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Etymology [edit]
(1386) Middle English armee, from Old French armee (French armée), from Medieval Latin armata (“armed force”), a noun taken from the past participle of Latin armare (“to arm”), itself related to arma (“tools, arms”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂er- (“to join, fit together”). Displaced native Old English here.
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army (plural armies)
- A large, highly organized military force, concerned mainly with ground (rather than air or naval) operations.
- The army was sent in to quell the uprising.
- Used absolutely for that entire branch of the armed forces.
- The army received a bigger share of this year's budget increase than the navy or air force.
- (often capitalized) Within a vast military, a very large tactical contingent (e.g. a number of divisions).
- The Fourth Army suffered such losses that its remainders were merged into the Second Army, also deployed on the Western front.
- The governmental agency in charge of a state's army.
- The army opposed the legislature's involvement.
- (figuratively) A large group of people working toward the same purpose.
- It took an army of accountants to uncover the fraud.
- (figuratively) A large group of social animals working toward the same purpose.
- Our house is being attacked by an army of ants.
- (figuratively) Any multitude.
- On sunny days the beaches draw armies of tourists of all kinds.
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military force concerned mainly with ground operations
- Afrikaans: leër (af)
- Albanian: armatë (sq), ushtri (sq)
- Amharic: please add this translation if you can
- Arabic: جيش (ar) (jaysh) m
- Aragonese: exercito (an) m
- Armenian: բանակ (hy) (banak)
- Aromanian: ashcheri (rup), urdhii (rup), oaste (rup)
- Asturian: exércitu (ast) m
- Azeri: ordu (az), qoşun (az)
- Bashkir: please add this translation if you can
- Basque: gudaroste (eu), armada (eu)
- Belarusian: армія (be) (ármija) f, войска (be) (vójska) n
- Bengali: please add this translation if you can
- Breton: please add this translation if you can
- Bulgarian: армия (bg) (ármija) f, войска (bg) (vójska) f
- Burmese: စစ်တပ် (my) (si' ta')
- Catalan: exèrcit (ca) m, host (ca) f
- Central Atlas Tamazight: ⵜⴰⵙⵔⴷⴰⵙⵜ (tasrdast) f
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 陸軍 (cmn), 陆军 (cmn) (lùjūn), 軍隊 (cmn), 军队 (cmn) (jūnduì)
- Czech: armáda (cs) f, vojsko (cs) n
- Danish: hær (da) c
- Dutch: leger (nl) n, landmacht (nl)
- Esperanto: please add this translation if you can
- Estonian: maavägi (et)
- Faroese: herur (fo) m
- Finnish: maavoimat (fi), armeija (fi)
- French: armée (fr) f
- Friulian: armade f, esercit
- Galician: exército (gl) m
- Georgian: ჯარი (ka) (ǰari), არმია (ka) (armia)
- German: Armee (de) f, Heer (de) n, Landstreitkräfte (de) f pl
- Greek: στρατός (el) (stratós) m
- Gujarati: please add this translation if you can
- Hebrew: צבא (he) (tzava) m
- Hindi: सेना (hi) (senā)
- Hungarian: hadsereg (hu)
- Icelandic: her (is) m
- Ido: please add this translation if you can
- Indonesian: tentara (id)
- Irish: arm (ga) m
- Italian: esercito (it) m
- Japanese: 陸軍 (ja) (りくぐん, rikugun), 軍隊 (ja) (ぐんたい, guntai)
- Kazakh: әскер (kk) (äsker)
- Khmer: កងទ័ព (km) (kɑɑng toap)
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- Korean: 군대 (ko) (gundae) (軍隊 (ko))
- Kurdish:
- Sorani: ئۆردوو (ku), جاش (ku)
- Lao: ກອງທັບບົກ (lo) (kǭng thap bok)
- Latin: exercitus (la) m
- Latvian: armija (lv) f, karaspēks (lv) m
- Lithuanian: armija (lt) f, kariuomenė (lt)
- Luhya: ejeshi
- Luxembourgish: please add this translation if you can
- Macedonian: војска (mk) (vójska) f
- Maori: please add this translation if you can
- Mirandese: please add this translation if you can
- Mongolian: арми (mn) (armi), цэрэг (mn) (cereg)
- Occitan: armada (oc) f
- Persian: ارتش (fa) (arteš)
- Polish: armia (pl) f, wojsko (pl) n
- Portuguese: exército (pt) m
- Romanian: armată (ro) f, oaste (ro) f
- Romansch: armada (rm) f, armeda (rm) f
- Russian: армия (ru) (ármija) f, войско (ru) (vójsko) n (usually plural: войска (ru) (vojská) n pl)
- Sardinian: esertzitu (sc) m
- Scottish Gaelic: armailt (gd) m
- Serbo-Croatian: во́јска (sh) f, vójska (sh) f, а̀рмија (sh) f, àrmija (sh) f
- Sicilian: esèrcitu (scn) m, asèrcitu (scn) m
- Sinhalese: please add this translation if you can
- Slovak: armáda (sk) f, vojsko (sk) n
- Slovene: vojska (sl) f, armada (sl) f
- Somali: please add this translation if you can
- Spanish: ejército (es) m
- Swahili: jeshi (sw)
- Swedish: armé (sv) c, här (sv) c
- Tajik: армия (tg) (armiya)
- Tamil: please add this translation if you can
- Thai: ทัพ (th) (táp), กองทัพ (th) (gong táp), พล (th) (pon)
- Turkish: ordu (tr)
- Ukrainian: армія (uk) (ármija) f, військо (uk) (víjs'ko) n
- Vietnamese: quân đội (vi) (軍隊 (vi))
- Vilamovian: draowa
- Volapük: please add this translation if you can
- Walloon: please add this translation if you can
- Welsh: please add this translation if you can
- West Frisian: leger (fy) n
- Yiddish: please add this translation if you can
- Zulu: impi (zu) 9/10
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government agency in charge of a state's army
large group of people working towards the same purpose
large group of social animals working towards the same purpose
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