arms

See also: Arms

English

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)mz

Etymology 1

See arm.

Noun

arms

1. plural form of arm

   We laid down on the snowbank and moved our arms up and down to make snow angels.

Etymology 2

13th Century, from Old French armes, Latin arma.

Noun

arms (plural only)

1. (plural only) Weapons.
   • 1883, Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island

     The next thing I laid hold of was a brace of pistols, and as I already had a powder horn and bullets, I felt myself well supplied with arms.

2. (heraldry) Synonym for coat of arms.

   The Duke's arms were a sable gryphon rampant on an argent field.

3. plural form of arm

Translations

weapons

• Arabic: أسلحة m pl ('asliHa)
• Chinese:

  Literary Chinese: 兵戈 (bīnggē)

  Mandarin: 武器 (zh) (wǔqì), 兵戈 (zh) (bīnggē)

• French: armes (fr) f pl
• German: Waffen (de) f pl, Rüstung (de) f
• Greek: όπλα (el) n pl (ópla), άρματα (el) n pl (ármata)
• Irish: gaisce m
• Japanese: 武器 (ja) (ぶき, buki)
• Korean: 무기 (ko) (mugi) (武器 (ko))

• Kurdish:

  Sorani: چه‌ک (ku)

• Macedonian: оружје n (óružje), грб m (grb)
• Persian: سلاح (fa)
• Portuguese: armas (pt) f pl
• Romanian: arme (ro) f pl
• Russian: вооружения (ru) n pl (vooružénija), оружие (ru) n (orúžije)
• Spanish: armamento m
• Swedish: vapen (sv) n pl
• Vietnamese: vũ khí (vi)

Usage notes

• Capitalized, the word is often used in the names of pubs, taverns and the like.

Verb

arms

1. third-person singular simple present indicative form of arm

   If the Duke arms himself for war, the king will not sit by idly!

Statistics

• Most common English words before 1923: ready · ought · written · #444: arms · across · answer · early

Anagrams

• ASRM, Mars, mars, mas'r, MRSA, rams, SRAM

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Afrikaans

Noun

arms

1. plural form of arm

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Danish

Noun

arms c

1. genitive singular indefinite of arm

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Gothic

Romanization

arms

1. Romanization of 𐌰𐍂𐌼𐍃

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Swedish

Noun

arms

1. indefinite genitive singular of arm