arsenal

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English

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Etymology

From Italian arsenale, also French arsenal, from Arabic دَار الصِّنَاعَة (dār aṣ-ṣināʕa, manufacturing shop); دَار (dār) + صِنَاعَة (ṣināʕa).

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Noun

arsenal (plural arsenals)

  1. A military establishment for the storing, development, manufacturing, testing, or repairing of arms, ammunition, and other war materiel; an armoury.
  2. A stock of weapons, especially all the weapons that a nation possesses.
  3. 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' ”, 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.
  4. 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.

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Catalan

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Noun

arsenal m (plural arsenals)

  1. arsenal (stock of weapons)
  2. arsenal (store or supply of anything)

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French

Pronunciation

Noun

arsenal m (plural arsenaux)

  1. (military, nautical) arsenal

Descendants

  • Russian: арсенал (arsenal)
    • Georgian: არსენალი (arsenali)

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Indonesian

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Etymology

From Dutch arsenaal, from French arsenal, from Arabic دَار الصِّنَاعَة (dār aṣ-ṣināʕa, manufacturing shop); دَار (dār) + صِنَاعَة (ṣināʕa).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key):
  • Hyphenation: ar‧sê‧nal

Noun

arsênal (plural arsenal-arsenal)

  1. arsenal, armoury

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Portuguese

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  • Hyphenation: ar‧se‧nal

Noun

arsenal m (plural arsenais)

  1. arsenal (military establishment)

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French arsenal.

Noun

arsenal n (plural arsenale)

  1. arsenal, armoury

Declension

Declension of arsenal
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative-accusative arsenal arsenalul arsenale arsenalele
genitive-dative arsenal arsenalului arsenale arsenalelor
vocative arsenalule arsenalelor

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /arsěnaːl/
  • Hyphenation: ar‧se‧nal

Noun

arsènāl m (Cyrillic spelling арсѐна̄л)

  1. arsenal

Declension

Declension of arsenal
singular plural
nominative arsènāl arsenali
genitive arsenála arsenala
dative arsenalu arsenalima
accusative arsenal arsenale
vocative arsenale arsenali
locative arsenalu arsenalima
instrumental arsenalom arsenalima

Spanish

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Etymology

From Arabic دَار الصِّنَاعَة (dār aṣ-ṣināʕa, industry house). Compare dársena and atarazana.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /aɾseˈnal/
  • Rhymes: -al
  • Syllabification: ar‧se‧nal

Noun

arsenal m (plural arsenales)

  1. arsenal (stock of weapons)
  2. arsenal (store or supply of anything)
  3. dockyard

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Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from French arsenal, from Italian arsenale.

Noun

arsenal c

  1. arsenal

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