arsenal
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)
- 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):
- 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.
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- 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.
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- 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
Translations
military establishment
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stock of weapons
store or supply of anything
Catalan
Pronunciation
Further reading
- “arsenal” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /aʁ.sə.nal/
Audio (file)
Further reading
- “arsenal” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Serbo-Croatian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /arsěnaːl/
- Hyphenation: ar‧se‧nal
Spanish
Etymology
From Arabic دَار الصِّنَاعَة (dār aṣ-ṣināʿa, “industry house”). Compare dársena.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /arseˈnal/
Noun
arsenal m (plural arsenales)
Further reading
- “arsenal” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.
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