armoured

English

Alternative forms

• armored (US)

Verb

armoured

1. simple past and past participle of armour

Adjective

armoured (British spelling)

1. Possessing, wearing, or fitted out with armour.

   The armoured vehicles rolled into the city.

   • 2024 March 1, Anthony Zurcher, “Trump addresses Congress: A kinder, gentler president”, in BBC News‎^[1]:

     There was a moment before the speech when cameras captured Mr Trump in his armoured limousine, rehearsing his lines. Practice, it seems, made good, if not perfect.

2. (military) Equipped with armoured vehicles.

   an armoured unit; the Royal Canadian Armoured Corps

Synonyms

• (possessing armour): mailed
• (military): mechanized, tank

Derived terms

• nonarmoured
• unarmoured
• up-armoured

 

Translations

Possessing armour

• Azerbaijani: zirehli
• Bulgarian: брониран (broniran), армиран (bg) (armiran)
• Catalan: cuirassat (ca) m, blindat (ca) m
• Czech: obrněný, pancéřový (cs)
• Danish: pansret
• Galician: blindado m
• Irish: armúrtha
• Maori: whaipākai
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: pansret

• Portuguese: armadurado (body armour), blindado (pt) (vehicle armour)
• Romanian: blindat (ro), armat (ro)
• Russian: брониро́ванный (ru) (broniróvannyj)
• Spanish: blindado (es)

Equipped with armoured vehicles

• Bulgarian: бронетанков (bronetankov)
• Catalan: cuirassat (ca) m, blindat (ca) m
• Danish: pansret
• Galician: blindado m
• German: gepanzert (de)
• Irish: ^{(please verify)} armúrtha
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: pansret

• Romanian: blindat (ro)