Meanings
plural armaments
- countableuncountableA body of forces equipped for war.
1 more example
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.
1927 February 28, “FRANCE: Poincaré’s Week”, in TIME, archived from the original on 29 Apr 2025 - countableuncountablegovernmentAll the cannon and small arms collectively, with their equipments, belonging to a ship or a fortification.
- countableuncountableAny equipment for resistance.
- countableuncountableThe process of building up military capacity.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounthe act of equipping with weapons in preparation for war
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Latinarmāmentum
- Englisharmament
From Latin armāmentum, from armō (“to arm”).
More words from Latin
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic تَسْلِيح
- تَسْلِيح (taslīḥ)the process of building up military capacity
Bengali অস্ত্রসস্ত্র
- অস্ত্রসস্ত্র (ostrośostro)body of forces equipped for war
Bulgarian въоръже́ни си́ли, въоръже́ние
- въоръже́ни си́ли (văorăžéni síli)body of forces equipped for war
- въоръже́ние (văorăžénie)all small arms collectively
- въоръжа́ване (văorăžávane)the process of building up military capacity
Chinese Mandarin 武器, 武裝 /武装
- 武器 (wǔqì)all small arms collectively
- 武裝 /武装 (wǔzhuāng)all small arms collectively
- 軍備 /军备 (jūnbèi)all small arms collectively
- 武器 (wǔqì)any equipment for resistance
- 軍備 /军备 (jūnbèi)any equipment for resistance
Czech zbraně, výzbroj
- zbraněall small arms collectively
- výzbrojany equipment for resistance
- vyzbrojeníthe process of building up military capacity
- vyzbrojováníthe process of building up military capacity
- zbrojeníthe process of building up military capacity
Danish oprustning
- oprustningthe process of building up military capacity
Finnish sotajoukko, aseistus
- sotajoukkobody of forces equipped for war
- aseistusall small arms collectively
- varustusany equipment for resistance
- varusteluthe process of building up military capacity
French force de frappe, forces armées
- force de frappebody of forces equipped for war
- forces arméesbody of forces equipped for war
- armementany equipment for resistance
- armementthe process of building up military capacity
German Kriegsstärke, Streitkräfte
- Kriegsstärkebody of forces equipped for war
- Streitkräftebody of forces equipped for war
- Ausrüstungall small arms collectively
- Rüstungall small arms collectively
- Ausrüstungany equipment for resistance
- Aufrüstungthe process of building up military capacity
Hindi शस्त्र, हथियार
- शस्त्र (śastra)any equipment for resistance
- हथियार (hathiyār)any equipment for resistance
- शस्त्रीकरण (śastrīkaraṇ)the process of building up military capacity
Irish arm, arm
- armbody of forces equipped for war
- armall small arms collectively
- armáilall small arms collectively
- armáilthe process of building up military capacity
Japanese 武装, 軍備
- 武装 (busō)all small arms collectively
- 軍備 (gunbi)all small arms collectively
- 武器 (buki)any equipment for resistance
- 軍備 (gunbi)any equipment for resistance
- 兵装 (heisō)any equipment for resistance
Korean 무장, 군비
- 무장 (mujang)all small arms collectively
- 군비 (gunbi)all small arms collectively
- 무기 (mugi)any equipment for resistance
- 군비 (gunbi)any equipment for resistance
Polish uzbrojenie, uzbrojenie
- uzbrojeniebody of forces equipped for war
- uzbrojenieall small arms collectively
- brońall small arms collectively
- uzbrojenieany equipment for resistance
- brońany equipment for resistance
- zbrojeniethe process of building up military capacity
Portuguese força, armamento
- forçabody of forces equipped for war
- armamentoall small arms collectively
- armamentoany equipment for resistance
- armamentothe process of building up military capacity
Russian вооружённые си́лы, вооруже́ния
- вооружённые си́лы (vooružónnyje síly)body of forces equipped for war
- вооруже́ния (vooružénija)all small arms collectively
- вооруже́ние (vooružénije)any equipment for resistance
- ору́жие (orúžije)any equipment for resistance
- вооруже́ние (vooružénije)the process of building up military capacity
Slovak zbrojenie
- zbrojeniethe process of building up military capacity
Spanish armamento, armamento
- armamentobody of forces equipped for war
- armamentoall small arms collectively
Swedish rustning, upprustning
- rustningthe process of building up military capacity
- upprustningthe process of building up military capacity
Ukrainian збро́йні си́ли, озбро́єння
- збро́йні си́ли (zbrójni sýly)body of forces equipped for war
- озбро́єння (ozbrójennja)all small arms collectively
- озбро́єння (ozbrójennja)any equipment for resistance
- збро́я (zbrója)any equipment for resistance
- озбро́ювання (ozbrójuvannja)the process of building up military capacity
- озбро́єння (ozbrójennja)the process of building up military capacity
Cite this entry
armament. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/armament
“armament.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/armament. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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