armer

See also: Armer and ärmer

English

Etymology

From arm +‎ -er.

Noun

armer (plural armers)

1. One who arms, or supplies weapons.

Synonyms

• armorer

Coordinate terms

• arms dealer
• armsmaker

Adjective

armer

1. comparative form of arm: more arm

See also

• strong-armer

Anagrams

• rearm, marre, Ramer

Catalan

Etymology

From arma +‎ -er, or less likely from Latin armārius, from arma; compare Spanish armero, Portuguese armeiro, old Italian armaio.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ərˈme]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [aɾˈmeɾ]

Noun

armer m (plural armers, feminine armera)

1. armourer

Related terms

• armar

Dutch

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -ɑrmər

Adjective

armer

1. comparative degree of arm

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French armer, from Latin armāre. By surface analysis, arme +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aʁ.me/

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Verb

armer

1. to arm (equip with weapons)
2. to dub (a knight)

Conjugation

Conjugation of armer (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	armer
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	armant /aʁ.mɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		armé /aʁ.me/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	arme /aʁm/	armes /aʁm/	arme /aʁm/	armons /aʁ.mɔ̃/	armez /aʁ.me/	arment /aʁm/
	imperfect	armais /aʁ.mɛ/	armais /aʁ.mɛ/	armait /aʁ.mɛ/	armions /aʁ.mjɔ̃/	armiez /aʁ.mje/	armaient /aʁ.mɛ/
	past historic2	armai /aʁ.me/	armas /aʁ.ma/	arma /aʁ.ma/	armâmes /aʁ.mam/	armâtes /aʁ.mat/	armèrent /aʁ.mɛʁ/
	future	armerai /aʁ.mə.ʁe/	armeras /aʁ.mə.ʁa/	armera /aʁ.mə.ʁa/	armerons /aʁ.mə.ʁɔ̃/	armerez /aʁ.mə.ʁe/	armeront /aʁ.mə.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	armerais /aʁ.mə.ʁɛ/	armerais /aʁ.mə.ʁɛ/	armerait /aʁ.mə.ʁɛ/	armerions /aʁ.mə.ʁjɔ̃/	armeriez /aʁ.mə.ʁje/	armeraient /aʁ.mə.ʁɛ/
(compound tenses)	present perfect	present indicative of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
	past anterior2	past historic of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il, qu’elle	que nous	que vous	qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple tenses)	present	arme /aʁm/	armes /aʁm/	arme /aʁm/	armions /aʁ.mjɔ̃/	armiez /aʁ.mje/	arment /aʁm/
	imperfect2	armasse /aʁ.mas/	armasses /aʁ.mas/	armât /aʁ.ma/	armassions /aʁ.ma.sjɔ̃/	armassiez /aʁ.ma.sje/	armassent /aʁ.mas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	arme /aʁm/	—	armons /aʁ.mɔ̃/	armez /aʁ.me/	—
compound		—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way: past historic → present perfect past anterior → pluperfect imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Derived terms

• vol à main armée

Related terms

• arme
• armée
• armure

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• marre
• ramer

German

Pronunciation

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Adjective

armer

1. inflection of arm:
   1. strong/mixed nominative masculine singular
   2. strong genitive/dative feminine singular
   3. strong genitive plural

Latin

Verb

armer

1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of armō

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

armer m

1. indefinite plural of arm

Old French

Etymology

From Latin armāre.

Verb

armer

1. to arm (equip with weapons)

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. The forms that would normally end in *-rms, *-rmt are modified to rs, rt. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

    Conjugation of armer (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		armer			avoir armé
gerund		en armant			gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle		armant
past participle		armé
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	arm	armes	arme	armons	armez	arment
	imperfect	armoie, armeie, armoe, armeve	armoies, armeies, armoes, armeves	armoit, armeit, armot, armeve	armiiens, armiens	armiiez, armiez	armoient, armeient, armoent, armevent
	preterite	armai	armas	arma	armames	armastes	armerent
	future	armerai	armeras	armera	armerons	armeroiz, armereiz, armerez	armeront
	conditional	armeroie, armereie	armeroies, armereies	armeroit, armereit	armeriiens, armeriens	armeriiez, armeriez	armeroient, armereient
compound tenses	present perfect	present tense of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect tense of avoir + past participle
	past anterior	preterite tense of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future tense of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional tense of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que jo	que tu	qu’il	que nos	que vos	qu’il
simple tenses	present	arm	ars	art	armons	armez	arment
	imperfect	armasse	armasses	armast	armissons, armissiens	armissoiz, armissez, armissiez	armassent
compound tenses	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
		—	arme	—	armons	armez	—

Derived terms

• desarmer

Related terms

• arme
• armee
• armure

Descendants

• French: armer
• → Middle English: armen
  • English: arm
  • Scots: airm