armée

See also: armee and Armee

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/

• Audio; “une armée”:

  (file)

Noun

armée f (plural armées)

1. (military) army
2. (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.

Derived terms

• armée de l’air
• armée de l’espace
• armée de mer
• armée de terre

 

Descendants

• → Norwegian Bokmål: armé

Adjective

armée

1. feminine singular of armé

Participle

armée f sg

1. feminine singular of armé

Synonyms

• armée de terre
• forces terrestres
• forces militaires

Derived terms

• armée de mer
• armée de l’air
• armée de l’espace

Related terms

• arme
• armer
• armure

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• amère, marée, ramée

Middle French

Noun

armée f (plural armées)

1. Alternative form of armee

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

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

armée f (plural armées)

1. (military) army