯavšan-ṭekniḳa) — military formation consisting primarily of tanks
  • Greek: τεθωρακισμένα (tethorakisména) — military formation consisting primarily of tanks
  • Polish: wojska pancerne — military formation consisting primarily of tanks
  • Romanian: unitate blindată — military formation consisting primarily of tanks
  • Romanian: trupe blindate — military formation consisting primarily of tanks
  • Russian: бронета́нковые войска́ (bronetánkovyje vojská) — military formation consisting primarily of tanks
  • Slovak: obrnené vojsko — military formation consisting primarily of tanks
  • Slovak: obrnené vojská — military formation consisting primarily of tanks
  • Danish: pansre — to equip with armour
  • Finnish: panssaroida — to equip with armour
  • Finnish: haarniskoida — to equip with armour
  • German: panzern — to equip with armour
  • Russian: бронирова́ть (bronirovátʹ) — to equip with armour
  • Swedish: bepansra — to equip with armour
  • Finnish: panssaroida — to provide something with an analogous form of protection
Real reading context

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