Meanings
arsenal1
plural arsenals
- A military establishment for the storing, development, manufacturing, testing, or repairing of arms, ammunition, and other war materiel; an armoury.
- A store or supply of anything.
Foremost in her arsenal is that smile – so enormous and so absurdly disarming that someone should have worked out a way to harness its power into international conflict resolution.
2014 January 21, Hermione Hoby, “Julia Roberts interview for August: Osage County – 'I might actually go to hell for this ...': Julia Roberts reveals why her violent, Oscar-nominated performance in August: Osage County made her feel 'like a terrible person' [print version: 'I might actually go to hell for this ...' (18 January 2014, p. R4)]”, in The Daily Telegraph (Review) - Any supply of aid collected to prepare a person or army for hardship.
He arrived with a large arsenal of cleansers and tools, and got right to work.
1 more example
Elyse Saugstad, a professional skier, wore a backpack equipped with an air bag, a relatively new and expensive part of the arsenal that backcountry users increasingly carry to ease their minds and increase survival odds in case of an avalanche.
2012 December 26, John Branch, “Snow Fall: The Avalanche at Tunnel Creek”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 14 Nov 2013
Arsenal2
Synonyms & antonyms
nouna military structure where arms and ammunition and other military equipment are stored and training is given in the use of arms
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Arabicدَار الصِّنَاعَة“manufacturing shop”
- Italianarsenale
- Englisharsenal
From Italian arsenale, from Arabic دَار الصِّنَاعَة (dār aṣ-ṣināʕa, “manufacturing shop”), from دَار (dār) + صِنَاعَة (ṣināʕa).
More words from Italian, Arabic
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic تِرْسَانَة
- تِرْسَانَة (tirsāna)military establishment
Bulgarian арсена́л
- арсена́л (arsenál)military establishment
Catalan arsenal, arsenal
- arsenalstock of weapons
- arsenalstore or supply of anything
Chinese Cantonese 阿仙奴, 兵工廠 /兵工厂
- 阿仙奴 (aa³ sin¹ nou⁴)football club
- 兵工廠 /兵工厂 (bing¹ gung¹ cong²)football club
Chinese Mandarin 兵工廠 /兵工厂, 軍火庫 /军火库
- 兵工廠 /兵工厂 (bīnggōngchǎng)military establishment
- 軍火庫 /军火库stock of weapons
- 武庫 /武库stock of weapons
- 阿森納 /阿森纳 (Āsēnnà)football club
- 兵工廠 /兵工厂 (Bīnggōngchǎng)football club
Czech zbrojnice, arzenál
- zbrojnicemilitary establishment
- arzenálmilitary establishment
Danish våbenlager, våbenarsenal
- våbenlagerstock of weapons
- våbenarsenalstock of weapons
Dutch arsenaal, wapenmagazijn
- arsenaalmilitary establishment
- wapenmagazijnmilitary establishment
- wapenopslagplaatsmilitary establishment
Finnish arsenaali, arsenaali
- arsenaalimilitary establishment
- arsenaalistock of weapons
- arsenaalistore or supply of anything
French arsenal
- arsenalmilitary establishment
German Zeughaus, Waffenkammer
- Zeughausmilitary establishment
- Waffenkammermilitary establishment
- Arsenalmilitary establishment
- Waffenlagermilitary establishment
- Waffenvorratmilitary establishment
Hungarian fegyvergyár, fegyverraktár
- fegyvergyármilitary establishment
- fegyverraktármilitary establishment
- arzenálmilitary establishment
- arzenálstock of weapons
- arzenálstore or supply of anything
Indonesian arsenal
- arsenalmilitary establishment
Italian arsenale, deposito armi
- arsenalemilitary establishment
- deposito armimilitary establishment
- arsenalestock of weapons
- arsenalestore or supply of anything
- magazzinostore or supply of anything
- depositostore or supply of anything
Japanese 兵器廠, アーセナル
- 兵器廠 (heikishō)military establishment
- アーセナル (Āsenaru)football club
Korean 병기고, 무기고
- 병기고 (byeonggigo)military establishment
- 무기고 (mugigo)military establishment
- 병기창 (byeonggichang)military establishment
- 아스널 (Aseuneol)football club
- 아스날 (Aseunal)football club
Latin armāmentārium, armāmentārium
- armāmentāriummilitary establishment
- armāmentāriumstock of weapons
Lithuanian arsenalas
- arsenalasmilitary establishment
Norwegian arsenal, rustkammer
- arsenalmilitary establishment
- rustkammermilitary establishment
Persian زرادخانه, آرسنال
- زرادخانه (zarâdxâne)military establishment
- آرسنال (ârsenâl)football club
Polish arsenał, zbrojownia
- arsenałmilitary establishment
- zbrojowniamilitary establishment
- cekhauzmilitary establishment
- arsenałstock of weapons
- arsenałstore or supply of anything
Portuguese arsenal, arsenal
- arsenalmilitary establishment
- arsenalstock of weapons
- arsenalstore or supply of anything
Russian арсена́л, арсена́л
- арсена́л (arsenál)military establishment
- арсена́л (arsenál)stock of weapons
- арсена́л (arsenál)store or supply of anything
Scottish Gaelic taigh-airm
- taigh-airmmilitary establishment
Slovak arzenál, zbrojnica
- arzenálmilitary establishment
- zbrojnicamilitary establishment
Spanish arsenal, arsenal
- arsenalmilitary establishment
- arsenalstock of weapons
- arsenalstore or supply of anything
Swedish arsenal
- arsenalmilitary establishment
Thai คลังแสง, คลังสรรพาวุธ
- คลังแสงmilitary establishment
- คลังสรรพาวุธmilitary establishment
- โรงแสงmilitary establishment
- โรงงานสรรพาวุธmilitary establishment
- โรงแสงสรรพาวุธmilitary establishment
- คลังแสงstock of weapons
- คลังอาวุธstock of weapons
- คลังสรรพาวุธstock of weapons
- อาร์เซนอล (Aa-see-nɔɔn)football club
Ukrainian арсена́л
- арсена́л (arsenál)military establishment
Vietnamese kho vũ khí, kho đạn dược
- kho vũ khímilitary establishment
- kho đạn dượcmilitary establishment
Cite this entry
arsenal. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/arsenal
“arsenal.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/arsenal. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “arsenal,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/arsenal.
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