German

Noun

Armee f ‎(genitive Armee, plural Armeen)

1. military (armed forces as a whole)
2. (archaic) army (ground forces)

Declension

Synonyms

• (armed forces): Streitkräfte
• (ground forces): Heer

Middle English

Noun

armee (plural armees)

1. army

Descendants

• English: army (borrowed)

Middle French

Alternative forms

• armée (16th and 17th centuries)

Etymology

First attested in France (as opposed to in Anglo-Norman) circa 1370^[1]. Borrowing from Latin armata (perhaps via Anglo-Norman).

Noun

armee f (plural armees)

1. army

Descendants

• French: armée

References

1. ↑ “armée” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

• armee on Dictionnaire du Moyen Français (1330-1500) (in French)

Old French

Etymology

From Medieval Latin armāta ‎(“armed force”), nominalized feminine form of Latin armātus ‎(“armed”), past participle of armō, armāre ‎(“arm”).

Noun

armee f ‎(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

Descendants

• Middle English: armee
  • English: army
• Norman: armée

Verb

armee

1. feminine singular of the past participle of armer