arme

See also: Arme, armé, and armë

English

Noun

arme (plural armes)

1. Obsolete spelling of arm.

Verb

arme (third-person singular simple present armes, present participle arming, simple past and past participle armed)

1. Obsolete spelling of arm.

Anagrams

• mera, Amer., rame, mear, Ream, amer., Arem, Erma, Maré, Maer, mare, ream, Mera

Breton

Noun

arme f

1. army

Danish

Etymology 1

From French armée (“army”).

Alternative forms

• armé

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /armeː/, [ɑˈmeːˀ]

Noun

arme c (singular definite armeen, plural indefinite armeer)

1. army

Inflection

Declension of arme

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	arme	armeen	armeer	armeerne
genitive	armes	armeens	armeers	armeernes

Further reading

• arme on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^da

Etymology 2

See arm (“arm”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /armə/, [ˈɑːmə]

Noun

arme c

1. indefinite plural of arm

Etymology 3

See arm (“poor, unfortunate”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /armə/, [ˈɑːmə]

Adjective

arme

1. inflection of arm:
   1. definite singular
   2. plural

Dutch

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Adjective

arme

1. inflection of arm:
   1. masculine/feminine singular attributive
   2. definite neuter singular attributive
   3. plural attributive

Anagrams

• mare, rame

Estonian

Noun

arme

1. partitive plural of arm

French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French arme, from Old French arme, from Late Latin arma (“weapon”), from Latin arma (“defensive arms”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂(e)rmos (“fitting”), from the root *h₂er- (“to join”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aʁm/

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Noun

arme f (plural armes)

1. a weapon, arms

Derived terms

• à armes égales
• arme à double tranchant
• arme à feu
• arme à impulsion électrique
• arme biologique
• arme blanche
• arme chimique
• arme de destruction massive
• arme du crime
• arme d’hast
• armée
• armement
• armer
• armoire
• armure
• aux armes
• avec armes et bagages
• déposer les armes
• faire ses premières armes
• fait d’armes
• frère d’armes
• maître d’armes
• marteau d’armes
• masse d’armes
• pas d’armes
• passer l’arme à gauche
• passer par les armes
• place d’armes
• prendre les armes
• salle d’armes

 

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• amer, mare, rame, ramé

Friulian

Etymology

From Late Latin arma (“weapon”), from Latin arma (“defensive arms”).

Noun

arme f (plural armis)

1. weapon

Related terms

• armâ
• armade
• armadure
• armâr

German

Pronunciation

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Adjective

arme

1. inflection of arm:
   1. strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular
   2. strong nominative/accusative plural
   3. weak nominative all-gender singular
   4. weak accusative feminine/neuter singular

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈar.me/
• Rhymes: -arme
• Hyphenation: àr‧me

Noun

arme f (archaic)

1. plural of arma

Noun

arme m (plural armi)

1. blazon; coat of arms; crest

   Synonyms: stemma, insegna

Anagrams

• Mera, erma, mare, mera, rame, rema

Latin

Noun

arme

1. vocative singular of armus

Middle French

Etymology

From Old French arme.

Noun

arme f (plural armes)

1. arm; weapon

Descendants

• French: arme

Norman

Etymology

From Old French arme, from Late Latin arma (“weapon”), from Latin arma (“defensive arms”).

Pronunciation

• Audio (Jersey):

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Noun

arme f (plural armes)

1. (Jersey) gun

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

Adjective

arme

1. definite singular of arm
2. plural of arm

Etymology 2

Noun

arme m (definite singular armeen, indefinite plural armeer, definite plural armeene)

1. alternative spelling of armé

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²ɑr.mə/

Adjective

arme

1. definite singular of arm
2. plural of arm

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɑrˈmeː/

Noun

arme m (definite singular armeen, indefinite plural armear, definite plural armeane)

1. alternative spelling of armé

References

• “arme” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Anagrams

• amer, armé, erma

Old French

Etymology

From Late Latin arma, from Latin arma.

Noun

arme oblique singular, f (oblique plural armes, nominative singular arme, nominative plural armes)

1. weapon

Derived terms

• armer
• desarmer

Descendants

• Middle French: arme
  • French: arme
• Norman: arme
• → Breton: arm
• → Middle English: armes (via the plural)
  • English: arms
    • ⇒ English: arm (back-formation)
  • → Middle Irish: armas
    • Irish: armas

Portuguese

Verb

arme

1. inflection of armar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈarme]

Noun

arme

1. inflection of armă:
   1. plural
   2. genitive/dative singular

Spanish

Verb

arme

1. inflection of armar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Swedish

Adjective

arme

1. definite natural masculine singular of arm

Anagrams

• amer., mera

Vandalic

Verb

arme

1. Second person singular imperative form of *arman