armament

From Latin armāmentum, from armō (“I arm”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑː(ɹ)məmənt/

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armament (countable and uncountable, plural armaments)

1. A body of forces equipped for war.
2. (military, naval) All the cannon and small arms collectively, with their equipments, belonging to a ship or a fortification.
3. Any equipment for resistance.
4. The process of building up military capacity.

Borrowed from Latin armāmentum.

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ər.məˈmen]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ər.məˈment]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [aɾ.maˈment]

armament m (plural armaments)

1. arming

• armar

• “armament”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “armament”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
• “armament” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “armament” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Borrowed from French armement. By surface analysis, arma +‎ -ment.

armament n (plural armamente)

1. weaponry