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arsenal en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /ˈɐːsənəl/ (Australia, New-Zealand)
  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /ˈɑɹsnəl/ (Canada, General-American)
  • /ˈɑɹsənəl/ (Canada, General-American)
  • /ˈɑːsnəl/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • /ˈɑːsənəl/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • /ˈɐːsnəl/ (Australia, New-Zealand)

Etymology

From Italian arsenale, from Arabic دَار الصِّنَاعَة (dār aṣ-ṣināʕa, “manufacturing shop”), from دَار (dār) + صِنَاعَة (ṣināʕa).

Meanings

  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.
    • 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. 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):
  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.
    • 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. 2012 December 26, John Branch, “Snow Fall: The Avalanche at Tunnel Creek”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 14 Nov 2013:

Forms

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Coordinates

armory · armoury

Deriveds

arsenal of democracy · arsenal ship · arsenal plane · cyberarsenal · Redstone Arsenal

Translations (89)

uk арсена́л (military establishment) · sk zbrojnica (military establishment) · hu arzenál (store or supply of anything) · ko 병기고 (military establishment) · pl arsenał (stock of weapons) · pl cekhauz (military establishment) · th คลังสรรพาวุธ (stock of weapons) · pt arsenal (stock of weapons) · hu arzenál (stock of weapons) · cs arzenál (military establishment) · lt arsenalas (military establishment) · it arsenale (stock of weapons) · es arsenal (stock of weapons) · sv arsenal (military establishment) · ru арсена́л (military establishment) · de Waffenlager (military establishment) · nl wapenopslagplaats (military establishment) · es arsenal (military establishment) · pl zbrojownia (military establishment) · th คลังแสง (stock of weapons) · ar تِرْسَانَة (military establishment) · ko 병기창 (military establishment) · pt arsenal (store or supply of anything) · pl arsenał (store or supply of anything) · mr शिलेखाना (military establishment) · fa زرادخانه (military establishment) · fi arsenaali (store or supply of anything) · sl arzenal (military establishment) · fr arsenal (military establishment) · ru арсена́л (stock of weapons) · ko 무기고 (military establishment) · th โรงแสงสรรพาวุธ (military establishment) · pl arsenał (military establishment) · cs zbrojnice (military establishment) · be арсена́л (military establishment) · ota سلاحخانه (military establishment) · da våbenlager (stock of weapons) · es arsenal (store or supply of anything) · la armāmentārium (military establishment) · hy զինանոց (stock of weapons) · fi arsenaali (stock of weapons) · pt arsenal (military establishment) · sh arsenal (military establishment) · hu fegyverraktár (military establishment) · mk арсенал (military establishment) · sk arzenál (military establishment) · ja 兵器廠 (military establishment) · vi kho vũ khí (military establishment) · th โรงงานสรรพาวุธ (military establishment) · it arsenale (military establishment) · de Arsenal (military establishment) · nrf arsénal (military establishment) · hu fegyvergyár (military establishment) · it deposito armi (military establishment) · cmn 軍火庫 /军火库 (stock of weapons) · hy զինանոց (military establishment) · th คลังสรรพาวุธ (military establishment) · gl arsenal (military establishment) · vi kho đạn dược (military establishment) · th โรงแสง (military establishment) · ru арсена́л (store or supply of anything) · de Waffenvorrat (military establishment) · de Zeughaus (military establishment) · nl wapenmagazijn (military establishment) · nl arsenaal (military establishment) · gd taigh-airm (military establishment) · it deposito (store or supply of anything) · mr शस्त्रसामग्री (stock of weapons) · it magazzino (store or supply of anything) · id arsenal (military establishment) · fi arsenaali (military establishment) · th คลังอาวุธ (stock of weapons) · cmn 武庫 /武库 (stock of weapons) · th คลังแสง (military establishment) · ca arsenal (store or supply of anything) · da våbenarsenal (stock of weapons) · hu arzenál (military establishment) · no rustkammer (military establishment) · hy զինանոց (store or supply of anything) · de Waffenkammer (military establishment) · mr युद्धसाहित्यगृह (military establishment) · ka არსენალი (military establishment) · bg арсена́л (military establishment) · cmn 兵工廠 /兵工厂 (military establishment) · ca arsenal (stock of weapons) · sh арсенал (military establishment) · la armāmentārium (stock of weapons) · it arsenale (store or supply of anything) · no arsenal (military establishment)