arma

See also armă, armã, and armà

Asturian

Etymology

From Latin arma.

Noun

arma f (plural armes)

1. weapon

Derived terms

• arma blanca
• arma de fueu

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Catalan

Etymology

From Latin arma.

Noun

arma f (plural armes)

1. weapon

Derived terms

• arma blanca
• arma de foc

Verb

arma

1. Third-person singular present indicative form of armar.
2. Second-person singular imperative form of armar.

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French

Verb

arma

1. third-person singular past historic of armer

Anagrams

• rama

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Galician

Etymology

From Latin arma.

Noun

arma f (plural armas)

1. weapon

Derived terms

• arma branca
• arma de fogo

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Gothic

Romanization

arma

1. See 𐌰𐍂𐌼𐌰

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Italian

Etymology

From Late Latin, arma, from Latin arma (“weapons of war, war, defence, tools”)

Noun

arma f (plural armi) (archaic plural arme)

1. weapon, arms
2. (military) arm, force

Verb

arma

1. third-person singular present indicative of armare
2. second-person singular imperative of armare

Related terms

• armacollo
• arma da fuoco
• armadio
• armaiolo
• armare
• armatura
• armeggiare
• armeria
• armiere
• armigero
• armistizio

Anagrams

• amar
• rama

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Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h₂(e)rmos (“fitting”), from the root *h₂er- (“to join”). armentum is an independent derivation from the same root, as if from Proto-Indo-European *h₂er-mn̥-tom. Cognates include Sanskrit ऋत (ṛtá, “order; right; agreement etc.”) and अरम् (áram, “fitting”), Ancient Greek ἀραρίσκω (ararískō, “to fit together”) and Old Armenian արարի (arari).

Semantic development was "that what is fitted together" > "tools" > "weapons". Also related to ars, artus, rītus.

Noun

arma (genitive armōrum); n pl, second declension (plural only)

1. defensive arms, armor/armour, shields, weapons of war.
2. war
3. soldiers, military power
4. defence
5. tools

Inflection

Number	Plural
nominative	arma
genitive	armōrum
dative	armīs
accusative	arma
ablative	armīs
vocative	arma

Derived terms

• armō

Descendants

Albanian: armë Aragonese: arma Aromanian: armã Asturian: arma Catalan: arma English: arm Extremaduran: arma Fala: arma French: arme Friulian: arme

Galician: arma Italian: arma Mirandese: arma Occitan: arma Old Portuguese: arma Portuguese: arma Romanian: armă Sardinian: àrma Spanish: arma Venetian: arma

References

• Michiel de Vaan, Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages, Brill, 2008, page 54

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Occitan

Etymology

From Latin arma.

Noun

arma f (plural armas)

1. weapon

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Old Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin arma (“weapon”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂(e)rmos (“fitting”).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈaɾ.ma/

Noun

arma f (plural armas)

1. weapon; arm

Related terms

• armado
• armar

Descendants

• Galician: arma
• Portuguese: arma

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Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Portuguese arma, from Latin arma (“weapon”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂(e)rmos (“fitting”), from the root *h₂er- (“to join”).

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA: /'aɾ.mɐ/
• (Paulista) IPA: /aɹ.ma/, /aɹ.mɐ/
• (South Brazil) IPA: /aɻ.ma/
• (Carioca) IPA: /aχ.mɐ/
• (Nordestino) IPA: /ah.mɐ/

Noun

arma f (plural armas)

1. weapon

Synonyms

• armamento

Derived terms

arma automática arma biológica arma branca arma de fogo

arma nuclear arma química arma semiautomática mostrar as armas

Related terms

armação armado armada armadilha armador

armadilha armamentário armamentismo armamentista

armamento armar armaria armeiro

Verb

arma

1. Third-person singular (ele, ela, also used with tu and você^?) present indicative of armar
2. Second-person singular (tu) affirmative imperative of armar

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Romanian

Etymology 1

From Latin armāre, present active infinitive of armō.

Alternative forms

• înarma

Verb

a arma (third-person singular present armează, past participle armat) 1st conj.

1. to prepare a weapon for firing
2. to arm, equip
3. (figuratively) to strengthen by adding reinforcement (e.g. armor, a mine shaft, etc.)

Conjugation

    conjugation of arma (First conjugation)

infinitive			a arma
gerund			armând
past participle			armat
number		singular			plural
person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
	present	armez	armezi	armează	armăm	armați	armează
	imperfect	armam	armai	arma	armam	armați	armau
	simple perfect	armai	armași	armă	armarăm	armarăți	armară
	pluperfect	armasem	armaseși	armase	armaserăm	armaserăți	armaseră
subjunctive		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
	present	să armez	să armezi	să armeze	să armăm	să armați	să armeze
imperative		—	tu	—	—	voi	—
	affirmative		armează			armați
	negative		nu arma			nu armați

Related terms

• armă
• armătură

Etymology 2

From French armer.

Verb

a arma (third-person singular present armează, past participle armat) 1st conj.

1. to launch a ship in service with all necessary equipment

Etymology 3

Noun

arma f (singular, nominative/accusative, definite form of armă)

1. the weapon

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Spanish

Etymology

From Latin arma.

Noun

arma f (plural armas)

1. weapon.

   El arma secreta — the secret weapon.

   Las armas secretas — the secret weapons.

Usage notes

The feminine noun arma is like other feminine nouns starting with a stressed a sound in that it takes the definite article el (normally reserved for masculine nouns) in the singular when there is no intervening adjective:

el arma

However, if an adjective intervenes between the article and the noun, the article reverts to la.

Derived terms

• arma blanca f
• arma de fuego f
• armería f
• armero m

Verb

arma (infinitive armar)

1. Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of armar.
2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of armar.
3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present indicative form of armar.

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Swedish

Adjective

arma

1. absolute singular definite and plural form of arm