maître d’armes
\mɛ.tʁə d‿aʁm\
The verdict
“maître d’armes” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 14
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Celui qui enseigne l’escrime.
Corpus desk
Index FR-maitre-d-armes · maître d’armes · French
maître d’armes · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 14 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "M" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | maître d’armes |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \mɛ.tʁə d‿aʁm\ |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « maître d’armes » en français
Rare enough to double-check
maître d’armes is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \mɛ.tʁə d‿aʁm\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Celui qui enseigne l’escrime.".
Zero misspellings are on record for maître d’armes in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is maître d’armes, spelled M-A-Î-T-R-E- -D-’-A-R-M-E-S.
Definition
- 1Celui qui enseigne l’escrime.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how maître d’armes appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Plus jeune qu’elle, son mari, Hector, conservait la prestance du maître d’armes de régiment qu’il avait été ; quant à Mme Lefouin, grisonnante et couperosée, avec un grand nez et des cheveux qui bouclaient artificiellement sur un front plat, elle dévorait le regret d’une union mal assortie et le tournait en atrabile.
Décidée à continuer le sport malgré son handicap, Patricia intègre l’équipe de la maître d’armes Nelly Salomon au Véloce vannetais en 1988. C'est le début d’une grande aventure qui va la mener aux sommets de l’escrime.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.