armament

ar·ma·ment  (ärm-mnt)

n.

1. The weapons and supplies of war with which a military unit is equipped.

2. All the military forces and war equipment of a country. Often used in the plural.

3. A military force equipped for war.

4. The process of arming for war.

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[Latin armmenta, tools, from arma, arms; see arm².]

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arma·mentar·y (-mnt-r, -mntr) adj.

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armament [ˈɑːməmənt]

n

1. (Military) (often plural) the weapon equipment of a military vehicle, ship, or aircraft

2. (Military) a military force raised and armed ready for war

3. (Military) preparation for war involving the production of equipment and arms

[from Latin armāmenta utensils, from armāre to equip]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	armament - weaponry used by military or naval force arsenal, armory, armoury - all the weapons and equipment that a country has artillery, heavy weapon, ordnance, gun - large but transportable armament broadside - all of the armament that is fired from one side of a warship launcher, rocket launcher - armament in the form of a device capable of launching a rocket ordnance, ordnance store, munition - military supplies torpedo - armament consisting of a long cylindrical self-propelled underwater projectile that detonates on contact with a target arms, implements of war, munition, weaponry, weapons system - weapons considered collectively armed forces, armed services, military, military machine, war machine - the military forces of a nation; "their military is the largest in the region"; "the military machine is the same one we faced in 1991 but now it is weaker"
	2.	armament - the act of equiping with weapons in preparation for war arming, equipping militarisation, militarization, mobilization, mobilisation - act of assembling and putting into readiness for war or other emergency: "mobilization of the troops" outfitting - the act of renovating and fitting out a ship rearmament - the act of arming again; "he opposed the rearmament of Japan after World War II" disarmament, disarming - act of reducing or depriving of arms; "the disarmament of the aggressor nations must be complete"

Translations

armament [ˈɑːməmənt]

A. N → armamento m
armaments (= weapons) → armamento msing

B. CPD the armaments industry N → la industria de armamento, la industria armamentista or armamentística

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armament [ˈɑː^rməmənt]

n

[aircraft, military vehicle] → armement m

[country] → armement m

armaments npl (= weapons) → armements mpl

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armament

n

armaments pl (= weapons) → Ausrüstung f

(= preparation) → Aufrüstung f no pl; much of the national budget is devoted to armament → ein großer Teil des Staatshaushalts geht in die Rüstung

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armament

n armament [ˈaːməmənt]

(usually in plural) equipment for war, eg the guns etc of a ship, tank etc. wapentuig تَسَلُّح، عِتاد حَرب въоръжение výzbroj udrustning; bevæbning die Waffen; die Bewaffnung εξοπλισμός armamento relvastus تسلیحات نظامی aseistus armement נֶשֶק युद्ध-सामग्री naoružanje fegyverzet persenjataan, alat-alat perang hergögn armamento 軍備 병기 ginkluotė bruņojums persenjataan wapentuig krigsmateriell uzbrojenie armamento armament вооружение výzbroj oborožitev teško naoružanje krigsrustning, beväpning, bestyckning อาวุธยุทธภัณฑ์ savaş malzemesi 軍備 озброєння فوجی تیاریاں ، جنگی سامان vũ khí 军械