Dictionary

weaponry en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈwɛp.ən.ɹi/ (General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *wēpną Proto-West Germanic *wāpn Old English wēpn Middle English wepen English weapon Middle English -re, -ri, -rie, -ry, -rye English -ry English weaponry From weapon + -ry.

Meanings

1. (uncountable, usually) Weapons collectively
   • The dispatches […] also exposed the blatant discrepancy between the west's professed values and actual foreign policies. Having lectured the Arab world about democracy for years, its collusion in suppressing freedom was undeniable as protesters were met by weaponry and tear gas made in the west, employed by a military trained by westerners. 2013 June 7, Gary Younge, “Hypocrisy lies at heart of Manning prosecution”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 188, number 26, page 18:
   • The army has a wide array of weaponry.
   • Holy shit! Those things barely look powerful enough to run Oregon Trail, much less Earth-ending weaponry. People who work there must watch WarGames and go “One day, one day, we’ll get to play with that stuff.” 2014 July 27, Tim Carvell, Josh Gondelman, Dan Gurewitch, Jeff Maurer, Ben Silva, Will Tracy, Jill Twiss, Seena Vali, Julie Weiner, “Nuclear Weapons”, in Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, season 1, episode 12, John Oliver (actor), Warner Bros. Television, via HBO:

Forms

Deriveds

cyberweaponry · bioweaponry · superweaponry

Hyponyms

armament · small arms · missilery · gunnery · arsenal · artillery · musketry · battery

Meronyms

weapon

Relateds

materiel · cannonade · conventional weaponry · fusillade

Synonyms

arms · munitions · weaponry · ordnance

Translations (55)

it armi (weapons collectively) · vi vũ khí (weapons collectively) · de Waffen (weapons collectively) · ru вооруже́ние (weapons collectively) · cmn 兵器 (weapons collectively) · mk вооружу́вање (weapons collectively) · ko 무기 (weapons collectively) · he נֶשֶׁק (weapons collectively) · ko 병기 (weapons collectively) · cmn 武器 (weapons collectively) · sk výzbroj (weapons collectively) · fr armement (weapons collectively) · ar سِلَاح (weapons collectively) · sh òrūžje (weapons collectively) · be узбрае́нне (weapons collectively) · sk zbraň (weapons collectively) · vi binh khí (weapons collectively) · yi געווער (weapons collectively) · la arma (weapons collectively) · sl orožje (weapons collectively) · uk збро́я (weapons collectively) · ga airm (weapons collectively) · km អាវុធ (weapons collectively) · be збро́я (weapons collectively) · pl broń (weapons collectively) · pl uzbrojenie (weapons collectively) · pt armamento (weapons collectively) · ja 兵器 (weapons collectively) · km សព្វាវុធ (weapons collectively) · eo armilaro (weapons collectively) · bg въоръжение (weapons collectively) · he כְּלֵי נֶשֶׁק (weapons collectively) · fr arsenal (weapons collectively) · sk zbrane (weapons collectively) · cs zbraň (weapons collectively) · bg оръ́жие (weapons collectively) · fa سلاح (weapons collectively) · de Bewaffnung (weapons collectively) · el οπλισμός (weapons collectively) · hu fegyverzet (weapons collectively) · uk озбро́єння (weapons collectively) · cs výzbroj (weapons collectively) · th อาวุธ (weapons collectively) · lo ອາວຸດ (weapons collectively) · egy xa:a-w-M3:Z2 (weapons collectively) · mk о́ружје (weapons collectively) · es armas (weapons collectively) · nv tʼáadoo leʼé bee anadahatʼíinii (weapons collectively) · pt armas (weapons collectively) · fi aseistus (weapons collectively) · sh о̀рӯжје (weapons collectively) · tg силоҳ (weapons collectively) · ru ору́жие (weapons collectively) · ja 武器 (weapons collectively) · gl armamento (weapons collectively)