arsenal
English
Etymology
From Italian arsenale, also French arsenal, from Arabic دَار الصِّنَاعَة (dār aṣ-ṣināʿa, “manufacturing shop”); دَار (dār) + صِنَاعَة (ṣināʿa).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɑː(ɹ)sənəl/, /ˈɑː(ɹ)snəl/
Audio (UK) (file)
Noun
arsenal (plural arsenals)
- A military establishment for the storing, development, manufacturing, testing, or repairing of arms, ammunition, and other war materiel; an armoury.
- A stock of weapons, especially all the weapons that a nation possesses.
- A store or supply of anything.
- 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):
- 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.
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- 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.
- 2012, John Branch, “Snow Fall : The Avalanche at Tunnel Creek”, in New York Time:
- 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.
Coordinate terms
- armory
- armoury
Derived terms
- arsenal of democracy
- arsenal plane
- arsenal ship
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Catalan
Pronunciation
- (Balearic) IPA(key): /əɾ.səˈnal/
- (Central) IPA(key): /ər.səˈnal/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /aɾ.seˈnal/
Noun
arsenal m (plural arsenals)
- arsenal (stock of weapons)
- arsenal (store or supply of anything)
Further reading
- “arsenal” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /aʁ.sə.nal/
Audio (file)
Noun
arsenal m (plural arsenaux)
- (military, nautical) arsenal
Further reading
- “arsenal”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Indonesian
Etymology
From Dutch arsenaal, from French arsenal, from Arabic دَار الصِّنَاعَة (dār aṣ-ṣināʿa, “manufacturing shop”); دَار (dār) + صِنَاعَة (ṣināʿa).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [arsəˈnal]
- Hyphenation: ar‧sê‧nal
Noun
arsênal (first-person possessive arsenalku, second-person possessive arsenalmu, third-person possessive arsenalnya)
- arsenal, armoury: a military establishment for the storing, development, manufacturing, testing, or repairing of arms, ammunition, and other war materiel.
Further reading
- “arsenal” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /aʁ.seˈnaw/ [ah.seˈnaʊ̯]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /aɾ.seˈnaw/ [aɾ.seˈnaʊ̯]
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /aʁ.seˈnaw/ [aχ.seˈnaʊ̯]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /aɻ.seˈnaw/ [aɻ.seˈnaʊ̯]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ɐɾ.sɨˈnal/ [ɐɾ.sɨˈnaɫ]
- Hyphenation: ar‧se‧nal
Noun
arsenal m (plural arsenais)
- arsenal (military establishment)
Romanian
Etymology
From French arsenal.
Noun
arsenal n (plural arsenale)
- arsenal, armoury
Declension
singular | plural | |||
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indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
nominative/accusative | (un) arsenal | arsenalul | (niște) arsenale | arsenalele |
genitive/dative | (unui) arsenal | arsenalului | (unor) arsenale | arsenalelor |
vocative | arsenalule | arsenalelor |
Serbo-Croatian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /arsěnaːl/
- Hyphenation: ar‧se‧nal
Noun
arsènāl m (Cyrillic spelling арсѐна̄л)
- arsenal
Declension
singular | plural | |
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nominative | arsènāl | arsenali |
genitive | arsenála | arsenala |
dative | arsenalu | arsenalima |
accusative | arsenal | arsenale |
vocative | arsenale | arsenali |
locative | arsenalu | arsenalima |
instrumental | arsenalom | arsenalima |
Spanish
Etymology
From Arabic دَار الصِّنَاعَة (dār aṣ-ṣināʿa, “industry house”). Compare dársena.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /aɾseˈnal/ [aɾ.seˈnal]
- Rhymes: -al
- Syllabification: ar‧se‧nal
Noun
arsenal m (plural arsenales)
- arsenal (stock of weapons)
- arsenal (store or supply of anything)
- dockyard
Further reading
- “arsenal”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014