army
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army¹
- /ˈɑː.mi/ UK
- /ˈɑɹ.mi/ US
- /ˈɐː.mi(ː)/ Australia
Rhymes with -ɑː(ɹ)mi
Where it comes from
From (1386) Middle English armee, borrowed from Old French armee (cf. modern French armée), from Medieval Latin armāta (“armed force”), a noun taken from the past participle of Latin armāre (“to arm”), itself related to arma (“tools, arms”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂er- (“to join, fit together”).
Doublet of armada. Displaced native Old English here and fierd.
noun armies
- A large, highly organized military force, concerned mainly with ground (rather than air or naval) operations. An army never can be commanded or controlled by civilians.
- Used absolutely for that entire branch of the armed forces. The army received a bigger share of this year's budget increase than the navy or air force.
- Within a vast military, a very large tactical contingent (e.g. a number of divisions). The Fourth Army suffered such losses that its remainders were merged into the Second Army, also deployed on the Western front.
- The governmental agency in charge of a state's army. The army opposed the legislature's involvement.
- A large group of people working toward the same purpose. It took an army of accountants to uncover the fraud.
- A large group of animals, especially caterpillars or social insects working toward the same purpose. Our house is being attacked by an army of ants.
- Any multitude. There was an army of construction cranes working on building the skyscraper.
- The military as a whole. The People's Liberation Army Navy of China.
Army²
proper noun
- A sports team representing the US Military Academy at West Point. Army has several returning starters this year.
- Hexagram 7 of the I Ching (䷆)
ARMY³
Where it comes from
From an acronym/backronym based on army ("Adorable Representative for MC Youth"), suggesting a large, devoted fanbase.
noun ARMYs
- The fandom of the K-pop boy band BTS. ARMY are clever, too: they urged fans not to buy J-Hope's mixtape Hope World on its release date, having worked out that delaying by a day would result in a higher ranking in the Billboard charts.
- An individual fan of the K-pop boy band BTS. Entering the theater, I expected the room to be filled with ARMYs decked out in their BTS merchandise.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: regular army, troops, regiment, military, forces, corps, militia, soldier, infantry, troop, militarily, war, defense, arms, armed, horde
Translations
Every language
noun military force concerned mainly with ground operations
| Español | ejército |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 육군 yukgun, 군대 gundae |
| 日本語 | 陸軍 rikugun, 軍隊 guntai |
| 中文 | 陸軍 /陆军 lùjūn, 軍隊 /军队 jūnduì |
| हिन्दी | सेना senā, थलसेना thalsenā, फ़ौज fauj, फौज phauj, सैन्य sainya, थल सेना thal senā |
| Kiswahili | jeshi |
| Português | exército |
| Français | armée |
| Deutsch | Heer, Armee |
| Italiano | esercito |
| Ελληνικά | στρατός stratós, στράτευμα strátevma, στρατιά stratiá |
| Română | armată, oaste |
| Русский | а́рмия ármija, во́йско vójsko |
| Tiếng Việt | quân đội, lục quân |
| العربية | جَيْش jayš |
| עברית | צָבָא tsavá, חַיִל ẖáyil |
noun large group of social animals working towards the same purpose
| Español | ejército |
|---|---|
| Kiswahili | jeshi |
| Português | exército |
| Deutsch | Schar |
| Română | mulțime |
| Русский | а́рмия ármija |
noun government agency in charge of a state's army
| Español | ejército |
|---|---|
| Kiswahili | jeshi |
| Português | exército |
| Deutsch | Heeresamt |
| Ελληνικά | στρατός stratós |
| Русский | а́рмия ármija, вооружённые си́лы vooružónnyje síly |
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@misc{army_2026,
title = {army},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/army},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
