armed forces

English

Noun

1. 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.

Translations

the military forces of a nation

• Afrikaans: weermag (af)
• Arabic: قُوَّات مُسَلَّحَة f pl (quwwāt musallaḥa), قُوَّات f pl (quwwāt), جَيْش m (jayš)
• Armenian: զինված ուժեր (hy) pl (zinvac užer)
• Belarusian: узбро́еныя сі́лы f pl (uzbrójenyja síly)
• Bulgarian: въоръже́ни си́ли f pl (vǎorǎžéni síli)
• Burmese: please add this translation if you can
• Catalan: exèrcit (ca) m, forces armades m pl
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 武裝部隊／武装部队 (zh) (wǔzhuāng bùduì), 武装部队 (zh) (wǔzhuāng bùduì), 軍隊／军队 (zh) (jūnduì), 军队 (zh) (jūnduì)

• Czech: ozbrojené síly (cs) f pl
• Dutch: leger (nl) n, krijgsmacht (nl) f, strijdmacht (nl) f, strijdkrachten (nl) pl, heer (nl) n, heir (nl) n, troep (nl) m, troepen (nl) pl, armee (nl) f
• Esperanto: please add this translation if you can
• Estonian: relvajõud (et)
• Finnish: asevoimat (fi) pl, sotavoimat pl, puolustusvoimat (fi) pl
• French: forces armées f pl
• Galician: forzas armadas f pl
• Georgian: სამხედრო ძალები (samxedro ʒalebi), შეიარაღებული ძალები (šeiaraɣebuli ʒalebi)
• German: Streitkräfte (de) pl
• Greek: στράτευμα (el) n (strátevma)
• Greenlandic: please add this translation if you can
• Hungarian: fegyveres erők, haderő (hu)
• Indonesian: angkatan bersenjata (id), tentara (id)
• Inuktitut: please add this translation if you can
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• Italian: forze armate f pl
• Japanese: 軍隊 (ja) (ぐんたい, guntai)
• Khmer: កងទ័ព (kɑɑng toap), កងកម្លាំងប្រដាប់អាវុធ (kɑɑŋ kɑmlaŋ prɑdap aavut), កងយោធពល (kɑɑŋ yootʰeaʔ pʊəl), យោធពល (yootʰea’ pʊəl)
• Korean: 군대 (ko) (gundae)
• Lao: please add this translation if you can
• Latvian: bruņotie spēki m pl, armija f
• Macedonian: вооружени сили f pl (vooruženi sili)
• Mongolian: зэвсэгт хүч (zevsegt xüč)
• Navajo: siláołtsooí
• Nogai: савытлы куьшлер (savıtlı küşler)
• Persian: please add this translation if you can
• Polish: siły zbrojne (pl) f pl
• Portuguese: forças armadas f pl
• Romanian: forțe armate f pl
• Russian: вооружённые си́лы (ru) pl or f (vooružónnyje síly)
• Slovak: ozbrojené sily f pl
• Spanish: fuerzas armadas f pl
• Tagalog: hukbong-sandatahan
• Thai: please add this translation if you can
• Ukrainian: збро́йні си́ли (uk) f pl (zbrójni sýly)
• Vietnamese: quân đội (vi), lực lượng vũ trang
• Welsh: lluoedd arfog m pl