arsenal

See also: Arsenal, arsénal, and arsenál

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑː(ɹ)sənəl/, /ˈɑː(ɹ)snəl/

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' [print version: 'I might actually go to hell for this ...' (18 January 2014, p. R4)]”, in The Daily Telegraph (Review)‎^[1]:

     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^[2]:

     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.

Derived terms

• arsenal of democracy

Translations

military establishment

• Arabic: تِرْسَانَة‎ f (tirsāna)
• Armenian: զինանոց (hy) (zinanocʿ)
• Belarusian: арсена́л m (arsjenál)
• Bulgarian: арсена́л (bg) m (arsenál)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 兵工廠 (zh), 兵工厂 (zh) (bīnggōngchǎng)

• Czech: zbrojnice f, arzenál m
• Dutch: arsenaal (nl), wapenmagazijn, wapenopslagplaats
• Finnish: arsenaali
• French: arsenal (fr) m
• Galician: arsenal m
• Georgian: არსენალი (arsenali)
• German: Zeughaus (de) n, Waffenkammer (de) f, Arsenal (de) n, Waffenlager (de), Waffenvorrat
• Hungarian: fegyvergyár (hu), fegyverraktár (hu), arzenál (hu)
• Interlingue: arsenale
• Italian: arsenale (it) m, deposito armi m
• Japanese: 兵器廠 (へいきしょう, heikishō)
• Korean: 병기고 (ko) (byeonggigo), 무기고 (ko) (mugigo), 병기창 (ko) (byeonggichang)

• Latin: armamentarium n
• Lithuanian: arsenalas m
• Macedonian: арсенал m (arsenal)
• Norman: arsénal f
• Persian: زرادخانه‎ (fa) (zarâdxâne)
• Polish: zbrojownia (pl) f, arsenał (pl) m
• Portuguese: arsenal (pt) m
• Russian: арсена́л (ru) m (arsenál)
• Scottish Gaelic: taigh-airm m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: арсенал m

  Roman: arsenal (sh) m

• Slovak: arzenál m, zbrojnica (sk) f
• Slovene: arzenal m
• Spanish: arsenal (es) m
• Ukrainian: арсена́л (uk) m (arsenál)
• Vietnamese: kho vũ khí

stock of weapons

• Armenian: զինանոց (hy) (zinanocʿ)
• Catalan: arsenal m
• Danish: våbenlager n, våbenarsenal n
• Finnish: arsenaali
• Hungarian: arzenál (hu)
• Interlingue: armería
• Italian: arsenale (it) m

• Latin: armamentarium n
• Polish: zbrojownia (pl) f, arsenał (pl) m
• Portuguese: arsenal (pt) m
• Russian: арсена́л (ru) m (arsenál)
• Spanish: arsenal (es) m

store or supply of anything

• Armenian: զինանոց (hy) (zinanocʿ)
• Catalan: arsenal
• Finnish: arsenaali
• Hungarian: arzenál (hu)

• Interlingue: arsenale
• Italian: arsenale (it) m, magazzino (it) m, deposito (it) m
• Portuguese: arsenal (pt) m
• Russian: арсена́л (ru) m (arsenál)
• Spanish: arsenal (es) m

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Catalan

Pronunciation

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /əɾ.səˈnal/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /ər.səˈnal/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /aɾ.seˈnal/

Noun

arsenal m (plural arsenals)

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

Further reading

• “arsenal” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aʁ.sə.nal/

• Audio

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Noun

arsenal m (plural arsenaux)

1. (military, nautical) arsenal

Further reading

• “arsenal” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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Portuguese

Noun

arsenal m (plural arsenais)

1. arsenal (military establishment)

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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

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Spanish

Etymology

From Arabic دَار الصِّنَاعَة‎ (dār aṣ-ṣināʿa, “industry house”). Compare dársena.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /arseˈnal/

Noun

arsenal m (plural arsenales)

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

Further reading

• “arsenal” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.