English-French translations for armed forces

• forces armées
  Dans le monde réel, il y a des forces armées. In the real world there are armed forces.
  Prenons l'exemple des forces armées. Let us take the example of the armed forces.
  Là ce seront les forces armées. But in this case it would be the armed forces.
• armée
  Dans le monde réel, il y a des forces armées. In the real world there are armed forces.
  Prenons l'exemple des forces armées. Let us take the example of the armed forces.
  Les forces armées britanniques sont fusionnées au sein d’une armée européenne. Britain’s armed forces are being merged into a European army.

Definition of armed forces

• The military forces of a nation, such as the army, navy, air force, marines and, sometimes, coastguard or border guard, which are tasked with the defence of the nation and its citizens, if necessary through use of deadly force

Related words

• armed force
• Canadian Armed Forces
• German armed forces
• Austrian armed forces
• German Federal Armed Forces