armadura

Catalan

armadura

Etymology

Inherited from Latin armātūra (“armour”). Compare Occitan armadura or French armure.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ər.məˈðu.ɾə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [aɾ.maˈðu.ɾa]

Noun

armadura f (plural armadures)

1. armor (body protection)

   Synonym: arnès

2. framework
3. (music) key signature

Related terms

• armar
• arma

Further reading

• “armadura” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “armadura” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Galician

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese armadura, from Latin armātūra (“armour”). Compare Portuguese armadura.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aɾmaˈduɾa/, [aɾmaˈðuɾɐ]

Noun

armadura f (plural armaduras)

1. armor (body protection)

Related terms

• armar
• arma

Further reading

• “armadura”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2024

Old Galician-Portuguese

Etymology

Inherited from Latin armātūra (“armour”).

Noun

armadura f (plural armaduras)

1. armor (body protection)

Related terms

• arma
• armado
• armar

 

Descendants

• Galician: armadura
• Portuguese: armadura

Further reading

• Universo Cantigas - "armadura"

Portuguese

armadura

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese armadura, from Latin armātūra (“armour”). Compare Galician armadura.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aʁ.maˈdu.ɾɐ/ [aɦ.maˈdu.ɾɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aʁ.maˈdu.ɾɐ/ [aɦ.maˈdu.ɾɐ]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /aɾ.maˈdu.ɾɐ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /aʁ.maˈdu.ɾɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /aɻ.maˈdu.ɾa/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐɾ.mɐˈdu.ɾɐ/ [ɐɾ.mɐˈðu.ɾɐ]

• Hyphenation: ar‧ma‧du‧ra

Noun

armadura f (plural armaduras)

1. armor (body protection)
2. armatura (the rotating part of an electric motor or dynamo)
3. (by extension) structure; framework
   • 2015 December 13, Jorge Almeida Fernandes, “Estratégia de Marine Le Pen: devorar a direita tradicional”, in Público‎^[1]:

     A FN permanece amarrada aos fundamentos nacionalistas de extrema-direita. "A armadura da sua doutrina permanece uma concepção determinista e étnica da identidade, impermeável aos valores universalistas dos Direitos do Homem e da cidadania republicana. (...)"

     The FN remains tied to far-right nationalist underpinnings. "The armor of his doctrine remains a deterministic and ethnic conception of identity, impervious to the universalist values of human rights and republican citizenship. (...)"

Related terms

• arma
• armar

 

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish armadura, from Latin armātūra (“armour”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aɾmaˈduɾa/ [aɾ.maˈð̞u.ɾa]
• Rhymes: -uɾa
• Syllabification: ar‧ma‧du‧ra

Noun

armadura f (plural armaduras)

1. armour
2. frame, framework
3. skeleton

   Synonym: esqueleto

Related terms

• arma
• armar

 

Further reading

• “armadura”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28