armet

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UK/ˈɑː.mɛt/US/ˈɑɹ.mɛt/

noun

A type of mediaeval helmet which fully enclosed the head and face, first found in the 1420s in Milan.

OriginFrench armet ← Middle French armet ← Old French helmet →
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Meanings

nounarmet (plural armets)

plural armets

  1. A type of mediaeval helmet which fully enclosed the head and face, first found in the 1420s in Milan.

Origin

  1. Proto-West Germanic*helm“helmet”
  2. Old Frenchhelmet
  3. Middle Frencharmet
  4. Frencharmet
  5. Englisharmet

From French armet, from Middle French armet, heaumet, from Old French helmet, ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *helm (“helmet”). Doublet of helm and helmet.

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Translations

Catalan elmet
  • elmethelmet
French armet
  • armethelmet
Italian celata
  • celatahelmet
Korean 아멧
  • 아멧 (amet)helmet

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

materMETARmetratamerMartetermatremaramet
Cite this entry
APA

armet. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/armet

MLA

“armet.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/armet. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “armet,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/armet.

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