Meanings
nouncoat of arms (plural coats of arms)
plural coats of arms
- governmentHereditary designs and symbols depicted on an escutcheon, sometimes accompanied by other elements of a heraldic achievement, such as a helm, crest, crest coronet, torse, mantling and supporters; described by a blazon.
Synonyms & antonyms
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Old Frenchcote a armer
- Middle Englishcote of armes
- Englishcoat of arms
From Middle English cote of armes, from Old French cote a armer, cote d'armes, originally a tunic embroidered with heraldic arms.
More words from Middle English, Old French
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Afrikaans wapen
- wapenhereditary design depicted on an escutcheon
Arabic شِعَار نَبَالَة
- شِعَار نَبَالَة (šiʕār nabāla)hereditary design depicted on an escutcheon
Basque armarria
- armarriahereditary design depicted on an escutcheon
Bengali কোট অফ আর্মস
- কোট অফ আর্মস (kōṭ oph armoś)hereditary design depicted on an escutcheon
Bulgarian герб
- герб (gerb)hereditary design depicted on an escutcheon
Catalan escut, escut d'armes
- escuthereditary design depicted on an escutcheon
- escut d'armeshereditary design depicted on an escutcheon
Chinese Mandarin 紋章 /纹章, 國徽 /国徽
- 紋章 /纹章 (wénzhāng)hereditary design depicted on an escutcheon
- 國徽 /国徽 (guóhuī)hereditary design depicted on an escutcheon
Czech erb, znak
- erbhereditary design depicted on an escutcheon
- znakhereditary design depicted on an escutcheon
Danish våben, våbenskjold
- våbenhereditary design depicted on an escutcheon
- våbenskjoldhereditary design depicted on an escutcheon
- våbenmærkehereditary design depicted on an escutcheon
- skjoldmærkehereditary design depicted on an escutcheon
- rigsvåbenhereditary design depicted on an escutcheon
- statsvåbenhereditary design depicted on an escutcheon
Dutch wapen, wapenschild
- wapenhereditary design depicted on an escutcheon
- wapenschildhereditary design depicted on an escutcheon
- rijkswapenhereditary design depicted on an escutcheon
- staatswapenhereditary design depicted on an escutcheon
Esperanto blazono
- blazonohereditary design depicted on an escutcheon
Estonian vapp
- vapphereditary design depicted on an escutcheon
Finnish vaakuna
- vaakunahereditary design depicted on an escutcheon
French armoiries, armes
- armoirieshereditary design depicted on an escutcheon
- armeshereditary design depicted on an escutcheon
- blasonhereditary design depicted on an escutcheon
German Wappen, Wappenschild
- Wappenhereditary design depicted on an escutcheon
- Wappenschildhereditary design depicted on an escutcheon
- Reichswappenhereditary design depicted on an escutcheon
- Staatswappenhereditary design depicted on an escutcheon
Greek εθνόσημο, οικόσημο
- εθνόσημο (ethnósimo)hereditary design depicted on an escutcheon
- οικόσημο (oikósimo)hereditary design depicted on an escutcheon
Hebrew שלט אצלה
- שלט אצלה (shelet atzullah)hereditary design depicted on an escutcheon
Hindi कुल चिन्ह
- कुल चिन्ह (kul cinha)hereditary design depicted on an escutcheon
Hungarian címer
- címerhereditary design depicted on an escutcheon
Icelandic skjaldarmerki
- skjaldarmerkihereditary design depicted on an escutcheon
Indonesian lambang
- lambanghereditary design depicted on an escutcheon
Irish armas
- armashereditary design depicted on an escutcheon
Italian stemma, blasone
- stemmahereditary design depicted on an escutcheon
- blasonehereditary design depicted on an escutcheon
Japanese 紋章, 国章
- 紋章 (monshō)hereditary design depicted on an escutcheon
- 国章 (kokushō)hereditary design depicted on an escutcheon
Korean 문장, 국장
- 문장 (munjang)hereditary design depicted on an escutcheon
- 국장 (gukjang)hereditary design depicted on an escutcheon
Latin īnsīgne
- īnsīgnehereditary design depicted on an escutcheon
Latvian ģerbonis
- ģerbonishereditary design depicted on an escutcheon
Lithuanian herbas
- herbashereditary design depicted on an escutcheon
Malay jata
- jatahereditary design depicted on an escutcheon
Māori tohu
- tohuhereditary design depicted on an escutcheon
Norwegian Bokmål våpen, våpenskjold
- våpenhereditary design depicted on an escutcheon
- våpenskjoldhereditary design depicted on an escutcheon
- riksvåpenhereditary design depicted on an escutcheon
- statsvåpenhereditary design depicted on an escutcheon
Persian نشان, آرم
- نشان (nešân)hereditary design depicted on an escutcheon
- آرم (ârm)hereditary design depicted on an escutcheon
Polish herb
- herbhereditary design depicted on an escutcheon
Portuguese brasão de armas, brasão
- brasão de armashereditary design depicted on an escutcheon
- brasãohereditary design depicted on an escutcheon
Punjabi ਕੁਲ-ਚਿੰਨ੍ਹ
- ਕੁਲ-ਚਿੰਨ੍ਹ (kula-cinnh)hereditary design depicted on an escutcheon
Romanian stemă, blazon
- stemăhereditary design depicted on an escutcheon
- blazonhereditary design depicted on an escutcheon
- armoariihereditary design depicted on an escutcheon
Russian герб
- герб (gerb)hereditary design depicted on an escutcheon
Scottish Gaelic gearradh-arm
- gearradh-armhereditary design depicted on an escutcheon
Slovak erb
- erbhereditary design depicted on an escutcheon
Spanish escudo de armas, escudo
- escudo de armashereditary design depicted on an escutcheon
- escudohereditary design depicted on an escutcheon
- armashereditary design depicted on an escutcheon
Swahili nembo
- nembohereditary design depicted on an escutcheon
Swedish vapen, vapensköld
- vapenhereditary design depicted on an escutcheon
- vapensköldhereditary design depicted on an escutcheon
- riksvapenhereditary design depicted on an escutcheon
- statsvapenhereditary design depicted on an escutcheon
Tagalog kutamaya
- kutamayahereditary design depicted on an escutcheon
Tamil சின்னம்
- சின்னம் (ciṉṉam)hereditary design depicted on an escutcheon
Thai เครื่องหมาย, ตราแผ่นดิน
- เครื่องหมาย (krʉ̂ʉang-mǎai)hereditary design depicted on an escutcheon
- ตราแผ่นดิน (dtraa pɛ̀n din)hereditary design depicted on an escutcheon
- ตราสัญลักษณ์ (dtraa sǎn-yá-lák)hereditary design depicted on an escutcheon
- ตราประจำตระกูล (dtraa bprà-jam dtrà-guun)hereditary design depicted on an escutcheon
Turkish arma
- armahereditary design depicted on an escutcheon
Ukrainian герб
- герб (herb)hereditary design depicted on an escutcheon
Urdu نشان
- نشان (nišān)hereditary design depicted on an escutcheon
Vietnamese phù hiệu áo giáp, quốc huy
- phù hiệu áo giáphereditary design depicted on an escutcheon
- quốc huyhereditary design depicted on an escutcheon
- huy hiệuhereditary design depicted on an escutcheon
Welsh arfbais
- arfbaishereditary design depicted on an escutcheon
Yiddish הערב
- הערב (herb)hereditary design depicted on an escutcheon
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APA
coat of arms. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/coat%20of%20arms
MLA
“coat of arms.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/coat%20of%20arms. Accessed November 5, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “coat of arms,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/coat%20of%20arms.
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