See also: armée and Armee

Dutch

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Middle Dutch armeye, borrowed from Old French armee, from Latin armāta.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ɑrˈmeː/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: ar‧mee
  • Rhymes: -eː

Noun

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armee f (plural armeeën, diminutive armeetje n)

  1. (dated) army
    Synonym: leger

Estonian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from German Armee.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ɑrˈmeː/, [ɑrˈmeː]

Noun

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armee (genitive armee, partitive armeed)

  1. (military) army (military force concerned mainly with ground operations)
    Synonyms: maavägi, maakaitsevägi

Declension

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Declension of armee (ÕS type 26i/idee, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative armee armeed
accusative nom.
gen. armee
genitive armeede
partitive armeed armeid
armeesid
illative armeesse armeedesse
armeisse
inessive armees armeedes
armeis
elative armeest armeedest
armeist
allative armeele armeedele
armeile
adessive armeel armeedel
armeil
ablative armeelt armeedelt
armeilt
translative armeeks armeedeks
armeiks
terminative armeeni armeedeni
essive armeena armeedena
abessive armeeta armeedeta
comitative armeega armeedega

Derived terms

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Further reading

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Middle English

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Anglo-Norman, Old French armee, 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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Noun

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armee (plural armees)

  1. army

Descendants

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  • English: army

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Middle French

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Alternative forms

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  • armée (16th and 17th centuries)

Etymology

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First attested in French (as opposed to in Anglo-Norman) circa 1370.[1] Borrowed (perhaps via 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).

Noun

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armee f (plural armees)

  1. army

Descendants

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References

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  1. ^ Etymology and history of armée”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
  • armee on Dictionnaire du Moyen Français (1330–1500) (in French)

Old French

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Etymology

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From the feminine past participle of armer, corresponding to 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).

Noun

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armee oblique singularf (oblique plural armees, nominative singular armee, nominative plural armees)

  1. (Anglo-Norman) army
    • 1847, M. Champollion-Figeac, Lettres de rois, reines et autres personnages des cours de France et d'Angleterre depuis Louis VII jusqu'à Henri IV, tirées des archives de Londres, Paris (date of cited texts 1301-1515)
      une autre tres puissante, grande et notable armee
      another very powerful, big and notable army

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Verb

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armee

  1. feminine singular of the past participle of armer