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armament

  • /ˈɑː(ɹ)məmənt/

Where it comes from

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

noun armaments

  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
  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.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: arming, equipping, arsenal, weaponry, armed, arms, ordnance, equip, weapon, equipment, firepower, ammunition, gear, militarization, rebar, rearmament

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noun body of forces equipped for war

Españolarmamento
Portuguêsforça
Françaisforce de frappe, forces armées
DeutschKriegsstärke, Streitkräfte
Русскийвооружённые си́лы vooružónnyje síly

noun all small arms collectively

Españolarmamento
한국어무장 mujang, 군비 gunbi
日本語武装 busō, 軍備 gunbi
中文武器 wǔqì, 武裝 /武装 wǔzhuāng, 軍備 /军备 jūnbèi
Portuguêsarmamento
DeutschAusrüstung, Rüstung
Русскийвооруже́ния vooružénija

noun any equipment for resistance

한국어무기 mugi, 군비 gunbi
日本語武器 buki, 軍備 gunbi, 兵装 heisō
中文武器 wǔqì, 軍備 /军备 jūnbèi
हिन्दीशस्त्र śastra, हथियार hathiyār
Portuguêsarmamento
Françaisarmement
DeutschAusrüstung
Русскийвооруже́ние vooružénije, ору́жие orúžije

noun the process of building up military capacity

हिन्दीशस्त्रीकरण śastrīkaraṇ
Portuguêsarmamento
Françaisarmement
DeutschAufrüstung
Русскийвооруже́ние vooružénije
العربيةتَسْلِيح taslīḥ

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@misc{armament_2026,
  title = {armament},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/armament},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}