Dictionary

armament en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈɑː(ɹ)məmənt/
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Etymology

From Latin armāmentum, from armō (“to arm”).

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) A body of forces equipped for war.
   • Premier Raymond Poincaré, ever an arch militarist, took full advantage of last week’s war scare in the Belgian Parliament to trumpet through the inspired Parisian press that France must drastically increase her armaments. While this propaganda was at its height, he announced to the Chamber that the first important measure to be presented by the Cabinet during the present session (TIME, Nov. 22 et seq.) will be a bill appropriating several billion francs for armaments and fortification of the Franco-German and Franco-Italian frontiers. 1927 February 28, “FRANCE: Poincaré’s Week”, in TIME, archived from the original on 29 Apr 2025:
2. (countable, uncountable) All the cannon and small arms collectively, with their equipments, belonging to a ship or a fortification.
3. (countable, uncountable) Any equipment for resistance.
4. (countable, uncountable) The process of building up military capacity.

Forms

Deriveds

nonarmament · rearmament

Translations (96)

ar تَسْلِيح (the process of building up military capacity) · es armamento (all small arms collectively) · fi aseistus (all small arms collectively) · ka შეიარაღებული ძალები (body of forces equipped for war) · uk озбро́єння (all small arms collectively) · de Ausrüstung (all small arms collectively) · ja 軍備 (all small arms collectively) · ru ору́жие (any equipment for resistance) · ka სამხედრო ძალები (body of forces equipped for war) · da oprustning (the process of building up military capacity) · ko 군비 (any equipment for resistance) · ja 兵装 (any equipment for resistance) · cmn 武裝 /武装 (all small arms collectively) · fr forces armées (body of forces equipped for war) · uk озбро́єння (any equipment for resistance) · pt armamento (any equipment for resistance) · sl oboroževanje (the process of building up military capacity) · ru вооружённые си́лы (body of forces equipped for war) · cs vyzbrojení (the process of building up military capacity) · az təslih (the process of building up military capacity) · fa-ira تَسْلیحات (the process of building up military capacity) · de Rüstung (all small arms collectively) · cs vyzbrojování (the process of building up military capacity) · mk вооружу́вање (the process of building up military capacity) · de Streitkräfte (body of forces equipped for war) · fa-ira تَسْلیح (the process of building up military capacity) · fr force de frappe (body of forces equipped for war) · ga arm (body of forces equipped for war) · ko 무기 (any equipment for resistance) · mk о́ружје (any equipment for resistance) · be узбрае́ньне (any equipment for resistance) · mk вооружу́вања (all small arms collectively) · cs výzbroj (any equipment for resistance) · ru вооруже́ния (all small arms collectively) · be узбрае́нне (the process of building up military capacity) · ko 군비 (all small arms collectively) · ko 무장 (all small arms collectively) · be узбрае́нне (any equipment for resistance) · uk збро́йні си́ли (body of forces equipped for war) · fi varustelu (the process of building up military capacity) · fi varustus (any equipment for resistance) · pt força (body of forces equipped for war) · nrf armément (any equipment for resistance) · bg въоръжа́ване (the process of building up military capacity) · mk вооружу́вање (any equipment for resistance) · ga armáil (all small arms collectively) · ru вооруже́ние (any equipment for resistance) · pt armamento (the process of building up military capacity) · hi शस्त्रीकरण (the process of building up military capacity) · cmn 軍備 /军备 (any equipment for resistance) · cmn 軍備 /军备 (all small arms collectively) · ga armáil (the process of building up military capacity) · de Ausrüstung (any equipment for resistance) · az silahlandırma (the process of building up military capacity) · hy սպառազինություն (the process of building up military capacity) · hi हथियार (any equipment for resistance) · be узбрае́нні (all small arms collectively) · de Aufrüstung (the process of building up military capacity) · ga arm (all small arms collectively) · ja 武器 (any equipment for resistance) · pt armamento (all small arms collectively) · bg въоръже́ни си́ли (body of forces equipped for war) · sk zbrojenie (the process of building up military capacity) · be збро́я (any equipment for resistance) · ru вооруже́ние (the process of building up military capacity) · hy սպառազինություն (any equipment for resistance) · de Kriegsstärke (body of forces equipped for war) · pl broń (any equipment for resistance) · ka შეიარაღება (the process of building up military capacity) · ja 軍備 (any equipment for resistance) · hy սպառազինություն (all small arms collectively) · sv upprustning (the process of building up military capacity) · ja 武装 (all small arms collectively) · fi sotajoukko (body of forces equipped for war) · be узбро́йваньне (the process of building up military capacity) · uk озбро́єння (the process of building up military capacity) · cmn 武器 (any equipment for resistance) · hi शस्त्र (any equipment for resistance) · bn অস্ত্রসস্ত্র (body of forces equipped for war) · be узбрае́ньні (all small arms collectively) · uk збро́я (any equipment for resistance) · sl oborožitev (any equipment for resistance) · cs zbrojení (the process of building up military capacity) · be узбро́еныя сі́лы (body of forces equipped for war) · sv rustning (the process of building up military capacity) · be узбро́йванне (the process of building up military capacity) · cs zbraně (all small arms collectively) · pl uzbrojenie (the process of building up military capacity) · es armamento (body of forces equipped for war) · bg въоръже́ние (all small arms collectively) · fr armement (the process of building up military capacity) · pl uzbrojenie (any equipment for resistance) · cmn 武器 (all small arms collectively) · be узбрае́ньне (the process of building up military capacity) · uk озбро́ювання (the process of building up military capacity) · fr armement (any equipment for resistance)