arsenal

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English[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

From Italian arsenale, also French arsenal, from Arabic دَار الصِّنَاعَة (dār aṣ-ṣināʕa, manufacturing shop); دَار (dār) + صِنَاعَة (ṣināʕa).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈɑː(ɹ)sənəl/, /ˈɑː(ɹ)snəl/
    • (file)

Noun[edit]

arsenal (plural arsenals)

  1. A military establishment for the storing, development, manufacturing, testing, or repairing of arms, ammunition, and other war materiel; an armoury.
  2. A stock of weapons, especially all the weapons that a nation possesses.
  3. A store or supply of anything.
    • 2014 January 21, Hermione Hoby, “Julia Roberts interview for August: Osage County – 'I might actually go to hell for this ...': Julia Roberts reveals why her violent, Oscar-nominated performance in August: Osage County made her feel 'like a terrible person' [print version: 'I might actually go to hell for this ...' (18 January 2014, p. R4)]”, in The Daily Telegraph (Review)[1]:
      Foremost in her arsenal is that smile – so enormous and so absurdly disarming that someone should have worked out a way to harness its power into international conflict resolution.
  4. Any supply of aid collected to prepare a person or army for hardship
    He arrived with a large arsenal of cleansers and tools, and got right to work.
    • 2012, John Branch, “Snow Fall : The Avalanche at Tunnel Creek”, in New York Time[2]:
      Elyse Saugstad, a professional skier, wore a backpack equipped with an air bag, a relatively new and expensive part of the arsenal that backcountry users increasingly carry to ease their minds and increase survival odds in case of an avalanche.

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Catalan[edit]

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Noun[edit]

arsenal m (plural arsenals)

  1. arsenal (stock of weapons)
  2. arsenal (store or supply of anything)

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French[edit]

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arsenal m (plural arsenaux)

  1. (military, nautical) arsenal

Descendants[edit]

  • Russian: арсенал (arsenal)
    • Georgian: არსენალი (arsenali)

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Indonesian[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

From Dutch arsenaal, from French arsenal, from Arabic دَار الصِّنَاعَة (dār aṣ-ṣināʕa, manufacturing shop); دَار (dār) + صِنَاعَة (ṣināʕa).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): [arsəˈnal]
  • Hyphenation: ar‧sê‧nal

Noun[edit]

arsênal (first-person possessive arsenalku, second-person possessive arsenalmu, third-person possessive arsenalnya)

  1. arsenal, armoury: a military establishment for the storing, development, manufacturing, testing, or repairing of arms, ammunition, and other war materiel.

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Portuguese[edit]

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  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ɐɾ.sɨˈnal/ [ɐɾ.sɨˈnaɫ]
    • (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /ɐɾ.sɨˈna.li/

  • Hyphenation: ar‧se‧nal

Noun[edit]

arsenal m (plural arsenais)

  1. arsenal (military establishment)

Romanian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from French arsenal.

Noun[edit]

arsenal n (plural arsenale)

  1. arsenal, armoury

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Serbo-Croatian[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /arsěnaːl/
  • Hyphenation: ar‧se‧nal

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arsènāl m (Cyrillic spelling арсѐна̄л)

  1. arsenal

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Spanish[edit]

Spanish Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology[edit]

From Arabic دَار الصِّنَاعَة (dār aṣ-ṣināʕa, industry house). Compare dársena.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /aɾseˈnal/ [aɾ.seˈnal]
  • Rhymes: -al
  • Syllabification: ar‧se‧nal

Noun[edit]

arsenal m (plural arsenales)

  1. arsenal (stock of weapons)
  2. arsenal (store or supply of anything)
  3. dockyard

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