armée
French
Etymology
Inherited from Middle French armee, from the feminine past participle of the verb armer; first attested in French circa 1370 (except in Anglo-Norman), borrowed through Anglo-Norman from Medieval Latin armāta (“armed force”), the neuter plural form of the past participle of Latin armō (“to arm”), from arma (“arms, weapons”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂(e)rmos (“fitting”), from the root *h₂er- (“to join”). Doublet of armada, a borrowing from Spanish. Displaced Latin exercitus (“army”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /aʁ.me/
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Noun
armée f (plural armées)
- (military) army
- (military) armed forces
- Une doctrine militaire est constituée des principes fondamentaux selon lesquels l’armée ou certaines de ses parties accomplissent leurs tâches pour atteindre les objectifs nationaux.
- Military doctrine is made up of fundamental principles according to which the armed forces, or certain parts of them, perform their duties in order to achieve national objectives.
Descendants
- → Norwegian Bokmål: armé
Derived terms
Further reading
- “armée”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Norman
Etymology
From Old French armee, from the feminine past participle of the verb armer, from Anglo-Norman armee, borrowed from Medieval Latin armāta (“armed force”), the neuter plural form of the past participle of Latin armō (“to arm”), from arma (“arms, weapons”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂(e)rmos (“fitting”), from the root *h₂er- (“to join”).
Pronunciation
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