arme
French, noun
arme is spelled A-R-M-E (4 letters) and appears 47 times per million words in written French, the 1,772nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Arme is a French feminine noun meaning “weapon” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With an accent, armé is a different word: “armed (having weapons)”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Instrument qui sert à attaquer ou à se défendre”.
What does arme mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineweapon
adjective
- 1
armed (having weapons)
verb
- 1
past participle of armer
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui est équipé d’armes 2. Signifie, en parlant des choses, qui est garni, muni, pourvu de. 3. Renforcé par une armature. 4. Qualifie les griffes d’un animal héraldique lorsqu’elles sont d’un autre émail que le corps.
noun: 1. Instrument qui sert à attaquer ou à se défendre. 2. Moyen d’agir pour défendre ses intérêts, ses idées. 3. Chacun des corps de l’armée. 4. Armoiries.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of arme
- armes plural
- armée feminine
- armés masculine plural
- armées feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to arme
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is arme in French?
arme appears 47 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).