armed forces

armed forces

English

Noun

armed forces pl (plural only)

1. The military forces of a nation, such as the army, navy, air force, marines and, sometimes, coastguard or border guard, which are tasked with the defence of the nation and its citizens, if necessary through use of deadly force.

Translations

the military forces of a nation

Afrikaans: weermag Arabic: قُوَّات مُسَلَّحَة‎ f pl (quwwāt musallaḥa), قُوَّات‎ f pl (quwwāt), جَيْش‎ m (jayš) Armenian: զինված ուժեր (hy) pl (zinvac užer) Belarusian: узбро́еныя сі́лы f pl (uzbrójenyja síly) Bulgarian: въоръже́ни си́ли f pl (vǎorǎžéni síli) Burmese: please add this translation if you can Catalan: exèrcit (ca) m, forces armades m pl Chinese: Mandarin: 武裝部隊 (zh), 武装部队 (zh) (wǔzhuāng bùduì), 軍隊 (zh), 军队 (zh) (jūnduì) Czech: ozbrojené síly (cs) f pl Dutch: leger (nl) n, krijgsmacht (nl) f, strijdmacht (nl) f, strijdkrachten (nl) pl, heer (nl) n, heir (nl) n, troep (nl) m, troepen (nl) pl, armee (nl) f Esperanto: please add this translation if you can Estonian: relvajõud (et) Finnish: asevoimat (fi) pl, sotavoimat pl, puolustusvoimat (fi) pl French: forces armées f pl Galician: forzas armadas f pl Georgian: სამხედრო ძალები (samxedro ʒalebi), შეიარაღებული ძალები (šeiaraɣebuli ʒalebi) German: Streitkräfte (de) pl Greenlandic: please add this translation if you can Hungarian: fegyveres erők, haderő (hu) Indonesian: angkatan bersenjata (id), tentara (id) Inuktitut: please add this translation if you can

Italian: forze armate f pl Japanese: 軍隊 (ja) (ぐんたい, guntai) Khmer: កងទ័ព (kɑɑng toap), កងកម្លាំងប្រដាប់អាវុធ (kɑɑŋ kɑmlaŋ prɑdap aavut), កងយោធពល (kɑɑŋ yootʰeaʔ pʊəl), យោធពល (yootʰea’ pʊəl) Korean: 군대 (ko) (gundae) Lao: please add this translation if you can Latvian: bruņotie spēki m pl, armija f Macedonian: вооружени сили f pl (vooruženi sili) Mongolian: зэвсэгт хүч (zevsegt hüč) Navajo: siláołtsooí Nogai: савытлы куьшлер (savıtlı küşler) Persian: please add this translation if you can Polish: siły zbrojne (pl) f pl Portuguese: forças armadas f pl Romanian: forțe armate f pl Russian: вооружённые си́лы (ru) pl or f (vooružónnyje síly) Slovak: ozbrojené sily f pl Spanish: fuerzas armadas f pl Tagalog: hukbong-sandatahan Thai: please add this translation if you can Ukrainian: збро́йні си́ли (uk) f pl (zbrójni sýly) Vietnamese: quân đội (vi), lực lượng vũ trang Welsh: lluoedd arfog m pl