"Armistice" meaning in English

See Armistice in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

IPA: /ˈɑːmɪstɪs/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈɑɹmɪstɪs/ [General-American], /-məstəs/ [General-American]
Etymology: See armistice. Etymology templates: {{m|en|armistice}} armistice Head templates: {{en-proper noun|head=Armistice}} Armistice
  1. The armistice agreement signed between the Allies and Germany on 11 November 1918 to end World War I; (by extension) the end of World War I. Categories (topical): War, World War I Synonyms: armistice Related terms: Armistice Day, Poppy Day, Remembrance Day

Alternative forms

Download JSON data for Armistice meaning in English (4.5kB)

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "armistice"
      },
      "expansion": "armistice",
      "name": "m"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "See armistice.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "head": "Armistice"
      },
      "expansion": "Armistice",
      "name": "en-proper noun"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "Ar‧mis‧tice"
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "name",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with topic categories using raw markup",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with topic categories using raw markup",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "War",
          "orig": "en:War",
          "parents": [
            "Conflict",
            "Military",
            "Violence",
            "Human behaviour",
            "Society",
            "Human",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "World War I",
          "orig": "en:World War I",
          "parents": [
            "Historical events",
            "History of Europe",
            "War",
            "History",
            "Europe",
            "Conflict",
            "Military",
            "Violence",
            "All topics",
            "Earth",
            "Eurasia",
            "Human behaviour",
            "Society",
            "Fundamental",
            "Nature",
            "Human"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1928, David Hunter Miller, “Supreme War Council, February 12, 1919”, in The Drafting of the Covenant, volume 2, New York, N.Y., London: G. P. Putnam's Sons […], →OCLC, page 165",
          "text": "[W]hat was to be the future policy of the Associated Governments in regard to the renewal of the Armistice: should the Armistice constantly be renewed, with new clauses and new conditions, or were the final naval and military terms to be drawn up immediately and imposed on the enemy.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2002, Allen Douglas, “Web of Memory”, in War, Memory, and the Politics of Humor: The Canard Enchaîné and World War I, Berkeley, Los Angeles, Calif., London: University of California Press, page 151",
          "text": "The armistice of November 1918 could represent many things: the end of the war, the victory. But for the Carnard [the newspaper Le Canard enchaîné], first and foremost, it represented dissention among the French. […] After the armistice and the emergence of the first difficulties of the peace, many more both on the right and in the center argued that the armistice should have been signed in Berlin—in a word, the armistice of November 11 was premature.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2009, Nick Stafford, Armistice, London: Quercus",
          "text": "Philomena passed another line of shabby soldiers waiting patiently at a soup kitchen. Months after the Armistice the war wasn't over. […] Dan was killed after the Armistice – an armistice is only a truce, it isn't the end. Is the Armistice technically ended? What will come after the Armistice – the peace? That would be nice.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2018, Richard J. Connors, The Road to the Armistice 1918, Pittsburgh, Pa.: Dorrance Publishing Co., pages 66–67",
          "text": "Later he [British Prime Minister David Lloyd George] meets with the House of Commons and, after an opening prayer is said, reviews the armistice terms, then moves for adjournment.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2018 November 10, “Armistice Day: Macron and Merkel mark end of World War One”, in BBC News, archived from the original on 2018-11-11",
          "text": "French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Angela Merkel have left their own mark of reconciliation at the start of events to mark the centenary of the end of World War One. They signed a book of remembrance in a railway carriage identical to the one in which the 1918 Armistice was sealed. […] Mrs Merkel became the first German leader since World War Two to visit the forest near the town of Compiègne in northern France where the Armistice was signed.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The armistice agreement signed between the Allies and Germany on 11 November 1918 to end World War I; (by extension) the end of World War I."
      ],
      "id": "en-Armistice-en-name-rukhoYnx",
      "links": [
        [
          "armistice",
          "armistice"
        ],
        [
          "agreement",
          "agreement"
        ],
        [
          "signed",
          "sign#Verb"
        ],
        [
          "Allies",
          "Allies"
        ],
        [
          "Germany",
          "Germany"
        ],
        [
          "November",
          "November"
        ],
        [
          "World War I",
          "World War I"
        ]
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "Armistice Day"
        },
        {
          "word": "Poppy Day"
        },
        {
          "word": "Remembrance Day"
        }
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "armistice"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈɑːmɪstɪs/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈɑɹmɪstɪs/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/-məstəs/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "Armistice"
}
{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "armistice"
      },
      "expansion": "armistice",
      "name": "m"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "See armistice.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "head": "Armistice"
      },
      "expansion": "Armistice",
      "name": "en-proper noun"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "Ar‧mis‧tice"
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "name",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "Armistice Day"
    },
    {
      "word": "Poppy Day"
    },
    {
      "word": "Remembrance Day"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English 3-syllable words",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English entries with topic categories using raw markup",
        "English lemmas",
        "English proper nouns",
        "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English uncountable nouns",
        "en:War",
        "en:World War I"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1928, David Hunter Miller, “Supreme War Council, February 12, 1919”, in The Drafting of the Covenant, volume 2, New York, N.Y., London: G. P. Putnam's Sons […], →OCLC, page 165",
          "text": "[W]hat was to be the future policy of the Associated Governments in regard to the renewal of the Armistice: should the Armistice constantly be renewed, with new clauses and new conditions, or were the final naval and military terms to be drawn up immediately and imposed on the enemy.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2002, Allen Douglas, “Web of Memory”, in War, Memory, and the Politics of Humor: The Canard Enchaîné and World War I, Berkeley, Los Angeles, Calif., London: University of California Press, page 151",
          "text": "The armistice of November 1918 could represent many things: the end of the war, the victory. But for the Carnard [the newspaper Le Canard enchaîné], first and foremost, it represented dissention among the French. […] After the armistice and the emergence of the first difficulties of the peace, many more both on the right and in the center argued that the armistice should have been signed in Berlin—in a word, the armistice of November 11 was premature.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2009, Nick Stafford, Armistice, London: Quercus",
          "text": "Philomena passed another line of shabby soldiers waiting patiently at a soup kitchen. Months after the Armistice the war wasn't over. […] Dan was killed after the Armistice – an armistice is only a truce, it isn't the end. Is the Armistice technically ended? What will come after the Armistice – the peace? That would be nice.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2018, Richard J. Connors, The Road to the Armistice 1918, Pittsburgh, Pa.: Dorrance Publishing Co., pages 66–67",
          "text": "Later he [British Prime Minister David Lloyd George] meets with the House of Commons and, after an opening prayer is said, reviews the armistice terms, then moves for adjournment.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2018 November 10, “Armistice Day: Macron and Merkel mark end of World War One”, in BBC News, archived from the original on 2018-11-11",
          "text": "French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Angela Merkel have left their own mark of reconciliation at the start of events to mark the centenary of the end of World War One. They signed a book of remembrance in a railway carriage identical to the one in which the 1918 Armistice was sealed. […] Mrs Merkel became the first German leader since World War Two to visit the forest near the town of Compiègne in northern France where the Armistice was signed.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The armistice agreement signed between the Allies and Germany on 11 November 1918 to end World War I; (by extension) the end of World War I."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "armistice",
          "armistice"
        ],
        [
          "agreement",
          "agreement"
        ],
        [
          "signed",
          "sign#Verb"
        ],
        [
          "Allies",
          "Allies"
        ],
        [
          "Germany",
          "Germany"
        ],
        [
          "November",
          "November"
        ],
        [
          "World War I",
          "World War I"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈɑːmɪstɪs/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈɑɹmɪstɪs/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/-məstəs/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "armistice"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Armistice"
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-20 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-05-02 using wiktextract (1d5a7d1 and 304864d). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.