armature

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French armature, from Latin armātūra (“armour”). Doublet of armor.

Noun

armature (plural armatures)

1. The rotating part of an electric motor or dynamo, which mostly consists of coils of wire around a metal core.
2. The moving part in an electromechanical device like a loudspeaker or a buzzer.
3. A piece of soft steel or iron that connects the poles of a magnet
4. (sculpture) A supporting framework in a sculpture.
5. A protective organ, structure, or covering of an animal or plant, for defense or offense, like claws, teeth, thorns, or the shell of a turtle.
6. Armor, or a suit of armor.
7. The frame of a pair of glasses.
   • 2014 June 24, “Google Glass go on sale in the UK for £1,000”, in The Guardian:

     It can take pictures or video from a front-facing camera, controlled by a voice command or a swipe on the right-hand armature, and is designed to display at-a-glance information on its screen which is visible only to the user.

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin armātūra. Doublet of armure, which was inherited through Old French.

Noun

armature f (plural armatures)

1. framework (supportive structure)

Further reading

• “armature” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ure

Noun

armature f

1. plural of armatura

Anagrams

• maturare, maturerà

Participle

armātūre

1. vocative masculine singular of armātūrus