Meanings
plural weaponries
- uncountableusuallyWeapons collectively
The army has a wide array of weaponry.
2 more examples
The dispatches […] also exposed the blatant discrepancy between the west's professed values and actual foreign policies. Having lectured the Arab world about democracy for years, its collusion in suppressing freedom was undeniable as protesters were met by weaponry and tear gas made in the west, employed by a military trained by westerners.
2013 June 7, Gary Younge, “Hypocrisy lies at heart of Manning prosecution”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 188, number 26, page 18Holy shit! Those things barely look powerful enough to run Oregon Trail, much less Earth-ending weaponry. People who work there must watch WarGames and go “One day, one day, we’ll get to play with that stuff.”
2014 July 27, Tim Carvell, Josh Gondelman, Dan Gurewitch, Jeff Maurer, Ben Silva, Will Tracy, Jill Twiss, Seena Vali, Julie Weiner, “Nuclear Weapons”, in Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, season 1, episode 12, John Oliver (actor), Warner Bros. Television, via HBO
Synonyms & antonyms
More synonyms by meaning
nounweapons considered collectively
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Germanic*wēpną
- Proto-West Germanic*wāpn
- Old Englishwēpn
- Middle Englishwepen
- Englishweapon
- Englishweaponry
Translations
Arabic سِلَاح
- سِلَاح (silāḥ)weapons collectively
Bulgarian въоръжение, оръ́жие
- въоръжение (văorăženie)weapons collectively
- оръ́жие (orắžie)weapons collectively
Chinese Mandarin 兵器, 武器
- 兵器 (bīngqì)weapons collectively
- 武器 (wǔqì)weapons collectively
Czech zbraň, výzbroj
- zbraňweapons collectively
- výzbrojweapons collectively
Esperanto armilaro
- armilaroweapons collectively
Finnish aseistus
- aseistusweapons collectively
French armement, arsenal
- armementweapons collectively
- arsenalweapons collectively
German Waffen, Bewaffnung
- Waffenweapons collectively
- Bewaffnungweapons collectively
Greek οπλισμός
- οπλισμός (oplismós)weapons collectively
Hebrew נֶשֶׁק, כְּלֵי נֶשֶׁק
- נֶשֶׁק (nésheq)weapons collectively
- כְּלֵי נֶשֶׁק (kli nésheq)weapons collectively
Hungarian fegyverzet
- fegyverzetweapons collectively
Irish airm
- airmweapons collectively
Italian armi
- armiweapons collectively
Japanese 武器, 兵器
- 武器 (buki)weapons collectively
- 兵器 (heiki)weapons collectively
Korean 무기, 병기
- 무기 (mugi)weapons collectively
- 병기 (byeonggi)weapons collectively
Latin arma
- armaweapons collectively
Persian سلاح
- سلاح (selâh)weapons collectively
Polish uzbrojenie, broń
- uzbrojenieweapons collectively
- brońweapons collectively
Portuguese armas, armamento
- armasweapons collectively
- armamentoweapons collectively
Russian вооруже́ние, ору́жие
- вооруже́ние (vooružénije)weapons collectively
- ору́жие (orúžije)weapons collectively
Slovak zbraň, výzbroj
- zbraňweapons collectively
- výzbrojweapons collectively
- zbraneweapons collectively
Spanish armas
- armasweapons collectively
Thai อาวุธ
- อาวุธ (aa-wút)weapons collectively
Ukrainian озбро́єння, збро́я
- озбро́єння (ozbrójennja)weapons collectively
- збро́я (zbrója)weapons collectively
Vietnamese vũ khí, binh khí
- vũ khíweapons collectively
- binh khíweapons collectively
Yiddish געווער
- געווער (gever)weapons collectively
Cite this entry
weaponry. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/weaponry
“weaponry.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/weaponry. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “weaponry,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/weaponry.
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