armada

Borrowed from Spanish armada (“fleet, navy”), from Medieval Latin armāta, from the feminine past participle of Latin armō, from arma. Doublet of army.

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ɑːˈmɑːdə/

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• (US) IPA^(key): /ɑɹˈmɑdə/
• Rhymes: -ɑːdə

armada (plural armadas)

1. A fleet of warships, especially with reference to the Spanish Armada.
2. Any large army or fleet of military vessels.
3. A large flock of anything.

   An armada of insects attacked us every day at sunset.

• Damara, ramada

From the feminine past participle of armar, corresponding to Medieval Latin armāta, from the feminine past participle of Latin armāre, from arma (“arms”).

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic)
• IPA^(key): (Valencia)

armada f (plural armades)

1. navy

armada f sg

1. feminine singular of armat

armada f sg

1. feminine singular of armat

From Spanish armada.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑrmɑ(ː)dɑ/,
• Rhymes: -ɑrmɑdɑ
• Hyphenation^(key): ar‧ma‧da

armada

1. (military) armada (fleet of warships)

• “armada”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02

• draama

Borrowed from Spanish armada. Doublet of armée.

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armada f (plural armadas)

1. (military) armada (fleet of warships)

• → Romanian: armadă

• “armada”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.

Indonesian Wikipedia has an article on:

armada

Wikipedia ^id

From Malay armada, from Portuguese armada, from Medieval Latin armāta, from the feminine past participle of Latin armō, from arma.

• IPA^(key):
• Hyphenation: ar‧ma‧da

armada (uncountable)

1. armada:
   1. a fleet of warships.
   2. a large flock of anything

• “armada” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

armada f (Latin spelling, plural armadas)

1. army

Malay Wikipedia has an article on:

armada

Wikipedia ^ms

From Portuguese armada, from Medieval Latin armāta, from the feminine past participle of Latin armō, from arma.

• (Baku, Johor-Riau) IPA^(key):
• Rhymes: -da, -a
• Hyphenation: ar‧ma‧da

armada (Jawi spelling ارمادا)

1. A fleet of warships; an armada.
2. A flock of trade ships.

• Indonesian: armada

• “armada” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

Polish Wikipedia has an article on:

armada

Wikipedia ^pl

Borrowed from Spanish armada.

• IPA^(key): /arˈma.da/

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• Rhymes: -ada
• Syllabification: ar‧ma‧da

armada f

1. (military) armada (a fleet of warships, especially with reference to the Spanish Armada)
2. (military) armada ​(any large army or fleet of military vessels)
3. (by extension, literary) armada ​(a large flock of anything)

• armada in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• armada in Polish dictionaries at PWN

From armar +‎ -ada (or the feminine past participle of armar), corresponding to Medieval Latin armāta, from the feminine past participle of Latin armāre, from arma (“arms”). Cf. also Italian armata.

• Hyphenation: ar‧ma‧da

armada f (plural armadas)

1. (military) armada (fleet of warships)

• → Malay: armada
  • Indonesian: armada
• → Bengali: হার্মাদ (harmad)

armada f sg

1. feminine singular of armado

armada f sg

1. feminine singular of armado

Borrowed from Venetan armada. Compare Italian armata.

• IPA^(key): /armáːda/

armȃda f

1. army

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From the feminine past participle of armar, corresponding to Medieval Latin armāta, from the feminine perfect passive participle of Latin armāre, from arma (“arms”).

• IPA^(key): /aɾˈmada/
• Rhymes: -ada
• Syllabification: ar‧ma‧da

armada f (plural armadas)

1. navy
2. fleet

• → English: armada
• → French: armada
  • → Romanian: armadă
• → Finnish: armada
• → Polish: armada
• → Turkish: armada

armada f sg

1. feminine singular of armado

armada f sg

1. feminine singular of armado

• “armado”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10