arsenal
English edit
Etymology edit
From Italian arsenale, also French arsenal, from Arabic دَار الصِّنَاعَة (dār aṣ-ṣināʕa, “manufacturing shop”); دَار (dār) + صِنَاعَة (ṣināʕa).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
arsenal (plural arsenals)
- A military establishment for the storing, development, manufacturing, testing, or repairing of arms, ammunition, and other war materiel; an armoury.
- A stock of weapons, especially all the weapons that a nation possesses.
- 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.
- 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.
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military establishment
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stock of weapons
Catalan edit
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arsenal m (plural arsenals)
Further reading edit
- “arsenal” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
French edit
Pronunciation edit
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arsenal m (plural arsenaux)
Descendants edit
Further reading edit
- “arsenal”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Indonesian edit
Etymology edit
From Dutch arsenaal, from French arsenal, from Arabic دَار الصِّنَاعَة (dār aṣ-ṣināʕa, “manufacturing shop”); دَار (dār) + صِنَاعَة (ṣināʕa).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
arsênal (first-person possessive arsenalku, second-person possessive arsenalmu, third-person possessive arsenalnya)
- arsenal, armoury: a military establishment for the storing, development, manufacturing, testing, or repairing of arms, ammunition, and other war materiel.
Further reading edit
- “arsenal” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
Portuguese edit
Pronunciation edit
- Hyphenation: ar‧se‧nal
Noun edit
arsenal m (plural arsenais)
- arsenal (military establishment)
Romanian edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
arsenal n (plural arsenale)
Declension edit
Declension of arsenal
singular | plural | |||
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indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
nominative/accusative | (un) arsenal | arsenalul | (niște) arsenale | arsenalele |
genitive/dative | (unui) arsenal | arsenalului | (unor) arsenale | arsenalelor |
vocative | arsenalule | arsenalelor |
Serbo-Croatian edit
Pronunciation edit
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arsènāl m (Cyrillic spelling арсѐна̄л)
Declension edit
Declension of arsenal
singular | plural | |
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nominative | arsènāl | arsenali |
genitive | arsenála | arsenala |
dative | arsenalu | arsenalima |
accusative | arsenal | arsenale |
vocative | arsenale | arsenali |
locative | arsenalu | arsenalima |
instrumental | arsenalom | arsenalima |
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
From Arabic دَار الصِّنَاعَة (dār aṣ-ṣināʕa, “industry house”). Compare dársena.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
arsenal m (plural arsenales)
Further reading edit
- “arsenal”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014