arms
English edit
Pronunciation edit
- (General American) IPA(key): /ɑɹmz/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ɑːmz/
Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)mz
Etymology 1 edit
From Middle English armes, from Old French armes, from Latin arma (“weapons”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂er-mo-, a suffixed form of *h₂er- (“to fit together”), hence ultimately cognate with etymology 2.
Noun edit
arms pl
- Weaponry, weapons.
- (heraldry) A visual design composed according to heraldic rules, consisting of a coat of arms normally displayed upon an escutcheon, sometimes accompanied by other elements of an achievement
- The arms of England are: gules, three lions passant gardant or.
- 1950 June, Michael Robbins, “Heraldry of London Underground Railways”, in Railway Magazine, page 382:
- The Metropolitan Electric trams bore the three seaxes of the Middlesex arms, with a crown above the shield, on a blue circle.
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Translations edit
heraldic design
Verb edit
arms
- third-person singular simple present indicative of arm
- If the Duke arms himself for war, the king will not sit by idly!
Etymology 2 edit
See arm.
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Danish edit
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arms c
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Romanization edit
arms
- Romanization of 𐌰𐍂𐌼𐍃
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