army

Signification

1. A large, highly organized military force, concerned mainly with ground (rather than air or naval) operations.
2. A large, highly organized military force, concerned mainly with ground (rather than air or naval) operations.
3. A large, highly organized military force, concerned mainly with ground (rather than air or naval) operations.
4. The governmental agency in charge of a state's army.
5. A large group of people working toward the same purpose.
6. A large group of social animals working toward the same purpose.
7. Any multitude.
8. The military as a whole.

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˈɑː.miː/

Étymologie

From (1386) Middle English armee, borrowed from Old French armee (cf. modern French armée), from Medieval Latin armāta (“armed force”), a noun taken from the past participle of Latin armāre (“to arm”), itself related to arma (“tools, arms”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂er- (“to join, fit together”).
Doublet of armada. Displaced native Old English here and fierd.

Phrases

A later investigation by the Rwandan government blamed Hutu extremists in the Rwandan army .

Une enquête ultérieure du gouvernement rwandais a blâmé les extrémistes Hutu dans l'armée rwandaise.