armament

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑː(ɹ)məmənt/

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Noun

armament (countable and uncountable, plural armaments)

1. A body of forces equipped for war.
   • 1927 February 28, “FRANCE: Poincaré’s Week”, in TIME‎^[1], archived from the original on 29 April 2025:

     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.

2. (military, naval) All the cannon and small arms collectively, with their equipments, belonging to a ship or a fortification.
3. Any equipment for resistance.
4. The process of building up military capacity.

Derived terms

• nonarmament

Translations

body of forces equipped for war

• Belarusian: узбро́еныя сі́лы f pl (uzbrójenyja síly)
• Bengali: অস্ত্রসস্ত্র (ostrośostro)
• Bulgarian: въоръже́ни си́ли f pl (văorăžéni síli)
• Finnish: sotajoukko (fi)
• French: force de frappe (fr) f, forces armées (fr) f pl
• Georgian: შეიარაღებული ძალები (šeiaraɣebuli ʒalebi), სამხედრო ძალები (samxedro ʒalebi)
• German: Kriegsstärke (de) f, Streitkräfte (de) f pl
• Irish: arm m
• Portuguese: força (pt) f
• Russian: вооружённые си́лы (ru) f pl (vooružónnyje síly)
• Spanish: armamento (es) m
• Ukrainian: збро́йні си́ли (uk) f pl (zbrójni sýly)

all small arms collectively

• Armenian: սպառազինություն (hy) (spaṙazinutʻyun)
• Belarusian: узбрае́нні n pl (uzbrajénni), узбрае́ньні n pl (uzbrajénʹni)
• Bulgarian: въоръже́ние (bg) n (văorăžénie)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 武器 (zh) (wǔqì), 武裝 / 武装 (zh) (wǔzhuāng), 軍備 / 军备 (zh) (jūnbèi)

• Czech: zbraně (cs) f pl
• Finnish: aseistus (fi)
• German: Ausrüstung (de) f, Rüstung (de) f
• Irish: arm m, armáil f
• Japanese: 武装 (ja) (ぶそう, busō), 軍備 (ja) (ぐんび, gunbi)
• Korean: 무장(武裝) (ko) (mujang), 군비(軍備) (ko) (gunbi)
• Macedonian: вооружу́вања n pl (vooružúvanja)
• Portuguese: armamento (pt) m
• Russian: вооруже́ния (ru) n pl (vooružénija)
• Spanish: armamento (es) m
• Ukrainian: озбро́єння (uk) n pl (ozbrójennja)

any equipment for resistance

• Armenian: սպառազինություն (hy) (spaṙazinutʻyun)
• Belarusian: узбрае́нне n (uzbrajénnje), узбрае́ньне n (uzbrajénʹnje), збро́я f (zbrója)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 武器 (zh) (wǔqì), 軍備 / 军备 (zh) (jūnbèi)

• Czech: výzbroj (cs) f
• Finnish: varustus (fi)
• French: armement (fr) m
• German: Ausrüstung (de) f
• Hindi: शस्त्र (hi) m (śastra), हथियार (hi) m (hathiyār)
• Japanese: 武器 (ja) (ぶき, buki), 軍備 (ja) (ぐんび, gunbi), 兵装 (ja) (へいそう, heisō)
• Korean: 무기(武器) (ko) (mugi), 군비(軍備) (ko) (gunbi)
• Macedonian: вооружу́вање n (vooružúvanje), о́ружје n (óružje)
• Norman: armément m
• Polish: uzbrojenie (pl) n, broń (pl) f
• Portuguese: armamento (pt) m
• Russian: вооруже́ние (ru) n (vooružénije), ору́жие (ru) n (orúžije)
• Slovene: oborožitev f
• Ukrainian: озбро́єння (uk) n (ozbrójennja), збро́я (uk) f (zbrója)

the process of building up military capacity

• Arabic: تَسْلِيح m (taslīḥ)
• Armenian: սպառազինություն (hy) (spaṙazinutʻyun)
• Azerbaijani: silahlandırma, təslih
• Belarusian: узбро́йванне n (uzbrójvannje), узбро́йваньне n (uzbrójvanʹnje), узбрае́нне n (uzbrajénnje), узбрае́ньне n (uzbrajénʹnje)
• Bulgarian: въоръжа́ване n (văorăžávane)
• Czech: vyzbrojení n, vyzbrojování n, zbrojení n
• Danish: oprustning (da) c
• Finnish: varustelu (fi)
• French: armement (fr) m
• Georgian: შეიარაღება (šeiaraɣeba)
• German: Aufrüstung (de) f
• Hindi: शस्त्रीकरण (hi) m (śastrīkaraṇ)
• Irish: armáil f
• Macedonian: вооружу́вање n (vooružúvanje)
• Persian:

  Iranian Persian: تَسْلیح (taslih), تَسْلیحات (taslihât)

• Polish: uzbrojenie (pl) n
• Portuguese: armamento (pt) m
• Russian: вооруже́ние (ru) n (vooružénije)
• Slovak: zbrojenie n
• Slovene: oboroževanje n
• Swedish: rustning (sv) c, upprustning (sv) c
• Ukrainian: озбро́ювання n (ozbrójuvannja), озбро́єння (uk) n (ozbrójennja)

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Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin armāmentum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern) [ər.məˈme̞n]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ər.məˈment]
• IPA^(key): (Central) [ər.məˈmen]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [aɾ.maˈment]
• IPA^(key): (Northwestern) [ar.maˈmen]

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Noun

armament m (plural armaments)

1. arming

Related terms

• armar

Further reading

• “armament”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “armament”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
• “armament” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “armament”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French armement. By surface analysis, arma +‎ -ment.

Noun

armament n (plural armamente)

1. weaponry

Declension

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	armament	armamentul	armamente	armamentele
genitive-dative	armament	armamentului	armamente	armamentelor
vocative	armamentule		armamentelor