armament

English

Etymology

Latin armāmentum, from armō (“I arm”).

Noun

armament (countable and uncountable, plural armaments)

1. A body of forces equipped for war.
2. (military, naval) All the cannon and small arms collectively, with their equipments, belonging to a ship or a fortification.
3. Any equipment for resistance.
4. The process of building up military capacity.

Translations

body of forces equipped for war

• Bengali: অস্ত্রসস্ত্র (ostrośostro)
• Finnish: sotajoukko
• French: force de frappe (fr) f
• German: Kriegsstärke (de) f
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• Irish: arm m
• Portuguese: força (pt) f
• Russian: вооружённые си́лы (ru) f pl (vooružónnyje síly)

all small arms collectively

• Armenian: սպառազինություն (hy) (spaṙazinutʻyun)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 武器 (zh) (wǔqì), 武裝／武装 (zh) (wǔzhuāng), 武装 (zh) (wǔzhuāng), 軍備／军备 (zh) (jūnbèi), 军备 (zh) (jūnbèi)

• Finnish: aseistus (fi)
• German: Ausrüstung (de) f, Rüstung (de) f
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• Interlingue:
• Irish: arm m, armáil f
• Japanese: 武装 (ja) (ぶそう, busō), 軍備 (ja) (ぐんび, gunbi)
• Portuguese: armamento (pt) m
• Russian: вооруже́ния (ru) n pl (vooružénija)
• Spanish: armamento m

any equipment for resistance

• Armenian: սպառազինություն (hy) (spaṙazinutʻyun)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 武器 (zh) (wǔqì), 軍備／军备 (zh) (jūnbèi), 军备 (zh) (jūnbèi)

• Finnish: varustus (fi)
• French: armement (fr) m
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• Interlingue:
• Japanese: 武器 (ja) (ぶき, buki), 軍備 (ja) (ぐんび, gunbi), 兵装 (hēsō)
• Norman: armément m
• Portuguese: armamento (pt) m
• Russian: вооруже́ние (ru) n (vooružénije)

process

• Armenian: սպառազինություն (hy) (spaṙazinutʻyun)
• Finnish: varustelu (fi)
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• Interlingue:
• Irish: armáil f
• Portuguese: armamento (pt) m

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• Bulgarian: ^{(please verify)} въоръжение (vǎorǎženie), ^{(please verify)} въоръжаване (vǎorǎžavane), ^{(please verify)} въоръжени сили (vǎorǎženi sili)
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Catalan

Etymology

From Latin armāmentum.

Noun

armament m (plural armaments)

1. arming

Related terms

• armar

Further reading

• “armament” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “armament”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “armament” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “armament” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.