Armor
Definition
A tough protective covering made historically from metal, leather, or modern composite plates, designed to protect a combatant's body, military vehicles, ships, or technical equipment against projectiles. In modern Romanian contexts, it functions as a technical neologism or cultural loanword used in gaming, tactical equipment, and cybersecurity.
Bilingual Equivalents
- Armor
- Protective plating
Grammatical & Source Details
| Inflection Type | Neuter noun, frequently used as an unadapted jargon term within specific technical fields. |
| Formation | Directly borrowed from English 'armor', visually and functionally integrated into modern tactical and digital vocabularies. |
| Spelling / Pronunciation | [ˈɑːr.mər] |
| Source | Lexicon of Military Technology, Applied Ballistics, and Digital Defense Glossaries |
Contextual Usage Examples
RO: Soldatul purta un vestic de tip body armor capabil să oprească schijele grenadelor.
EN: The soldier wore a body armor vest capable of stopping grenade fragments.
RO: În noul joc video, personajul principal trebuie să își îmbunătățească nivelul de armor pentru a supraviețui.
EN: In the new video game, the main character must upgrade their armor level to survive.
RO: Inginerii au adăugat un strat suplimentar de armor pe șasiul vehiculului pentru a rezista la minele terestre.
EN: Engineers added an extra layer of armor to the vehicle's chassis to withstand landmines.
Idioms & Phrases
Body armor / Body armor / bulletproof vest
RO: Vestă tactică sau echipament de protecție individuală realizat din fibre de kevlar sau plăci ceramice împotriva gloanțelor.
EN: Tactical vest or personal protective equipment made from kevlar fibers or ceramic plates against bullets.
Strat de armor / Armor plating / protective layer
RO: Înveliș exterior gros din aliaje metalice speciale menit să absoarbă energia cinetică a unui impact distructiv.
EN: A thick outer shell made of special metal alloys designed to absorb the kinetic energy of a destructive impact.
Armor cibernetic / Cyber armor / digital shield
RO: Metaforă folosită în IT pentru a descrie un set complex de firewall-uri și sisteme de criptare care apără bazele de date.
EN: A metaphor used in IT to describe a complex set of firewalls and encryption systems that protect databases.
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