Feminine
Meaning

  1. (feminine) army (large tactical contingent consisting of several divisions)
  2. (feminine) military; a country’s armed forces as a whole; particularly of countries where a cognate term is commonly used in this sense, e.g. France
  3. (archaic,feminine) army; ground forces; now only of countries where a cognate term is commonly used in this sense, e.g. the U.S.

Frequency

B1
Dialects

Graubünden

Graubünden

armee

Zürich

Zürich

armee

Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Pronounced as (IPA)
/arˈmeː/
Etymology

In summary

Early 16th century, borrowed from Middle French armee. Compare Modern French armée, English army.

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