armoiries
French, noun/aʁ.mwa.ʁi/
armoiries is spelled A-R-M-O-I-R-I-E-S (9 letters) and appears 2.0 times per million words in written French, the 20,380th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Armoiries is a French feminine noun meaning “arms; coat of arms” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Ensemble des signes héraldiques qui figurent sur l’écu d’une ville, d’une famille, une confrérie, une…”.
What does armoiries mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininearms; coat of arms
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Ensemble des signes héraldiques qui figurent sur l’écu d’une ville, d’une famille, une confrérie, une personne, etc.. Les armoiries s’inscrivent dans le cadre d’un blason (ensemble des règles de constitution des armoiries). 2. Symbole d'une ascendance noble, bien que l’étude historique des armoiries contredise une quelconque prérogative nobiliaire.
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 armoiries
- armoirie singular
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce armoiries?
- /aʁ.mwa.ʁi/
- \aʁ.mwa.ʁi\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to armoiries
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is armoiries in French?
armoiries appears 2.0 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).