army

See also: Army

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EnglishEdit

EtymologyEdit

From (1386) Middle English armee, borrowed from Anglo-Norman or Old French armee (cf. modern French armée), from Medieval Latin armāta (“armed force”), a noun taken from the past participle of Latin armāre (“to arm”), itself related to arma (“tools, arms”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂er- (“to join, fit together”). Doublet of armada. Displaced native Middle English heere, here, from Old English here.

PronunciationEdit

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈɑː.miː/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈɑɹ.mi/

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• Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)mi

NounEdit

army (plural armies)

1. A large, highly organized military force, concerned mainly with ground (rather than air or naval) operations.

   The army was sent in to quell the uprising.

   1. Used absolutely for that entire branch of the armed forces.

      The army received a bigger share of this year's budget increase than the navy or air force.

   2. (often capitalized) Within a vast military, a very large tactical contingent (e.g. a number of divisions).

      The Fourth Army suffered such losses that its remainders were merged into the Second Army, also deployed on the Western front.

2. The governmental agency in charge of a state's army.

   The army opposed the legislature's involvement.

3. (figuratively) A large group of people working toward the same purpose.

   It took an army of accountants to uncover the fraud.

4. (figuratively) A large group of social animals working toward the same purpose.

   Our house is being attacked by an army of ants.

5. (figuratively) Any multitude.

   On sunny days the beaches draw armies of tourists of all kinds.

SynonymsEdit

• host
• here
• ferd

Derived termsEdit

• army ant
• army base
• army boots
• army group

• army surplus
• Lord's Resistance Army
• Swiss Army Knife, Swiss Army Penknife
• you and whose army?
• bonsai army

Related termsEdit

• arm, arms, armed
• armament
• armor, armour

TranslationsEdit

military force concerned mainly with ground operations

• Abkhaz: армия (ārmija), ар (ār)
• Afrikaans: leër (af)
• Albanian: armatë (sq) f, ushtri (sq) f
• Amharic: ሰራዊት (särawit), የጦር ኃይል (yäṭor ḫayl)
• Arabic: جَيْش‎‎ m (jayš)

  Hijazi Arabic: جيش‎‎ m (jēš)

• Aragonese: exercito m
• Armenian: բանակ (hy) (banak)
• Aromanian: ashcheri, urdhii, oaste
• Asturian: exércitu m
• Azerbaijani: ordu (az), qoşun (az)
• Bashkir: ғәскәр (ğäskär)
• Basque: gudaroste (eu), armada
• Belarusian: а́рмія f (ármija), во́йска n (vójska)
• Bengali: সেনা (śena)
• Breton: please add this translation if you can
• Bulgarian: а́рмия (bg) f (ármija), во́йска (bg) f (vójska)
• Burmese: စစ်တပ် (my) (cactap), တပ်မတော် (my) (tapma.tau), ကြည်းတပ် (my) (krany:tap)
• Catalan: exèrcit (ca) m, host (ca) f
• Central Atlas Tamazight: ⵜⴰⵙⵔⴷⴰⵙⵜ f (tasrdast)
• Chechen: эскар (eskar), арми (armi)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 陸軍 (zh), 陆军 (zh) (lùjūn), 軍隊 (zh), 军队 (zh) (jūnduì)

  Min Nan: 陸軍 (zh-min-nan), 陆军 (lio̍k-kun)

• Chuvash: çар (çar)
• Crimean Tatar: ordu
• Czech: armáda (cs) f, vojsko (cs) n
• Danish: hær (da) c, arme c, landstyrke c (specifically land)
• Dutch: leger (nl) n, landmacht (nl), weermacht (nl) f
• Erzya: ушмо (ušmo)
• Esperanto: armeo
• Estonian: maavägi
• Faroese: herur m
• Finnish: maavoimat (fi), armeija (fi)
• French: armée (fr) f
• Friulian: armade f, esercit
• Galician: exército (gl) m
• Georgian: ჯარი (ǯari), არმია (armia), სახმელეთო ჯარი (saxmeleto ǯari), სახმელეთო ჯარები (saxmeleto ǯarebi), სახმელეთო ძალები (saxmeleto ʒalebi), ლაშქარი (laškari), სპა (sṗa)
• German: Heer (de) n, Landstreitkräfte f pl
• Gothic: 𐌷𐌰𐍂𐌾𐌹𐍃 m (harjis)
• Greek: στρατός (el) m (stratós)
• Gujarati: આર્મી (ārmī), સેના f (senā)
• Gullah: aa’my
• Hebrew: צָבָא‎‎ (he) m (tzava)
• Hindi: सेना (hi) f (senā), आर्मी (hi) (ārmī), थलसेना (thalsenā), लष्कर (laṣkar), फ़ौज f (fauj)
• Hungarian: hadsereg (hu)
• Icelandic: her (is) m
• Ido: armeo (io)
• Indonesian: tentara (id), angkatan darat (id)
• Ingush: эскар (èskar)
• Irish: arm m, armáil f (literary)
• Italian: esercito (it) m
• Japanese: 陸軍 (ja) (りくぐん, rikugun), 軍隊 (ja) (ぐんたい, guntai)
• Kannada: ಸೇನೆ (kn) (sēne)
• Karachay-Balkar: аскер
• Kazakh: әскер (kk) (äsker)
• Khmer: កងទ័ព (kɑɑng tŏəp), ទ័ព (km) (tŏəp), តស្ករ (taʾskɑɑ)
• Komi-Zyrian: чукӧр (čukör)
• Korean: 육군 (ko) (yukgun) (陸軍 (ko)), 군대 (ko) (gundae) (軍隊 (ko))
• Kurdish:

  Sorani: ئۆردوو‎‎, جاش‎‎ (ku)

• Kyrgyz: армия (ky) (armiya), аскер (ky) (asker)
• Lao: ກອງທັບບົກ (lo) (kǭng thap bok), ທັບ (thap), ກອງທັບ (kǭng thap), ພົນລະກາຍ (phon la kāi), ພົນລະຂັນ (phon la khan), ພົນ (phon), ແສນຍາກອນ (sǣn nyā kǭn), ໂຍທາທັບ (nyō thā thap)
• Latin: exercitus m
• Latvian: armija f, karaspēks m
• Lithuanian: armija (lt) f, kariuomenė (lt) f
• Luhya: ejeshi

• Luxembourgish: Arméi f
• Macedonian: војска f (vojska), армија f (armija)
• Malay: tentera
• Malayalam: പട്ടാളം (ml) (paṭṭāḷaṃ)
• Maltese: armata f
• Maori: ope
• Marathi: आर्मी (ārmī), लष्कर (laṣkar), सेना (senā)
• Middle Persian: gwnd (gund)
• Mirandese: please add this translation if you can
• Mongolian: арми (mn) (armi), цэрэг (mn) (tsereg)
• Navajo: siláo
• Nepali: सेना (ne) (senā)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: hær (no) m, armé (no) m

  Nynorsk: hær m, armé m

• Occitan: armada (oc) f
• Ossetian: ӕфсад (æfsad), арми (armi)
• Ottoman Turkish: لشكر‎‎ (leşker), عسكر‎‎ (asker)
• Pashto: پوځ‎‎ (ps) (рwj)
• Persian: ارتش‎‎ (fa) (arteš), لشکر‎‎ (fa) (laškar)
• Polish: armia (pl) f, wojsko (pl) n
• Portuguese: exército (pt) m
• Punjabi: ਸੈਨਾ f (sēnā)
• Romanian: armată (ro) f, oaste (ro) f
• Romansch: armada f, armeda f
• Russian: а́рмия (ru) f (ármija), во́йско (ru) n (vójsko) (usually plural: войска́ (ru) n pl (vojská))
• Sanskrit: स्थलसैन्यं (sthalasainyaṃ), सेना (sa) f (senā)
• Sardinian: esertzitu m
• Scottish Gaelic: armailt m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: во́јска f, а̀рмија f

  Roman: vójska (sh) f, àrmija (sh) f

• Sicilian: esèrcitu (scn) m, asèrcitu (scn) m
• Sinhalese: ඇණිය (æṇiya), කඳවුර (kan̆davura)
• Slovak: armáda f, vojsko n
• Slovene: vojska (sl) f, armada f
• Somali: askar
• Spanish: ejército (es) m
• Swahili: jeshi (sw)
• Swedish: armé (sv) c, här (sv) c
• Tagalog: hukbong-kati
• Tajik: армия (armiya), артиш (artiš), лашкар (laškar)
• Tamil: படை (ta) (paṭai)
• Tatar: армия (armiya), гаскәр (tt) (ğaskär), чирү (tt) (çirü)
• Telugu: సేన (te) (sēna)
• Thai: ทัพ (táp), กองทัพ (th) (gɔɔng-táp), พล (th) (pon)
• Tibetan: དམག་དཔུང (dmag dpung)
• Tigrinya: ሰራዊት (särawit)
• Turkish: ordu (tr), leşker (tr)
• Turkmen: goşun, oorda
• Ukrainian: а́рмія (uk) f (ármija), ві́йсько n (víjsʹko)
• Urdu: فوج‎‎ (fawj), آرمی‎‎ (ārmī), لشكر‎‎ (laṣkar)
• Uyghur: ئارمىيە‎‎ (armiye), قوشۇن‎‎ (qoshun)
• Uzbek: armiya (uz), qoʻshin (uz)
• Vietnamese: quân đội (vi) (軍隊)
• Vilamovian: draowa
• Volapük: please add this translation if you can
• Walloon: årmeye
• Welsh: byddin (cy) f
• West Frisian: leger n
• Xhosa: umkhosi
• Yakut: аармыйа (aarmıya)
• Yiddish: אַרמיי‎‎ f (armey), חייל‎‎ n (khayel)
• Zazaki: aspar pl, lecker, esker, cond
• Zhuang: ginhdui
• Zulu: impi class 9/10

government agency in charge of a state's army

• Albanian: armatë (sq) f
• Armenian: բանակ (hy) (banak)
• Catalan: exèrcit (ca) m
• Danish: hær (da) c, forsvar n
• Dutch: defensie (nl), landsverdediging
• Estonian: armee, sõjavägi (et)
• Finnish: puolustusvoimat (fi), armeija (fi), (the Finnish Defence Forces) Puolustusvoimat
• Georgian: სამხედრო ძალები (samxedro ʒalebi), შეიარაღებული ძალები (šeiaraɣebuli ʒalebi), თავდაცვის სამინისტრო (tavdacvis saminisṭro)
• German: Heeresamt n
• Greek: στρατός (el) m (stratós)
• Hungarian: honvédség (hu)

• Icelandic: her (is) m
• Luhya: ejeshi
• Polish: armia (pl) f, wojsko (pl) n
• Portuguese: exército (pt) m
• Russian: а́рмия (ru) f (ármija), вооружённые си́лы (ru) f pl (vooružónnyje síly)
• Serbo-Croatian: vojska (sh) f
• Slovene: vojska (sl) f
• Spanish: ejército (es) m
• Swahili: jeshi (sw)
• Swedish: armé (sv) c

large group of people working towards the same purpose

• Catalan: exèrcit (ca) m
• Danish: hær (da) c
• Dutch: leger (nl) n, horde (nl), bende (nl)
• Finnish: armeija (fi)
• Greek: στρατός (el) m (stratós)
• Latvian: armija f

• Portuguese: exército (pt) m
• Romanian: mulțime (ro) f
• Russian: а́рмия (ru) f (ármija)
• Spanish: ejército (es) m
• Swahili: jeshi (sw)

large group of social animals working towards the same purpose

• Catalan: exèrcit (ca) m
• Dutch: leger (nl) n
• Finnish: armeija (fi)
• Portuguese: exército (pt) m

• Romanian: mulțime (ro) f
• Russian: а́рмия (ru) f (ármija)
• Spanish: ejército (es) m
• Swahili: jeshi (sw)

any multitude

• Catalan: exèrcit (ca) m
• Dutch: leger (nl) n, horde (nl), menigte (nl)
• Finnish: massat pl, armeija (fi)
• Greek: πλήθος (el) n (plíthos)
• Japanese: 軍隊 (ja) (ぐんたい, guntai)

• Portuguese: exército (pt) m, multidão (pt) f
• Romanian: multitudine (ro) f, puzderie (ro) f, mulțime (ro) f
• Russian: а́рмия (ru) f (ármija)
• Spanish: multitud (es) f, ejército m
• Swahili: jeshi (sw)

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables, removing any numbers. Numbers do not necessarily match those in definitions. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout#Translations.

Translations to be checked

• Albanian: ^{(please verify)} armatë (sq), ^{(please verify)} ushtri
• Breton: ^{(please verify)} arme f, (forces of an army) ^{(please verify)} armead f
• Esperanto: ^{(please verify)} armeo
• French: ^{(please verify)} armée f
• Georgian: ^{(please verify)} ჯარი (ǯari)
• Hungarian: ^{(please verify)} sereg (hu)
• Icelandic: ^{(please verify)} hópur (is) m, ^{(please verify)} her (is) m
• Latin: ^{(please verify)} vires f, ^{(please verify)} exercitus m
• Lithuanian: ^{(please verify)} armija f
• Malayalam: (sainyam) ^{(please verify)} സൈന്യം (sainyaṃ), ^{(please verify)} സേന (sēna)

• Maltese: ^{(please verify)} armata
• Old English: ^{(please verify)} here, ^{(please verify)} fyrd, ^{(please verify)} duguþ
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: ^{(please verify)} војска f, ^{(please verify)} армија f

  Roman: ^{(please verify)} vojska (sh) f, ^{(please verify)} armija f

• Slovene: ^{(please verify)} vojska (sl) f, ^{(please verify)} armada f
• Swedish: ^{(please verify)} armé (sv) c
• Telugu: ^{(please verify)} సైన్యం (sainyaṃ), ^{(please verify)} సేన (sēna)
• Turkish: ^{(please verify)} ordu
• Vietnamese: (1) ^{(please verify)} quân đội

See alsoEdit

• Navy
• Air Force
• Marines

AnagramsEdit

• Mary, Mayr, Myra, Yarm, mary, yarm